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Reflections on religion, graft and teenagers
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 24/07/2013
» When my teenage daughter, who has never expressed an interest in religion, asked me to take her to a <i>wian tian</i> ceremony to observe Asarnha Bucha Day, I was ecstatic.
Media gives short shrift to South issues
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/09/2013
» For the past decade, our country has been trapped in two bloody conflicts. One is the divisive colour-coded politics. The other is the southern violence.
Time ripe for whole new take on 'Thainess'
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 28/08/2013
» More than 5,000 people have been killed and millions of people are living in paralysing fear as the insurgency in the far South has now raged for nearly 10 years.
Brave imam falls victim to extremism
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 07/08/2013
» Most southern Muslims are too paralysed by fear to speak out against the horrific violence being perpetrated by separatists. Yacob Raimanee, the imam of Pattani Central Mosque, was not one of those.
Buddhism's 'lords' must be challenged
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 14/08/2013
» When Somdej Phra Buddhajarn (Kiaw Upaseno), the country's second most powerful Buddhist figure after the Supreme Patriarch, passed away over the weekend, the spotlight fell not only on who would succeed him, but also on the functionality of the Sangha Council itself.
Haunted by the oppression of our women
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 21/08/2013
» When I went to see <i>Women of Asia</i> last Saturday, I knew I was going to see a play that deals with the bonds that bind Asian women together. Shackles, perhaps, is a more accurate word.
Truth about temple cash isn't pretty
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 31/07/2013
» Did the notorious Nen Kham really have sexual affairs with at least eight women while he was a monk? Did he buy a private jet and a mansion in the US which he showed off on social media? Did he sleep with a minor and father her child? Was he involved in drugs and money laundering? Were he or his brother lying beside a woman in a picture?
Public health pioneer ousted for big pharma
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 22/05/2013
» What do you do to the man who helped you win a landslide election through pioneering the 30-baht universal healthcare scheme?
Monkhood struggles with sex dilemma
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/07/2013
» When controversial monk Luang Pu Nenkham Chattiko stirred up a public outcry last month by living a life of luxury while duping people into believing he had attained spiritual liberation, authorities simply said nothing much could be done.
Abuse abides as lawmakers flout own rules
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 10/07/2013
» It was indeed a close call. Had it not been for a last-minute intervention by a law reform agency, Thailand's new labour regulations would have still condoned the use of child labour in the fishing industry.