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Life for poor forest dwellers as cheap as ever
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 10/02/2016
» How much is one’s way of life worth? For indigenous forest dweller No-ae Mimee, it is very cheap indeed.
Thung Yai shows way to end forest evictions
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 17/02/2016
» Plu Jibong has a burning question: Why must Karen forest dwellers in Kaeng Krachan National Park suffer violent eviction and forced resettlement when his Karen peers in Thung Yai-Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary can live in peace?
Karen fight to keep farms in parks conflict
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 20/01/2016
» It is a long walk on rugged terrain. The nearest traditional rice field of the indigenous Karen is five kilometres away from the village, tucked away in a dense forest. Yet Mueno, while carrying her three-old son, shows no sign of fatigue even as I am gasping for breath.
Poor suffer as regime goes back to old ways
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 27/01/2016
» If you want to get Kanya Pankiti going, ask her about the coup-makers' self-proclaimed mission to return happiness to Thais. "Are you serious?" she asks. "What happiness? Can't you see people on the ground are suffering across the country?"
Reform under this regime is an uphill task
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/12/2015
» As the regime is set to announce its policy achievements today, one thing is clear. If our goal is to fix gross and deep-rooted disparity that is the root cause of political violence, military dictatorship cannot deliver it.
Supreme Patriarch row won't help clergy
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/01/2016
» Amid heated disputes over who will become the new supreme patriarch, one thing is certain: whoever that may be, there is no way he can tackle the ills plaguing monastic society.
Clipping civil society's wings spells peril
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 13/01/2016
» The good news first: Buddhism will not be enshrined as Thailand's national religion in the draft charter. Now the bad news: the protection for human dignity, freedoms, rights and equality for everyone in the country -- a principle recognised in previous charters -- will now be no more.
Until we start listening, no city will be safe
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 18/11/2015
» Immediately after the Friday 13th massacre in Paris, some cities around the world covered their monuments in the French tricolour to express mourning and solidarity. Netizens did the same with their Facebook profile photos.
Taking on the heavy hand of militarism
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 25/11/2015
» Merit-making with monastics is part of our Buddhist culture. Since Bangkok temples are already bursting with donations, I headed for a nunnery in the neighbourhood over the weekend. Women in pursuit of a spiritual life need support too, don't they?
Education ills only part of our problem
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/12/2015
» What is the country's biggest problem? According to the Nida Poll last week, it's not politics, the judicial system, the bureaucracy, or economic disparity; it's education. Who can disagree with that? Count me in.