The Shelf, a short story by Khamsing Srinawk
Do sacred objects influence the course of natural events? This short story by Khamsing Srinawk provides the answer.
'Four Kings' by Kukrit Pramoj is perhaps the most famous novel in Thailand. Almost everyone has heard about it, many read the book or watched the beautiful film series about Mae Phloi's life.
A new story from Khamsing
This short story by Khamsing Srinawk is from 1958, a few years after contested elections and a coup d'état in 1957. It captures the political chaos of that time well.
The Gods in Thai Paradise – Short Story by Khamsing Srinawk
This short story will have been written in the period around 1975 after the military dictatorship came to an end in October 1973 and a democracy was experimented with. The American troops left Thailand after the fall of Saigon in April 1975 when the Thai government, not entirely without resistance, asked the Americans to leave Thailand in May 1975, a process which was completed in 1976. Thailand first established relations with Mao's China at that time. Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj traveled to Beijing for this.
The poet speaks: War has no gifts
Angkarn Chanthathip, a 39-year-old writer from Khon Kaen, won the SEA Write Award 2013. In this posting an interview with the poet and one of his poems, in Thai and in a Dutch translation.
Zakariya Amataya, Muslim poet in a Buddhist country
Here was previously a moving poem by Zakariya Amataya. Unfortunately, the English translator has forbidden us to publish it. That man must hate poems.
MR Kukrit Pramoj (1911-1995), an incredibly versatile man
This year marks the centenary of his birth and it is worth taking a moment to reflect on this man, writer, journalist, statesman and artist, one of the most honored and beloved in Thailand.