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Ally: A star shines brighter
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/04/2024
» Achiraya Nitibhon, better known as Ally, was not among the believers when she first laid eyes on the script of the Thai Netflix series The Believers.
Will the Empire strike back at the Skywalkers?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/12/2019
» The dark spectre of street politics has returned to a deeply polarised society, as the ruling conservatives try to hold on to their unstable coalition over a feast of shark fin soup.
Going round in circles with social myths
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/10/2015
» The latest SEA Write awardee Veeraporn Nitiprapha said one striking thing in an interview: how large parts of our lives, and more specifically the prolonged political conflict, have been shaped by social myths.
Khon Kaen shows regime out of touch
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/11/2014
» Symbols alone won't topple a regime, especially if that regime is a fully armed, militarised one. The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) should know that.
Using force is no way to defend the monarchy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/11/2020
» Do royalists really believe that the use of force, hate-mongering and pitching one protest against another are the best ways to defend the monarchy?
Graceful form, intricate craftsmanship
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/03/2020
» The first thought that came to the mind of Tirapan Vanarat upon learning he had been named a national artist in the field of fashion design was: "What will I wear?"
Coalition allies won't read from same script
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 28/05/2019
» As soon as parliament opened for business, we got a glimpse of the endgame.
So what's so hard about transparency?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/01/2018
» For law-abiding Thais living under the "peace and order" regime, what should annoy us the most?
Tribalism lets the blind lead the blind
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/09/2017
» It comes in a package. A coup that is not a coup. Airport seizures that are retroactively described as self-imposed closures by the authorities themselves. An act of forcing freshmen to strip naked and simulate sex acts is explained away as a rite of passage and bonding activity.
Bickering not needed as we grieve for HM
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/10/2016
» Has Thailand changed markedly since 3.52pm last Thursday when His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away?