Teena Gill has been writing for various newspapers, magazines and wire services since 1990.
She started working as a development journalist in New Delhi with Business India magazine and The Pioneer.
In 1995 she started writing features on Southeast Asia for Inter Press Service (IPS), a leading
news agency covering development issues, from Bangkok and later Chiang Mai, where she was based.
She also wrote for Panos Features and India Abroad News Service (IANS), amongst others.
A list of articles follows. Some of these have links which you can click and read online.
Those which are not available online can be obtained on request from the writer at:
teenagill@yahoo.com
SELECTION OF ARTICLES:
THAILAND
The Greenwash Of Ecotourism - Thai Style
Inter Press Service
http://www.payer.de/entwicklung/entw513.htm
THAILAND-FINANCE
Banking Scandal Erodes Public Confidence
Inter Press Service
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2550685.html
THAILAND
Rewriting History - Thai Style
Panos Features, London
http://www.inwent.org/v-ez/lis/thailand/history.htm
RIGHTS-THAILAND: Doubts Rise About AZT Risks for Mothers with HIV
Inter Press Service
http://www.aegis.com/news/ips/1999/IP991206.html
DEVELOPMENT-LAOS:
Boom in Tourism Threatens Local Culture
Inter Press Service
http://ipsnews.net/mekong/stories/boomlao.html
BURMA-DEVELOPMENT
Irrawaddy’s bounty is its People’s Curse
The Nation
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
http://www.burmalibrary.org/reg.burma/archives/199701/msg00189.html
ASIA-INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Rights Fight Rages Across the Region
Inter Press Service
http://forests.org/archive/asia/tribrigh.htm
1995
HEALTH-THAILAND: Elderly Carry Burden of HIV/AIDS Families
Inter Press Service
http://www.aegis.com/news/ips/2001/IP010106.html
2001
IRRAWADDY’S BOUNTY IS ITS PEOPLE’S CURSE
The Nation
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
http://www.burmalibrary.org/reg.burma/archives/199701/msg00189.html
ASIA-DEVELOPMENT ‘Poverty Amidst Plenty’ Syndrome Persists
Inter Press Service
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2186074.html
RIGHTS-BURMA : Migrant Workers Push Key Legal Test in Thailand
Written from Mae Sot, Thailand under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
http://ipsnews.net/login.asp?redir=news.asp?idnews=19341
Documentaries keep Burma issues alive
TVE-Asia Pacific
http://www.tveap.org/?q=node/349
Asian Farmers Struggle Against Transnationals
Inter Press Service
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/50/003.html
RIGHTS-BURMA
Migrant Workers Push Key Legal Test in Thailand
Inter Press Service
SOUTH-EAST ASIA Singapore’s Lee Stirs up Hornet’s Nest on Burma
Inter Press Service
DEVELOPMENT-THAILAND: Crisis Pushes Girls out of School
Inter Press Service
SOUTH-EAST ASIA-POLITICS MacCarthy Syndrome Persists Even Now
Inter Press Service
ASIA-BURMA NGOs Urge Regional Governments to Pressure Rangoon
Inter Press Service
CAMBODIA: If Pol Pot is Dead, Thai Intelligence ‘Would Know’
Inter Press Service
GENDER EQUALITY-DEVELOPMENT-EAST ASIA: Globalisation Hurts Women most
Inter Press Service
CHILDREN - The Lost Innocence of Asia’s Child Warriors
Inter Press Service
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
THAILAND Corruption Charges Hit a Raw Nerve Among Police Chiefs
Inter Press Service
THAILAND/IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/
New Car Project Spawns Fears of More Traffic Woes
Inter Press Service
THAILAND/IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
Mainstream Buddhism in Crisis as its Monopoly over Religion Threatened by New ‘Heretical’ Sect
Inter Press Service
DEVELOPMENT-THAILAND
Community Theatre Delves into Social Issues
Inter Press Service
ASEAN-EUROPE SUMMIT Trillion Dollar Trade Dulls Rights Principles
Inter Press Service
ASIA-EUROPE
Human Rights Traded in for Economic Gain
Inter Press Service
ASIA-EUROPE
Summit Marks Turning Point in Post-Colonial Ties
Inter Press Service
ASIA-FRANCE Old Colonialists Strike Out Alone In Pursuit Of Trade
Inter Press Service
THAILAND Corruption Charges Hit a Raw Nerve Among Police Chiefs
Inter Press Service
DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN - THAILAND- Women Question Official Policy on Abortion
Inter Press Service
ASIA-POLITICS S.Korean Trials Send a Message to South-east Asia
Inter Press Service
RIGHTS-THAILAND:
Hilltribes Still Battling Discrimination
Inter Press Service
HEALTH-THAILAND: Shift in HIV Drugs Raises Suspicions
Inter Press Service
RIGHTS-THAILAND
Villagers Wary of Pollution Across the Border
Inter Press Service
DEVELOPMENT-ASIA AsDB Meet Spurs Paranoia Against Protesters
Inter Press Service
THAILAND: Paying the Price for Poor Radioactive Safeguards
Inter Press Service
THAILAND: Farmers, Indigenous Groups Bridge Gap, Hit Govt Inaction
Inter Press Service
THAILAND-BURMA: Clashes Highlight Volatile Border
Inter Press Service
THAILAND:
Chemical Pesticides Are Poisoning Villages
Inter Press Service
HEALTH: Cambodians Learn from Thai Monks’ Fight vs HIV/AIDS
