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Absent parents hinder children's development
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 25/06/2014
» If children are our future, what kind of future awaits us when we rob these children of the chance to grow up under the loving care of their parents?
Don’t turn a blind eye to migrant woes
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 18/06/2014
» When the military junta first announced a policy to clean up the migrant workers’ mess, it certainly did not expect the move to explode so fiercely in its face.
Cracking the religious wall of prejudice
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/06/2014
» How would you feel if you were invited to speak at an international conference, flew thousands of miles to be there, and were told at the very last minute before the opening ceremony that your talk had been banned?
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.
Easing the haze problem in the North
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/04/2014
» When I was in the border town of Mae Sot in Tak province over the weekend, the sky was not only cloudy and grey, the air was also dangerous to breathe.
Help teenage mums, don’t hurt them
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 19/03/2014
» What should we do when the teenage pregnancy rate in Thailand is among the highest in the world? Help them, or punish them for deviating from good-girl norms?
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?
Suthep 'reform' just another empty promise
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 08/01/2014
» Decentralisation is one key reform idea proposed by the anti-government movement. But if protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban and his supporters believe it will be a piece of cake, they need to think again.