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Long stay doubts
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/03/2026
» Re: "30-day visa-free stay 'sufficient', says minister", (BP, March 21) & "Thailand reviewing visa-free stays as local complaints pile up" & "Phuket up in arms on long‑stay visa", (BP, March 18).
Shah controversy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/01/2026
» Re: "If Iran's supreme leader falls, who's next?", (World, Dec 22). Whilst I applaud the Iranian people and their courage in trying to depose the cruel, medieval ayatollahs and their stone age regime, I cannot understand why the demonstrators are calling for the restoration of the monarchy headed by Reza Pahlavi, the son of the Shah, whom they deposed in 1979.
Strongman warning
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/09/2025
» Re: "Authoritarians' brave new cities", (Opinion, Sept 23).
Hubris a barrier
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/05/2025
» Re: "Tourism officials wary of Vietnam", (Business, May 6).
A gift and a prayer
Postbag, Published on 26/04/2025
» Re: "Huge crowds expected as Pope Francis lies in state", (World, April 25).
Just the tonic
Postbag, Published on 07/01/2024
» Re: "Prospects at home and abroad in 2024", (Opinion, Jan 5).
Station confusion
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/06/2023
» Re: "Yet another missing rail link", (Editorial, June 4) and "Partial Pink Line launch urged as traffic worsens", (BP, June 3).
Living in La La Land
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/02/2023
» Re: "Poll seen sparking spending spree", (Business, Feb 23).
Of sports and war
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/01/2023
» Re: "Why box over a name?" (Editorial, Jan 26).
Too much Pali
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/05/2022
» Re: "Sex, money and monkhood don't mix", (Opinion, May 12). Your columnist Sanitsuda Ekachai writes, " A monk's education focuses only on rote-learning of the ancient Pali texts, forsaking spiritual training and the goal of monkhood -- spiritual liberation." This is a point I have been stressing throughout the 18 years that I have been a monk in Thailand.