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When students rise
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/10/2025
» Back in the mid-19th century, female education increased literacy and access to jobs and they began to fight for participation in public life. The public sphere promised them a new horizon. From the 1890s onwards, print media began to allow women to express their voice and authors vaunted personal talent and equality, including gender relations. Following the Siamese Revolution in 1932, women were enfranchised for the first time.
Marching with pride
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 26/05/2025
» In the wake of this year's historic victory for marriage equality, campaigners are preparing festive events for Pride Month, reinforcing Thailand's ambition to become the world's most LGBTI-friendly destination.
Dough therapy
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/04/2025
» Oranong Chanasit, an activist, took a bakery course to learn how to knead dough in the hope of teaching hilltribe children, but encountered a life-changing experience.
Evolving language
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/04/2025
» During a medical check-up, Pin consulted a doctor about receiving gender-affirming care. In an ideal setting, a sign language interpreter would communicate with her by painstakingly finger-spelling the concept "hormone". But when such assistance was not available, she and the doctor resorted to writing on paper.
Will AI replace artists?
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/12/2022
» What were you doing at 25? The quarter-life edition of the Singapore Writers Festival has opened up an opportunity for artists to reflect on their creative life. When the question came up in our conversation, two of them laughed (I am still 25!). In those days, Oniatta Effendi taught drama, while Chow Teck Seng taught Chinese literature. It was not until recently they quit.
Farewells teach us all to live for the moment
Oped, Thana Boonlert, Published on 01/07/2022
» When we bid farewell to something, it marks the end of a relationship. Saying it gives us a sense of ending. Saying goodbye reminds us of how vulnerable and uncertain our life is.
Netflix film by Thai creators preaches harmonious existence
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 02/06/2022
» Netflix is screening the first preschool animation, Sea Of Love, by Thai creators to teach children and viewers of all ages how to live together in harmony.
A poem born in a protest
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/11/2020
» Monday Oct 26 was just another dark and sweltering night on Sathon Road, central Bangkok.
To Rayong and beyond
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/09/2020
» Rayong's Wang Chan Valley is the next beating heart of the tech industry. Tucked away in a secluded corner of the province, the nearly 4,000-rai hub of the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi) is being groomed to be at the forefront of Thailand 4.0.
Saving kingdom's tigers
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/06/2020
» In the wild, tigers play the role of apex predator. The biggest of the wild cats can roam almost 300 kilometres to find food and mates, and they very rarely come into contact with other tigers or people.