Bangkok Post: Opinion

Friday, November 23, 2012

Honour your maid, fight for women's rights

By Sanitsuda Ekachai

Charity begins at home. So do women's rights and gender equality. That's why who is doing the dishes at home is for me not a petty personal issue, but a political one. But whenever I raise this topic _ that a couple's equal share of household chores is an an indicator of gender equality in ...

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• 31 July 2009

  A crack in political dynasties

  By Sanitsuda Ekachai

  Is the era of political dynasties in Thai local politics coming to an end? What happened last week in Surat Thani, when the long-reigning Thaugsuban clan was defeated in a provincial election, was telling.Surat Thani has long been a Democrat stronghold under the clan of Deputy Prime Minister Suthep ...

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• 24 July 2009

  Ministry of misery

  By Sanitsuda Ekachai

  The very same week the Abhisit government promised that the progressive property tax would take effect next year, a group of 200 landless villagers in Chaiyaphum province moved into a state-owned eucalyptus plantation to reclaim the land that was once theirs. Their plight started 30 years ago, when ...

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• 17 July 2009

  In considering marriage, stick with tradition

  By Sanitsuda Ekachai

  What will you do if your independent-minded daughter who is going to get married says she wants to do away with the fuss of a wedding?There is a good chance that she is only informing you, not asking for your permission. You know how kids are these days. Still, you'd tell her: Don't.Not that she ...

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• 09 July 2009

  Heartbreak in the mountains

  By Sanitsuda Ekachai

   While we city parents complain about rote-learning in the education system which kills our children's creativity, the ethnic Karen forest dwellers in the northernmost mountains of Mae Hong Son suffer a different disillusionment."Schools have stolen our children," said Tabuko, the ...

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• 03 July 2009

  We're not sheep, we're citizens

  By Sanitsuda Ekachai

  It is not about anger. It is about anguish and disillusionment. It is about a country where small people have to pay with their blood, sweat and tears for the boon which the ruling elite of all sides want to grab.It is also about a wife's determination not to let hopelessness swallow her up in a sea ...

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