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So much more than meets the eye
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 24/07/2020
» Face reading, overbearing traditional parents and suitors' indecisiveness to take the plunge are part and parcel of what makes Netflix's docu-reality series Indian Matchmaking an eye-opening experience for anyone not familiar with this common practice in the subcontinent.
A change is gonna come
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 25/10/2019
» For audiences everywhere, Papicha -- the first feature film by Algerian writer-director Mounia Meddour -- is a celebration of female empowerment.
Painting pain
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 24/12/2018
» As a child, Amina was sexually molested by her uncle, who was a highly respected member of the family. The abuse started at the age of six and only ended when she left home aged 16.
Making things right
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/10/2018
» In the age of #MeToo, Thais have become more aware of issues like sexual violence and female empowerment. This is evinced by high-profile cases like that of Nitiwadee "Mor Nim" Pucharoenyos, a victim of domestic violence who was a few months ago spared the death penalty when the appeals court found her not guilty of killing her estranged husband back in 2013, while her mother was sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting the murder out of love for her daughter. It seems like a lot of females have started waking up to the idea of gender justice.
Guardian angels
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/09/2018
» Chaiwat Duangkem receives a bone-chilling call from a frantic woman, whose mentally unstable husband is in the middle of committing suicide. As team leader at privately owned ambulance service Medical Safety Team (MST) Thailand, which caters largely to mentally ill individuals, he learns that members of the patient's family restrained the hallucinating man, who is profusely bleeding from a self-inflicted wound but refuses to go to the hospital, before calling MST as their last resort.
The Golden Years
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 07/08/2018
» Dressed in white jumpsuit Vijitra Kanthawivorn, 73, a retired nurse from King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, gestured for a group of her friends to sit next to her as the screening of the film was about to begin.
The Deeper South
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/08/2017
» In the contemporary art created by Muslim women from Thailand's restive southern provinces of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani, there is a depth that reaches out and speaks to the heart.
Italian artist Aguggiaro makes Bangkok solo debut
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/03/2017
» Italian artist Franco Aguggiaro's debut solo art exhibition in Bangkok, "Venice And The Carnival", takes the audience through a nostalgic, almost virtual-reality-like tour of a typical Italian carnival set within the historical environs of the city of Venice, the place of his birth.
Living in limbo
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 21/03/2017
» It is hard not to get noticed in a sea of Thai faces when you are Middle Eastern. Being a refugee in Thailand, which is very "grey" on such status, will only add to the predicament.