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Autocracy, not giggling, is the problem
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 15/09/2021
» When two influencer monks -- Phra Maha Praiwan Worawano and Phra Maha Sompong Talaputto -- were summoned to Government House last week for giggling too much in their dhamma talk shows, I expected intellectual duels between the conservatives and the liberals on the monastic codes of conduct and the clergy's need to catch up with times.
Demolition, lies, nepotism and impunity
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 01/07/2020
» Seriously? The national park authorities in Phrae province outraged the whole nation by razing a historical heritage house to the ground, and are we still going to let them get away scot-free?
Prayer for the dying: will, morphine, peace
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/02/2018
» My parents were not only my role models in the way they lived their lives as fearless journalists and compassionate human beings, but in the way they passed -- quietly on their beds, in our family home, in the midst of the night, without any fuss, successfully avoiding frantic attempts to prolong their lives.
In tune with charity
B Magazine, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/04/2016
» What could possibly be a greater birthday gift for a musician than to have his best works sung by the nation’s best-loved princess? National Artist Manrat Srikaranonda received exactly that honour, and more, for his 88th birthday.
Bigwigs try to pass buck on failing schools
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 18/03/2015
» While our obsolete and authoritarian education system is damaging young minds, making them lag far behind their peers in other countries, education bigwigs have different concerns: how to get out of the blame game.
Turkey shows the way out of coup quagmire
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 26/09/2012
» It used to be unthinkable in Turkey. It is still unimaginable now in Thailand. But this secular Muslim country has shown it can clip the wings of the military to end coup d'etat threats. Can Thailand do the same?