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  • LIFE

    Roaring success

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 23/09/2019

    » Hear the roar. The Lion King musical has begun its run in Bangkok, and it was nothing short of a wonder-feast for the eyes.

  • OPINION

    Human cruelty for a false belief

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 07/10/2019

    » Would you pay to set something free? A poor, small creature locked away in confinement perhaps? From behind bars, its eyes meet yours as if to say: "Save me." So delicate. So pitiful. And if you do nothing, who knows what's going to happen to it? You take your wallet out. Hand over a few bills to the seller, who has handful of cages on him. And soon you let it go. Be it bird, fish, turtle or other. Fly free. Swim free.

  • LIFE

    Empowering the voiceless

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 03/01/2020

    » After the stage is set, the play soon begins, depicting the struggle and injustice faced by the oppressed protagonist. At the end of the performance, the same play begins again. However, audiences are no longer isolated. They are encouraged to say "stop" at any point in the show, get onstage and act in place of the actors, turning their role into that of the "spect-actors" to present their own solution to break out of the oppression.

  • LIFE

    It's always funny until someone gets hurt

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/01/2020

    » The seriousness of bullying among schoolchildren was brought into sharp focus recently, after a 13-year-old boy shot his classmate, killing him at their school. The young shooter claimed that this was in retribution for the bullying he had suffered at the hands of his dead classmate, who used to hit him, call him gay and otherwise shame him in front of others.

  • LIFE

    A crisis for workers

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 01/05/2020

    » Venue closure, curfew and state policies enforced to contain the spread of Covid-19 are affecting the labour force severely. Workers experience the impact in different magnitudes, with some getting less pay and seeing their working hours reduced. Others manage to work from home. Some lose their jobs entirely.

  • LIFE

    All aboard the train to nowhere

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 03/06/2020

    » A new train has left the platform, plunging its passengers through a frozen wasteland on board the engine that perpetually circumnavigates the planet.

  • LIFE

    Small steps forward

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/08/2022

    » Singapore's rights bill falls short while media representation lags with Netflix cancellation.

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