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Land 'gift' to the poor is anything but
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 24/12/2014
» The Prayut government has announced that it will allocate 53,000 rai of state land to poor, landless farmers as a present to celebrate New Year. Time to celebrate? Not so fast.
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Pope sets example for our monks
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 22/10/2014
» I guess I am not the only Buddhist who has tremendous respect and admiration for Pope Francis.
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Raw power won't silence forest people
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 12/11/2014
» Right after the May 22 coup, the junta vowed to kick-start land reform and help those who have no land. But after the junta's promise, a wave of forest crackdowns was launched with a vengeance.
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Rural poor can't ignore regime threat
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 19/11/2014
» The May 22 coup returned a semblance of normalcy to the country. What happened last week has shown how fragile that is.
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Buddhist pilgrimage with a difference
B Magazine, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 21/09/2014
» As a producer of dhamma TV programmes, Somnuek Khemacheeva has visited holy Buddhist sites in India several times as part of her work. As a devout Buddhist practitioner, however, she found the so-called “pilgrimages” that millions of Buddhist Thais make each year to India are quite spiritually superficial.
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So close and yet so far on sex equality
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 01/10/2014
» In 1995, Thailand pledged to empower women and make gender equality a reality at the UN's historic conference on women in Beijing. But how are Thai women faring now? What has improved? And what obstacles remain?
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Koh Tao case shatters faith in our police
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 08/10/2014
» After so many twists and turns in the Koh Tao beach murder case over the past three weeks, police finally arrested two young migrant workers from Myanmar. However, many believe they are scapegoats.
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Teaching our children how to kowtow
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/07/2014
» No sooner had the sounds of military marches died down after the May 22 coup than the Education Ministry ordered all schools to play patriotic songs to please the junta.
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Time for a hard look at orphanages
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/08/2014
» In a society where the numbers of single women with financial security are rising, why are they still barred from seeking adoption and surrogacy services just because the authorities want to protect the traditional mum-and-dad family model that is quickly crumbling?
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Forest monk leaves gift of his wisdom
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 27/08/2014
» When Luang Por Khamkhian Suvanno drew his last breath as dawn broke on Saturday, the country not only lost a great meditation master, but also a socially conscious monastic who dedicated his life to saving the forests and the livelihoods of the poor.
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