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Misbehaving monks need reform, too
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 15/01/2014
» When the anti-government movement brands its protest as a battle between good and evil, we should not be so surprised to see monks among the protest leaders, should we?
Drums of war imperil 'good people's rally'
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 11/12/2013
» One of my best friends works in an office building next to Lumpini Park, where a hard-core anti-Thaksin Shinawatra group staged a protest for several months with little public support.
Our domestic violence shame won't go away
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 13/11/2013
» For most Thais, Monday was an emotionally tumultuous day because of the Preah Vihear ruling and the increasingly heated political situation that risks plunging the country into another round of violent conflict.
Blanket bill will only stoke deep South tensions
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/11/2013
» If Thaksin Shinawatra believes that he can "set zero" for the deep South by extending the power of his blanket amnesty bill to also cover the southern insurgency, then he is dead wrong.
Unprincipled capitalists need to feel the heat
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 16/10/2013
» Rows and rows of denuded mountains stretch as far as the eye can see. That is what many of the once green mountains in Nan have have now become.
For students, first the cram, then the crush
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 25/09/2013
» Sunday was Car-Free Day, but traffic in the Muang Thong area on Chaeng Watthana Road was bumper to bumper from 5am.
We educate unfairly, and favour the few
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 11/09/2013
» The central university admission exam will not take place until June next year. But for some 120,000 Mathayom 6 students, the race toward the finish line has already begun.
Media gives short shrift to South issues
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/09/2013
» For the past decade, our country has been trapped in two bloody conflicts. One is the divisive colour-coded politics. The other is the southern violence.
Brave imam falls victim to extremism
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 07/08/2013
» Most southern Muslims are too paralysed by fear to speak out against the horrific violence being perpetrated by separatists. Yacob Raimanee, the imam of Pattani Central Mosque, was not one of those.
Monkhood struggles with sex dilemma
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/07/2013
» When controversial monk Luang Pu Nenkham Chattiko stirred up a public outcry last month by living a life of luxury while duping people into believing he had attained spiritual liberation, authorities simply said nothing much could be done.