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All we can do is learn from Gaza's grief
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 19/07/2014
» ‘This twilight war involved two entire communities, two peoples, two tribes, two nations, fighting each other without a frontline, neither one really made any distinction between civilians and soldiers… Relations between Israelis and Palestinians became so thoroughly politicised that after a while, there was no such thing as a crime between them, and there was no such thing as an accident between them — there were only acts of war.”
Shine a light
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 11/04/2012
» The Apex lady, Nanta Tansacha, found herself in an uneasy spotlight two years ago when Siam Theatre was burned down, gutted by the May-hem flames to ashes and rubbish. "When I watched it burn, on TV, it was like I was watching a film," she told the Bangkok Post in June 2010. Now, Nanta has found herself in another nervous limelight _ another dramatic movie if you'd permit the analogy _ when news broke last month that Lido Theatre, and probably the stately Scala, too, might soon be razed to make way for new malls.
Chula asks us Lido-lovers to feel the pain
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/03/2012
» Alarmed and despondent, readers have sent feedback to me regarding last week's column on the forthcoming demise of the Lido Theatre. For a second, I thought I had struck my Kony moment, though I'd promised I'd never end up the same way as that video-maker who was caught naked, drunk, and allegedly performing al fresco masturbation just days after his socially-conscious campaign had gone viral. Don't let the urge to save the world short-circuit your head, that's the lowdown.