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Israeli solutions
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/04/2016
» Simon Roded, the Israeli ambassador to Thailand, said he belongs to a generation that grew up without television and had to rely on books borrowed from a public library to keep himself entertained. Now Roded is rarely seen without his iPad, with a rim-torn cover, as he is a sort of e-book advocate for their convenience and speed.
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Empower the poor, transform Thailand
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/01/2015
» Marc Saxer has never been shy to voice his opinion. Tonight the resident director of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) — and sometimes-contributor to the Bangkok Post — will launch his book, In The Vertigo Of Change, at the residence of the German ambassador.
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Smiling in plain view
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/10/2014
» It's very rare for him not to smile. He smiles when he speaks. In fact, he even smiled when he was hauled into a police truck on the night the military announced Thailand's 19th coup. He also smiled — as some photographs showed — when he was subsequently brought back twice to a military camp.
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Dark chapters
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 19/08/2013
» There are at least two big publications that can replenish Thai society's understanding about the recent dark chapter of our political history that culminated with the Ratchaprasong protests and the deaths of nearly 100 people.
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A weakness for classics
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/07/2012
» Like other bookworms, Prapod Assavavirulhakarn, dean of Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Arts, used to read through dinner and bedtime during his school years.
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Waylaid by the logos?
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/04/2012
» A strong sense of disgust at corporate exploitation has gone viral, spreading rapidly around the world. From Occupy Wall Street, the discontent has spread, with public demonstrations occurring in other cities. The Global Justice Movement has stirred up a rebellion against the evils of runaway capitalism, comparable to the way events in Tunisia triggered popular protests against authoritarian regimes across the Middle East, the so-called Arab Spring.
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Diplomatic wisdom
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/03/2012
» Each person has his or her own relationship with books and that changes over time, British ambassador Asif Anwar Ahmad said recently.
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