No matter when the next poll is held, the battle lines are already being drawn.
On one side will be attempts to romanticise the past. An ongoing craze about the Thai drama series Buppesunniwas, or Love Destiny, about a modern-day woman who was miraculously sent back to the time of King Narai of Ayutthaya is reflective of this ideology.
Apart from people who are fans of the male and female leads, or those who relish historical details interwoven into the drama's romantic plot, many members of the audience feel the soap opera has evoked a sense of nostalgia for traditional Thai lifestyles.
