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Transgender rights takes step forward
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 26/09/2016
» Laws and the LGBT community, at times, are like water and oil. They just don't seem to agree with one another. Same-sex marriage legalisation, if it's even possible in this country, is a long way away. Adoption and surrogacy are not allowed for homosexual couples. Transgender individuals can't change their legal title to the one that befit their gender identity.
Golden oldies
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/09/2016
» Inside a hotel kitchen, a wok sizzled as Prapai Ritthiya cooked up a dish of stir-fried crispy pork and vegetables.
Purrvention before cure
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 12/09/2016
» A cat and an infectious disease never make a good combination, especially for the cat's owner -- the slave of the meowing master. And as this feline creature loves to wander about, there's even higher chance it could contract diseases from the wild outdoor.
Traffic lights, camera, action
News, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/08/2016
» It has been a week since acting Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Sanit Mahathavorn ordered the city's automatic traffic light system be switched off and operated manually.
Refusing to let go
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 24/08/2016
» Despite the improving healthcare and pet insurance that has been popular recently, all pet owners know -- though are unwilling to accept -- that death is eventually inescapable. While most just let go of their furry friends and pray against all odds that they may be reunited in the next lifetime, some people take matters into their own hands and spare no expense in trying to keep their pets by their side through the process of cloning.
LGBT stories get rare screen time
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 16/08/2016
» How often is it that international LGBT films get a screening in Thailand? Not often at all, except when there's a film festival. This week, wonderfully strange as it may be, we're seeing not just one but two LGBT films on our silver screens. And the two couldn't be more different.
Letting go of unhealthy foods
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/07/2016
» Every day, Phra Pisit Siriwathatano would leave his temple at dawn to conduct a daily alms round in his neighbourhood of Nonthaburi. Taking about two hours, the monk later returned to the monastery with a full alms bowl and a large sack filled with food offerings from Buddhist laymen and laywomen. Sometimes, people would also visit the temple to offer lunch to him and other monks.
Fight against the bite
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/06/2016
» Mosquitos are not just a nuisance. In the past few years, these tiny, buzzing creatures have posed more detrimental health risks as a carrier of several vector-borne diseases such as dengue fever, the Zika virus and others.
Nature's call
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 03/05/2016
» With steady hands and quickening steps, we carried the green sea turtles one-by-one to the beach. The turtles were flapping their flippers impatiently, as if sensing their imminent release. We placed them down carefully at the point where the waves hit the sand. Soon, the water embraced their bodies -- nature's call for them to return to their natural home. They dashed into the sea, and, after a few minutes, disappeared from our sight.
Panda to the crowds
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 30/03/2016
» When we first met French sculptor Paulo Grangeon, he broke out his business card in a casual manner. But it was no boring, rectangular card we're used to seeing everywhere. Grangeon's card was black and white, and, obviously, shaped like a panda.