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Run for your life -- every step counts
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/11/2017
» My topic this week is running. No, I am not going to write about rocker Toon Bodyslam and his "Forrest Gump" long-distance running campaign. But please don't run away from this column just yet.
Bringing climate change policy into the 21st century
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/08/2015
» Paris will heat up in the winter month of December when delegates from 190 nations gather for a key climate change meeting, better known as Cop 21 (abbreviation of the 21st yearly session of the Conference of Parties).
Je suis Nattanan
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/01/2015
» No, I’m not trying to drag you into a debate about free speech, the celebrated value that underlines the “Je suis Charlie” movement, which erupted as a tribute to the cartoonists and editorial staff of Charlie Hebdo, who were massacred by three gunmen in Paris on Jan 7. A huge number of people around the world have shown their support by becoming “Charlie”. Hollywood stars such George Clooney and his wife are Charlie. Many of my friends, but not all, are Charlie, too. At the same time, “Je ne suis pas Charlie” has sprung up here and there as well. I believe Charlies and non-Charlies can have lively debates — or get drunk together — because both groups are alike in condemning the use of violence.
Censorship can be a total bore
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 12/10/2012
» At last, I watched a movie in China.
Sewage and the city
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/08/2012
» It takes artists to give beautiful meanings to unpleasant objects like toilets or gutters. One example is French writer Victor Hugo's description of flood drainage system: "The sewer is the conscience of the city."