Rice...the way of life

I see  beautiful golden rice fields along the road to my work.  It is good  to see the rice field  from the beginning until the time of harvesting. It is also very good to breath and smell the rice while walking along the field.

Harvesting time has come and the farmers will earn after their hard working in the field.  Some farmers already select seedstock for next year crop. They walk through the rice field to find the best ear of rice from different locations in the filed. Then they dry the seedstocks under the sun. They have different ways to dry the seedstocks which is very intersting to see.

Rice plays very important role to the way of life of Thai people. We have rice as the main course and many of our traditions and ceremonies linked to the belief on rice.

Rice...the way of life

Rights holders ... Duty holders !

Consequence of the stateless students workshop at NLC. Some students learnt that they are qualified under particular laws and regulations to be documented as Thai. This is a happy news for all of us.

They went to the officers with required documents as evidences to apply their citizenships, but they faced many challanges. No information, suggestions and certain dates were informed to them about  when their applications will be proved.

Some of  them could not hand in the applications. They only got a piece of paper stated  the appointments of application in next year or the year after. The officers did not wrtie down the date of issued in the appointment paper.

Some who were lucky to hand in applications faced another challenge.  It  legally states that the officers must complete the process  within 105 days to inform the applicants of the results. But the stateless students mentioned that they have been waiting for  some 150 days, 365 days and more.  They went to ask the officers about the results of their applications, the answer was "WAIT".

Each  second  is  very meaningful for the stateless students to live their lives. It means the enjoyment of basic human rights. Why make it so complex and difficult ?

 The mandate of  duty holders are to protect, respect and fulfill  human rights of the rights holder. On the other hand they also  have the same mandate for themselves. Rights holders and duty holders are all human being !

" ...All human being are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood..."