Bangkok: The pleasantries are petering out as my taxi hurtles along the highway. My jocular driver quizzes me about the temple where I am headed.
“It’s a temple run by female monks,” I tell him. He pauses at this unfamiliar concept before asking: “Do they receive alms?”
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