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Alum armpits
Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/01/2014
» Using a deodorant is essential, especially in hot climates. But before the arrival of commercial deodorants, Thais used to apply sansom, or alum crystals, to prevent the formation of bacteria in our armpits in the hot and humid environment.
The river of dreams
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 31/03/2014
» Sompong Wiengjun sits on a balcony of her house along a dirt road running parallel to the Mun River in Khong Chiam district, Ubon Ratchathani. She sighs while gazing at the foul-smelling river. Twenty years ago, she would have been catching fish and planting vegetables along the river bank.
Sufficient,safe and sound
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 18/09/2014
» Many awards and certificates of achievement are displayed in the house of Somboon Srisubat. Seventeen years ago, the skinny farmer suffered great distress and almost committed suicide due to huge debts. Today, he's found a way to get back on his feet and now runs the successful Suan Lung Nin, or Uncle Nin's Orchard, in Chumphon, about 450km south of Bangkok.
Encroaching on male territory
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 02/02/2015
» Patrolling the forest with a gun was not the job of Weeraya Ochakull’s dreams. But she was offered the opportunity about 18 years ago, and the present chief of Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary (western zone) in Kanchanaburi feels the work has made her a strong person who truly believes in law enforcement.
All that glitters...
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 29/04/2015
» A community meeting room in Ban Khao Mo village in Phichit, about 300km north of Bangkok, has been locked up. Plastic chairs are stacked up in rows. Dry leaves are scattered on the concrete floor. Across the street are three huge concrete water tanks, empty. Not far from them stand four houses, a temple with only one monk and an unfinished construction site. The scene is desolate, the village nearly abandoned.
Following in her father's footsteps
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 24/01/2017
» Born in Thailand to an immigrant Chinese father, Yupin Dhanabadeesakul remembers the time when her family lived hand to mouth. While she's made it through the tough times and her family now owns a ceramic factory in Lampang that produces the iconic, widely used and much plagiarised rooster-pattern bowls, or cham kai, Yupin is haunted by two fears.
Labour of love
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 01/05/2017
» Arunee Srito, 65, has never let up since she heard about labour rights almost 50 years ago.
Vegetarian food and purification of the mind
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 19/10/2017
» The annual vegetarian festival will kick off tomorrow, the first day of the ninth lunar month. The festival will last for nine days, until Oct 28.
A proud heritage
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 15/02/2018
» Napa Suyayai, 68, sits comfortably on the bench of her wooden loom in the outdoor workroom of her house. It is the weaving centre of Tai Lue of Ban Thi community in Lamphun.
Hidden Hong Kong marvels
B Magazine, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 29/07/2018
» Clothes were hanging outside many windows of old flats while water kept dripping from air con units to the street below. The scene of Sham Shui Po, an old quarter in the northwest part of Kowloon in Hong Kong is far cry from the modern skyscrapers in the central area.