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Songkran will be a dry old argument
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 11/04/2016
» Are you ready for Songkran? I expect many revellers have already prepared colourful flower-pattern shirts to wear and talcum powder to apply on faces. The most important thing, though, are the water splashing devices, those ubiquitous guns or adapted water canons which I refer to as "Wasteful Water Mass Dispensers" (WMD).
Environment for disaster
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 15/12/2014
» The year 2014 hasn't been entirely memorable — in a good way, at least — when considering the progress of environmental campaigns.
Stagingmy own protest
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/12/2013
» Sundays have always been my time of repose. My perfect Sunday is comprised of staying home and watching television mindlessly _ game shows, variety shows, slapstick gigs and low-budget soaps. Anything. But my bubble of carefree Thailand was pierced and blown away last Sunday, after protesters from the People's Democratic Reform Committee attempted to take control of free TV stations. PDRC protesters demanded that channels 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and Thai PBS run only news of political protests and link up their signal to Bluesky, the mouthpiece of the Democrat party and de facto backer of the protests.
A card-carrying communist in my room
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/11/2012
» Beijing looks too neat. Gardens are manicured, cleaners have scrubbed stickers from the footpaths. The capital looks eerily like the safest place on Earth. Policemen stand guarding subway stations, randomly checking identity cards.
Surely a little censorship is good for us
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/06/2012
» If this incident took place in our Land of Smiles and all characters were local, the whole country and its people _ the red and yellow shirts, and a bunch of clowns (also known as politicians) in our so-called parliament _ would stop and listen, in order to spin the rumour mill with great relish.
Factions and short fuses
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/05/2012
» The art of deception is at the core of Lab Luang Prang V, the latest work of non-fiction by Wassana Nanuam, a veteran reporter who's been covering the military beat for this newspaper for more than 20 years now.
Monopolising spaces of freedom
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/02/2012
» My first day as a student at Thammasat University was quite endearing and full of eerie memory. Walking in the university for the first time, I saw more than just buildings. I was struck by the famous funny-shaped Dome Building and the size of the campus that is far too small for its own legendary fame. For me, almost every inch in the varsity has been shaped by memories of the October massacres in the 1970s.
Why shark fin soup is sinful
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/01/2012
» Little by little, Chinese New Year, an event once celebrated here solely by people of Chinese ancestry, has become part of mainstream culture. Many Thais now don red shirts (and not for political reasons) at this time of year and perform rituals such as giving one's house a thorough spring-cleaning before Chinese New Year's Eve and not doing any household chores during the festival period.