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  • OPINION

    Military must accept the obvious

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 02/04/2017

    » The Central Administrative Court on Friday ruled the military junta's moves to take away the three passports held by the former Education Minister, Chaturon Chaisang, was a "serious violation" of the fundamental rights of the key leader of the previous government.

  • OPINION

    Valuable lessons from falling ranking

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 19/03/2017

    » Many of my friends were excited to see their universities continue to rule the charts in Thailand when the annual ranking of universities in Asia was announced late last week. The jubilation of those graduating from the likes of Mahidol, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) or Chulalongkorn University was all good, but little did anyone appreciate that all of these revered institutions actually saw their rankings slip from the previous survey.

  • OPINION

    The failings of absolute power

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 12/03/2017

    » Images of joyous disciples and monks were visible in the wee hours yesterday at the sprawling campus of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani's Klong Luang district after Thailand's premier investigative agency -- the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) -- and the military government failed to find the elusive monk.

  • OPINION

    PM should learn to mind his manners

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 13/01/2017

    » It was music to my ears when I heard Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday tell a group of nearly 800 students, who gathered to hear him speak ahead of the Children's Day, what future generations should do and how they should think.

  • OPINION

    Prayut better off avoiding political fray

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 11/08/2016

    » Less than 48 hours after the preliminary referendum results were announced, those in power appear to have started changing their minds and are now silent on whether they would return to the top position in the government if and when elections are held.

  • OPINION

    No solution in sight to our traffic woes

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 25/08/2016

    » I don't know how many of you had a chance to read a report this week that said the busiest road in Bangkok was Vibhavadi Rangsit Road.The gateway to the North and the Northeast, Vibhavadi Rangsit sees an average of 158,711 vehicles per day.

  • OPINION

    Yes-men lay 'Prem model' trap for PM

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 01/09/2016

    » Over the past week we have been reading a lot about how the so-called "Prem model" is a possible option for coup leader and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as he contemplates his future after the next election.

  • OPINION

    Seeing red as road signals go manual

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 08/09/2016

    » I do not know if it is just my pure bad luck or if it is the entire city that has been in gridlock over the past few weeks.

  • OPINION

    Our voices are drowned out as vote nears

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 08/07/2016

    » The military government's decision to set up monitoring centres in all provinces across Thailand in order to more closely monitor all political activities in the lead-up to the crucial Aug 7 referendum has turned up the political temperature.

  • OPINION

    The lessons of Brexit

    Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 27/06/2016

    » The world held its breath last week for one of the most widely anticipated events in years as nearly 33 million Britons went to the polling booths to decide on the fate of their country and possibly the 60-year old European Union.

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