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Govt to build big dam on seismic fault
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 16/02/2012
» Building a big dam on an active earthquake fault. Isn't that plain crazy?
Klity Karen left with leaden hearts
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/02/2012
» If you and your children had to suffer from lead poisoning and the court ordered the culprit to compensate you with only 230,000 baht for the crime, would you be happy about it?
Kasian warns hatred could get out of hand
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/02/2012
» Kasian Tejapira, a former student activist who went through the atrocity of Oct 6, 1976, in which state forces cracked down brutally on left-leaning students, gives his view of the controversy regarding the proposal to amend the lese majeste law and the order by Thammasat University, where he teaches, to ban political activities relating to the move from its campuses.
A victory for the stateless
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/02/2012
» As Rasita Suiyang broke down in tears of joy, others were jumping elatedly in front of parliament on Monday. For Rasita and tens of thousands in Thailand, the jubilation came after 10 years of an uphill legal struggle against ethnic and legal discrimination. All their lives they have had to live with the bitterness of being treated as stateless people without any legal rights in their own motherland.
Culinary trail leads to cultural awareness
B Magazine, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 29/01/2012
» You don't know Thai food if you think it's just green curry and tom yum gung spicy shrimp soup, and you won't ever know it if you eat only in Bangkok restaurants, no matter how fancy and how varied their menus. For food is culture and Thai cuisine is a living art. It is also a sacred offering because each dish manifests gratitude to Mother Nature for what she has endowed local environments.
Bringing things out in the open
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 14/01/2012
» While a coyote-dancing monk who sparked public uproar has been suspended, the episode has led to a continuing debate over gay monks in the clergy.
Life is tough for children of migrants
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 12/01/2012
» Although Chaiyong Hongsa is already 11, he is perfectly happy to be in kindergarten with the toddlers. For him, it is not only where he can learn Thai. It is also where he can have the chance to experience childhood.
Being Thai is no guarantee of citizenship
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 05/01/2012
» As an ethnic Thai living in Cambodia, Bantom Sommai successfully fled to Thailand when the horrors of the Khmer Rouge began. But her battle for security is far from over.