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Stuck in our own Orwellian nightmare
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/06/2019
» Go and read Animal Farm. Watch Inception too, as they may help us appreciate the multilayered paradoxes that are Thai politics today. After all the diversions, however, the reality remains that the 2017 constitution must be rewritten, or we will be forever stuck with "all votes are equal but some votes are more equal than others".
A roadmap with many twists, turns
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/05/2016
» The military regime is a virtuoso, no? Some of its political moves are simply stunning, so incredible that people are left dumbstruck by the effect.
Going round in circles with social myths
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/10/2015
» The latest SEA Write awardee Veeraporn Nitiprapha said one striking thing in an interview: how large parts of our lives, and more specifically the prolonged political conflict, have been shaped by social myths.
Mixed views about Thais from Singapore's statesman
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 24/03/2015
» Singapore's late founding father Lee Kuan Yew was a leader who did not mince his words, especially after he stood down as prime minister in 1990.
Prayuth yearns for idyllic past
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 12/08/2014
» Yonder is the road to reform!
We need smart debate, not a muzzle
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/03/2013
» As soon as I learned about the cancellation of the last episode of the programme Tob Jote on the constitutional monarchy by Thai PBS, I thought about one incident.
Upgraded roads, people downtrodden
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/01/2012
» Do you know how many zeroes there are in 2 trillion? I don't. Intellectually, I can't immediately grasp how large such an amount of money is, being an ordinary citizen who subsists on some 50-baht meals most days.