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    Rite and wrong

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 16/01/2015

    » Theravada Buddhism is a man’s religion. Thai women have never had an official place in the faith — this is obvious in both theory and practice.

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    Supporting the team

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 17/01/2015

    » Jeerapat Yamsri had just returned from Singapore for a family vacation over the New Year holidays with her family, her phone full of photographs of mascots from Universal Studios — close-ups of their feet, Shrek’s butt, a Minion’s goggles, a few pictures of her three children with the gang from Sesame Street.

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    Strictly come dancing

    Muse, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/01/2015

    » Navinda “Lordfai” Pachimsawat Vadtanakovint was beginning an improvisation class at Bangkok Dance Academy in Siam Paragon when one of her students complained that she was tired, hungry and not feeling it. Navinda took the entire class to the supermarket. They bought potato chips, jellies and Pocky biscuits, and went back up to the studio. The class then revolved around snacks, drawing from the structure of where the snacks were located and movements happening around them.

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    The giving team

    Muse, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 28/02/2015

    » Spend two nights in a pool villa on a private island for 40% of the listed price? Use that money to support a foundation that teaches children to swim by contributing to the renovation of toilets and shower facilities instead of simply paying the hotel? The gift of giving is now possible — and literal — with just a few clicks on socialgiver.com.

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    War and peace

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 25/08/2014

    » In what Susan Sontag would refer to as the democratisation of the human experience through photography, the exhibition "Something To Talk About" presents moments in the Deep South that have largely been overlooked by news media — moments of peace.

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    Making blood count

    Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/09/2014

    » Tanyanee Chaisom found out her son, Zen, had Thalassemia when he was two years old. He was running a high fever and had a haemoglobin electrophoresis test — a blood screening done to evaluate the different types of haemoglobin in the bloodstream. His Thalassemia treatment started immediately.

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    Distance learning

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 08/07/2014

    » An hour’s drive from Mae Sariang, the paved road gives way to a dirt track. Along the way, landslides have reduced the width of the road by half. At this time of the year, the journey to Pa Daeng Mai from Mae Sariang could take about three hours.

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    Breaking boundaries

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 09/07/2014

    » Gary Baseman walks into our interview with a box full of colour pencils held shut with a hair tie, and a sketchbook, “the 138th in my lifetime”, he says. Baseman is here for the opening of his exhibition “Play With Me Or Else” at Groove@CentralWorld, featuring larger-than-life sculptures of his playful quirky characters, including a 2.4m-tall "Toby".

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    Visions of the blind

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 15/07/2014

    » A 10-year-old boy took a photo of me. His bulging eyes were clouded and glossy. They rolled uncontrollably in their sockets.

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    The superior shredder

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 22/07/2014

    » Ekachai Jearakul is so over competing in classical guitar competitions. His first place win at the 2014 Guitar Foundation of America International Artist Competition in Los Angeles, known as “the Olympics of classic guitar”, will also be his last.

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