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Lessons learned, or maybe not
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 07/03/2013
» There are 10 lessons to be learned from the Bangkok gubernatorial election.
Your true colour is shining through
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 22/11/2012
» The Thai language is rich and intricate. It can be so praiseful and flowery, while contrarily so cutting and spiteful, that no English translation can do it justice.
Will Thai luck ever run out?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/01/2013
» Thailand's culture is a passive and superstitious one that relies on faith, fate and sheer luck, with the ingrained belief that things will always turn out just fine. After all, karma dictates our destiny, and we bribe her quite well. So mai pen rai.
A society in decay
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 17/01/2013
» The greatest threat to Thailand is not from any foreign power. It is not the man in Dubai, nor is it the invisible hand. It is not the polarisation caused by the political divide, nor is it even the corruption.
Ready to topple a govt, Or not
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 25/11/2012
» Gen Boonlert Kaewprasit claimed the police were trying to incite violence in order to justify a crackdown, thereby stomping on a peaceful and democratic protest.
The right way to a revolution
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 02/12/2012
» A revolution, ladies and gentlemen, is preferably fought by teachers and civil servants, rather than by soldiers and protesters.
Father of the nation
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 05/12/2012
» A flight attendant working for Cathay Pacific posted on her facebook page othat she refused to serve Paethongtan Shinawatra on a Bangkok-Hong Kong flight on Nov 25, because she is Thaksin’s daughter. She said she wanted to throw coffee in the face of the youngest daughter of her "enemy".
Between fickleness and an insane nation
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 09/12/2012
» Tomorrow is Constitution Day, but with 17 charters since 1932, we can call Dec 10 the day when Thailand celebrates 80 years of fickleness. Charter changes to accommodate the times are one thing; 17 constitutions and counting in 80 years is an entirely different matter.
Prime ministers, murderers and Judy Garland
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/12/2012
» During the London G-20 summit protests in 2009, Ian Tomlinson, an English newspaper vendor, an innocent bystander, was caught up in a melee and later died from internal injuries. Constable Simon Harwood was charged with manslaughter, but found not guilty.
The legal licence to kill
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 16/12/2012
» If we were to view the charges against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and former national security chief Suthep Thaugsuban relating to the death of an innocent bystander during the political crisis of April and May 2010 from a moral perspective, supporters on both sides of the political divide would yell at each other until the end of days, and nothing would get solved.