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    Sex, truth & politics

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 11/09/2017

    » In Uthis Haemamool's new novel, the protagonist's erotic adventure runs parallel to Thailand's political education. A man's carnal quests and sexual outbursts become, in a way, an allegory of a larger social context as the country goes through three coups d'etat and several convulsive protests in the past 25 years. The awakening of the loin as a metaphor for political orgasm, physical penetration as an analogy for abuses of power -- <i>Rang Haeng Pratana</i> (Silhouette Of Desire) is a novel that, Uthis admits, presents him with many risks as a writer.

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    Saluting the late ML Usni Pramoj with melody

    Life, Published on 28/08/2017

    » Pro Musica will pay tribute to its founder, the late ML Usni Pramoj, with a concert entitled "Saluting The Maestro" at Siam Society, Asok Road, on Sept 6 at 7pm.

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    Dodging a bullet

    Gary Boyle, Published on 29/09/2018

    » Lecturer cycles from Tokyo to Kyoto

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    Art and coup: Four years and counting

    Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 23/05/2018

    » Tuesday marked the fourth anniversary of the May 2014 coup d'etat. While it continues to underpin the political landscape, the coup also sparked an unprecedented rise in Thai artworks with political messages. A new political art exhibition took place almost every month since May 2014.

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    She’s got the look

    Published on 25/08/2018

    » Pat expresses herself through fashion

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    Elite true to form

    News, Postbag, Published on 22/09/2016

    » It is no great surprise to read that Andy Hall has been found guilty of criminal defamation (BP, Sept 21).

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    A sculpture to celebrate Thai-Italian relations

    Life, Published on 03/05/2018

    » The two boats are perched atop the 3m-high vertical pillars, carved to resemble a group of slender buildings. The boats are indigenous to Italy and Thailand -- the Venetian gondola and the traditional Thai e-pong -- and the pillars recall the architectural style of each country.

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    Rama connection

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 09/01/2017

    » The Ramayana and Ramakien have long served as reminders of the deep cultural bonds between India and Thailand. Now scholars and other experts on the two epics are looking at ways to use them in the context of cultural and historical, tourism and economic connections between the two countries.

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    Time traveller

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/04/2018

    » Period dramas, the sources of romanticisation of the bygone, continue to transfix viewers everywhere. From the South Korean culinary tale Dae Jang Guem, to the dramatisation of UK royalty in The Crown, or the court of Louis XIV in Versailles, or even Thailand's own See Pandin (Four Reigns), these fusions of history and fantasy offer an outlook to the past -- glorified or critical -- while also sparking interest and debate over the portrayals of historical accounts.

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    Activists welcome transgender jails

    News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 10/07/2016

    » The LGBT community has welcomed the Department of Correction's decision to set up a separate jail for transgender prisoners, but have expressed concerns some inmates' gender identities or sexual preference may complicate the selection process.

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