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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.
Parents can't shield good kids from all the bad
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 05/07/2012
» How did you feel when you read in the paper yesterday about the death of a university student who cut short her life because she was unhappy with how her cosmetic surgery turned out?
Insane uni entrance
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 26/07/2012
» GAT. PAT. GPAX. Onet. SAT. CU-ATT. TU-GET. These acronyms used to be meaningless gibberish to me. Now they are making my life hell.
Army must keep its pledge to end boot camp violence
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 24/04/2013
» How are new conscripts being taught military discipline? In not one but two YouTube videos that went viral last week, the public was outraged to see privates being repeatedly kicked and slapped in the face and trampled hard in the back and torso as punishment for disobedience.
Monkhood struggles with sex dilemma
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/07/2013
» When controversial monk Luang Pu Nenkham Chattiko stirred up a public outcry last month by living a life of luxury while duping people into believing he had attained spiritual liberation, authorities simply said nothing much could be done.
For students, first the cram, then the crush
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 25/09/2013
» Sunday was Car-Free Day, but traffic in the Muang Thong area on Chaeng Watthana Road was bumper to bumper from 5am.
Hazing ritual a reflection of militarism
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/09/2014
» Is there a chance that our police and soldiers will stop using torture as a means to get a confession? Is there a chance that our country will become a strong democracy without fear of military intervention? Not a chance as long as our society still endorses the barbarism of college hazing.
Feudal system stunts shoots of democracy
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 26/08/2015
» Why is Thailand’s path toward democracy hitting a brick wall? The country’s economy — despite its recent setback — has created a huge middle class and a more open society that seemed to be heading toward democracy. What is holding the country back?
Militarism is at the root of our problems
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/09/2015
» After Sunday's draft charter veto, there have been growing calls for the "good" elements in the Borwornsak edition to be preserved in the new draft.
Is the coup a symptom of deeper ills?
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 14/10/2015
» Forty-two years ago today, the kids did what their parents never dreamed of doing. Fired up by youthful courage and idealism, they led the popular uprising that finally overthrew the "tyrant trio", ending the country's three decades of military oppression.