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The new capitalist
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 27/03/2012
» Ellis, who is of Danish-British extraction, also wears another hat, beautifully. She is author of the famous business book, The New Pioneers.
You can judge a book by its cover
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 29/10/2012
» Nobody knows who coined the maxim "you can't judge a book by its cover". But it would come as no surprise if the creator of that cliche turned out to be a moralist who simply laced pearls of wisdom and used a book cover as a metaphor.
Figurehead revisited
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 24/06/2013
» The late, eminent scholar Phya Anuman Rajadhon has secured a highly respected status in Thai society despite his death 25 years ago. Shunning the limelight and power in favour of a humble life, Phya Anuman is still remembered as a true Renaissance man and elite scholar, in contrast to his background from a poor Chinese immigrant family.
We need to talk about... Edison
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 05/08/2013
» Obesity is a terribly touchy topic. It requires a high degree of tact to address the subject without hurting the vulnerable egos of overweight readers. And scribblers who tackle this hot potato without exercising the requisite caution risk sounding insensitive, if not downright disrespectful.
Readers rebel at BMA's profligacy
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/09/2013
» The Skytrain walkway in front of the Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre is usually noisy and bustling with human traffic.
Lord of the jungle
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/02/2014
» What kind of image do you have of forest park rangers? Rustic-looking men in camo outfits? Or should they display a combination of Indiana Jones’ photogenic scruffiness and the lofty, romantic eyes of late forestry official Sueb Nakhasathien? The image of Theerapat Prayurasiddhi, deputy director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment debunks all those stereotypes. Bespectacled, lanky, with rather pale skin and an overly polite demeanor, Theerapat can fool anyone into believing he is a doctor, engineer, state attorney, maybe even a university lecturer — anything but a forest ranger. Theerapat chatted with Life about his reading list.
Sixteen shades les?
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 24/02/2014
» E L James’s Fifty Shades of Grey — and its two sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed — was a commercial sensation which took the market by storm three years ago. Total sales of the series are estimated to have reached in excess of 90 million copies worldwide. Focusing on college graduate Anastasia and her erotic relationship with 27-year-old businessman Christian Grey, the trilogy has gained both fame and notoriety for its explicit descriptions of sado-masochistic sexual encounters between the two protagonists.
The voice of the pitch
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/06/2014
» Football fans, especially enthusiasts of the English Premier League, must have seen and heard Kittikorn U-dompol. The 47-year-old TV commentator has provided the voice of many live matches since 1990. He also once had a column in the popular Siam Keela newspaper.
Punching above their weight
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/06/2014
» After the notable success of its efforts to popularise the annual book fairs it holds in Bangkok, the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (Pubat) is gearing up to promote small, stand-alone bookshops operating throughout the Kingdom. Held between June 21 and 29 this year, Thai Independent Bookstores Week managed to attract the participation of 41 independent bookshops based in Bangkok and other urban centres. Pubat secretary Pichet Yimthin recently spoke to Life about his organisation’s plans to help small-scale booksellers and why he thinks they provide a valuable service and play an important role in our society.
Watching history unfold
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/04/2015
» When Vitthya Vejjajiva said he was going to write a biography of Phan Wannamethee — diplomat, Red Cross chief, former Free Thai Movement member and ex-permanent secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) — he received encouragement from everyone except his subject.