Inter Press Service
RIGHTS-BURMA: Bullets Instead of Bread
Inter Press Service
WOMEN AS LEADERS SERIES/PROFILE-THAILAND: Bringing Women’s Issues To The Fore
Inter Press Service
ASIA-TRANSPORT
Railway Network Plan May Get on Track - This Time
Inter Press Service
THAILAND/BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS - Scandal Sparks Buddhist Battle of Sexes
Inter Press Service
BURMA Isolated Military Regime Woos Buddhist Monks
Inter Press Service
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
BURMA Khun Sa’s Surrender a Setback to Ethnic Autonomy Struggle
Inter Press Service
BURMA
Military Is Sole Force in South-east Asia Using Landmines
Inter Press Service
BURMA Student Rumblings Are Signs of Tough Economic Times
Inter Press Service
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
BURMA-DEVELOPMENT
Poverty Rampant in Rice-Rich Delta Region
Inter Press Service
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
BURMA-ECONOMY U.S., Amnesty Reports Put Junta on Defensive
Inter Press Service
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
BURMA-ECONOMY Under Shiny Surface, Rusting Rangoon is Going Bust
Inter Press Service
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
BURMA-HEALTH A Poor and Sick Nation
Inter Press Service
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
BURMA-HUMAN RIGHTS Days Before His Arrest, Kyi Maung Was Upbeat
Inter Press Service
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
BURMA-HUMAN RIGHTS
Insein - a Political Prisoner’s Nightmare
Inter Press Service
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
BURMA-MEDIA Foreign Reporters Frown as Rangoon Forces a Smile
Inter Press Service
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
BURMA-RELIGION
Isolated Military Regime Woos Buddhist Monks
Inter Press Service
Written from Rangoon under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
CAMBODIA If Pol Pot is Dead, Thai Intelligence ‘Would Know’
Inter Press Service
CAMBODIA Khmer Rouge Split May be a Turning Point in Civil War
Inter Press Service
CAMBODIA Widening Rich-Poor Gulf May Reopen Door For Khmer Rouge
Inter Press Service
CAMBODIA Yesterday’s Treasures Threatened by Today’s Realities
Inter Press Service
CAMBODIA-HUMAN RIGHTS Judicial System Suffers Credibility Crisis
Inter Press Service
CAMBODIA-MEDIA Press Curbs Threaten Fledgling Democracy
Inter Press Service
DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN -
THAILAND: Women NGOs To Raise Long List of Issues in Beijing
Inter Press Service
DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN - THAILAND- Lesbian Women in Love Following Sappho Out of the Closet
Inter Press Service
ECONOMY-THAILAND Here Today, Gone Tonight- Flitting Capital Angers Thais
Inter Press Service
ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN - THAILAND- Bid to Clean up Traffic Chaos Falls Flat
Inter Press Service
ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN - THAILAND- Tempers Rise over Government Failure to Control Floods
Inter Press Service
ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN THAILAND- Ban on Logging Fails to Halt Plundering of Forests
Inter Press Service
FINANCE/British Researchers’ Hot Solutions To Hot-Money Crises
Panos Features, London
INDOCHINA-TOURISM Asian Tigers Invest With Gleams in Their Eyes
Inter Press Service
ASIA-TRANSPORT
Railway Network Plan May Get on Track - This Time
Inter Press Service
IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/
THAILAND: Political arm of Buddhist sect blocks attempt to broaden terms under which abortion permitted
Inter Press Service
LAOS-CULTURE
Living with ‘Big Brother’ Thailand
Inter Press Service
Written from Vientiane under the pseudonym Simrin Singh
Border clashes with Myanmar reveal Thai divisions
Asia Times
RIGHTS-THAILAND: Reforms Inch Their Way through Justice System
Inter Press Service
SOUTH-EAST ASIA Singapore’s Lee Stirs up Hornet’s Nest on Burma
Inter Press Service
NATURAL DISASTERS
Thai Drought-Prediction Shows Need For Disaster Planning
Inter Press Service
THAILAND
Anti-Communist Purges Alarm Human Rights Activists
Inter Press Service
THAILAND
Corruption Charges Hit a Raw Nerve Among Police Chiefs
Inter Press Service
THAILAND
Thai-Chinese Can Look Forward to Year of the Rat
Inter Press Service
THAILAND-BURMA
‘Love Thy Neighbour’ is Bangkok’s Motto
Inter Press Service
THAILAND-DRUGS
MP Extradition Marks Bangkok Policy Shift
Inter Press Service
THAILAND-ECONOMY
Credit Card Culture Spurs Big Spending
Inter Press Service
THAILAND-ENVIRONMENT Poison on the High Seas
Inter Press Service
THAILAND-LABOUR Workers Turn Militant in Battle For Better Wages
Inter Press Service
THAILAND-POLITICS Stormy Times Ahead for Coalition Government
Inter Press Service
THAILAND-RELIGION Mainstream Buddhism in Crisis
Inter Press Service
THAILAND-TRANSPORT Bid to Clean up Traffic Mess Falls Flat
Inter Press Service
THAILAND-VIETNAM Bangkok, Hanoi Shake Hands But Fail to Embrace
Inter Press Service
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