Many Lives Migration “From 1965 to 1972 Thailand

“From 1965 to 1972 Thailand sent nearly 38

and “social suffering” in some communities

eschatology and exotic indigenous deathways have long held a privileged position in the ethnographic and popular literature on Borneo

and canals played a major role in Vietnam’s turbulent past

Many Lives Migration “From 1965 to 1972 ThailandTranslated by Meredith Borthwick "That night, the rain poured and wind howled, raindrops crashing like solid objects onto the ground and water. A passenger boat from Ban Phaen to Bangkok, packed with people, pressed on through the current amidst the rising clamour of the rain and strom" The boat capsizes in the torrent, and washed up on the shore the next morning are the sodden bodies of the many passengers who lost their lives. Thus begins M. R.