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Bridge saga shows public still left out
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 10/09/2014
» When the country's longest wooden bridge in Kanchanaburi's Sangkhla Buri district collapsed last year from torrential rains, the locals who had built the bridge wanted to fix it themselves. No, said the governor.
Hazing ritual a reflection of militarism
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/09/2014
» Is there a chance that our police and soldiers will stop using torture as a means to get a confession? Is there a chance that our country will become a strong democracy without fear of military intervention? Not a chance as long as our society still endorses the barbarism of college hazing.
When home is fraught with danger
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 30/07/2014
» What happens to politicians in other countries if it becomes known that they beat up their wife?
Teaching our children how to kowtow
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/07/2014
» No sooner had the sounds of military marches died down after the May 22 coup than the Education Ministry ordered all schools to play patriotic songs to please the junta.
Death penalty no cure for rape culture
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/07/2014
» What happened to 13-year-old Nong Kaem on the Surat Thani-Bangkok night train was every mother’s worst nightmare.
South needs education autonomy
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/07/2014
» Ask state educators what the education problems are in the far South, and they will — without fail — blame it on the locals.
Force is no way to solve our conflicts
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 28/05/2014
» For the past few months, Pattani had been relatively calm while Yala, Narathiwat, and parts of Songkhla in the restive South took the brunt of deadly car bombs, motorcycle bombs, arson, and M79 grenade attacks.
Why can’t we as Buddhists live in peace?
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 14/05/2014
» Visakha Bucha Day came and went quietly yesterday in our so-called Buddhist country, where people now look ready to tear one another’s throats just for having different political views.
Earthquake is wake-up call to change
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 07/05/2014
» Roads torn asunder. Buildings fractured. Roofs caved in. Temples cracked. A Buddha statue broken, its head lying shattered on the ground. The top tier of a sacred temple tilting dangerously.
Empowering people will bring change
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 05/02/2014
» Who will come to our rescue when the country is facing devastation? Government? Politicians? Millionaires?