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Outrage over old-age allowance cut
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/08/2023
» This year's viral video clip on Thai Mothers' Day wasn't about motherly love. It featured a furious mother's outburst, which, surprisingly, gained overwhelming support from viewers across the country.
Covid-19 exposes our broken system
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/04/2020
» The government's constant mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic evokes two images in my mind. One is a badly infected wound. The other is an overblown balloon ready to burst.
Buddha's path must guide reform of clergy
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 07/06/2018
» The recent crackdown on the Sangha Supreme Council elders is long overdue. Corrupt monks in high places have escaped the law for far too long. But abuse of power will not go away as long as the clergy remains a closed, feudal autocracy under state patronage.
We must build on His Majesty's great legacy
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 15/10/2016
» The announcement is coming; the same message bombarded my many Line chat rooms on Thursday afternoon. My hands trembled; my heart knew the unspeakable; tears started to well up and roll down my face: the country's worst fear was now a reality. My daughter called. I couldn't talk. "Are you all right?" she asked. I choked. "It's all right," she tried to console me. No, it's not all right. No.
NESDB survey reeks of ultra-nationalism
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 08/09/2016
» A news item about migrant workers created a big nationalistic stir last week. It was about a survey showing migrant workers becoming self-employed and active in small, informal trading as small vendors in fresh and community markets.
Challenge of giving water back to the people
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/03/2016
» The cradle of rice and water. That is how we Thais like to describe our country, proud of being blessed by natural abundance. Sadly, such good fortune is now history.
Poor suffer as regime goes back to old ways
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 27/01/2016
» If you want to get Kanya Pankiti going, ask her about the coup-makers' self-proclaimed mission to return happiness to Thais. "Are you serious?" she asks. "What happiness? Can't you see people on the ground are suffering across the country?"
Keep Suan Mokh free from politics
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 05/11/2014
» Like many people in my generation, Suan Mokh forest monastery in Surat Thani province holds a special place in my heart. It's why I feel uneasy with recent developments there.
Buddhist pilgrimage with a difference
B Magazine, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 21/09/2014
» As a producer of dhamma TV programmes, Somnuek Khemacheeva has visited holy Buddhist sites in India several times as part of her work. As a devout Buddhist practitioner, however, she found the so-called “pilgrimages” that millions of Buddhist Thais make each year to India are quite spiritually superficial.
Brutality a sad fact of our daily life
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 21/05/2014
» While the country is still debating whether martial law is actually just a coup, people across the country are subjected to daily brutality, whether from deeply ingrained militarism in officialdom or our own psyche.