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A tale of love and survival
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 16/08/2024
» Exploring the harsh realities of poverty and homelessness, Lolo And The Kid is a new Filipino drama on Netflix that seeks to tug at the heartstrings with a tale of an unlikely bond between an adult hustler and a child.
Pipe dreams: Pakistan sewage workers hope for better future
AFP, Published on 04/04/2022
» LAHORE: Nearly naked and covered with a black, foul-smelling muck, Shafiq Masih struggles out of a sewer he has just cleaned by hand in an upmarket district of Lahore, Pakistan's second biggest city.
Hope fades for migrant children
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/12/2021
» Once a happy-go-lucky fifth-grader who studied at a migrant learning centre in Mae Sot, Min* opts to sniff glue in his free time. By doing so, he wishes to momentarily forget the enormous responsibility of bringing food to the table by working long shifts at a local slaughterhouse after his parents were laid off due to the impact of Covid-19.
Read all about it
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 23/04/2021
» A blogger a number of years ago cited an alleged Unesco statistic stating that Thais only read eight lines per year compared to the five books a year Singaporeans and Vietnamese read. I couldn't find the statistic anywhere but a former editor for Guru also wrote in one of her past editor's note that the National Statistic Office reported in 2005 that Thais read an average of just seven lines a year. However, the Unesco site which you can check out has traced that illiteracy has begun declining in 2015 so perhaps the seven-lines-per-year has improved. But why in the world am I talking about Thailand's literacy rates when we usually talk about food or Uncle Tu's latest blunders in this magazine? Well, today is actually World Book Day, and we're listing out a few things you can do to celebrate the occasion -- and perhaps also keep that upward trajectory on the Unesco stat going. So choose a cozy spot and get ready to bury your nose in a few pages as we celebrate World Book Day 2021.
RBSO presents the Russian masters
Life, Published on 04/12/2018
» Dmitri Shostakovich perhaps offered the secret of Russian music: "When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something."
War from a woman's perspective
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/01/2018
» Simple, direct, articulate, Christina Lamb spoke with lucidity about war, conflict and hope. In Bangkok last week as guest of BangkokEdge Festival, where she gave a talk about her books, including I Am Malala, the respected British journalist shared her first-hand view about trouble in the world and also women's place in war.
Empowering burka-clad women
Life, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 12/10/2017
» Aaron Haroon Rashid may no longer plan to produce the fifth season of Burka Avenger, a children's TV show featuring a burka-clad female superhero, but his goal has never wavered -- to empower young girls in Pakistan and provide them with a role model.
Grim realities
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/09/2017
» Hajee Ismail has hardly slept since receiving news late last month from his family in Buthidaung township that the Myanmar military had begun a brutal crackdown of Rohingya villages in Rakhine state. Ismail's community where he once played as a young boy had been burnt down.
Barefoot, full-hearted
Life, Published on 17/09/2015
» Sanjit "Bunker" Roy had the best education anyone could imagine. From attending one of the best boys boarding schools in India to one of the most recognised colleges there, he was progressing towards working in prestigious high-paying jobs.
Eating mindfully
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 08/09/2015
» Thailand imports over 50 billion baht worth of chemical pesticides a year. Sadly, the negative consequences that these toxins bring to consumers are equally as huge.