No game of thrones in India.

 "As the Thai queen's yellow Rolls Royce slowly made its way past a few dozen protesters calling for the resignation of the prime minister in the early evening of 14 October, the unthinkable happened. Even though they were hemmed in by security forces, several raised the three finger salute, which has been adopted by student protesters from the film The Hunger Games in demonstration after demonstration in Bangkok since August. Many shouted 'Our Taxes' as Queen Suthida's motorcade went by," wrote Rahul Jacob. The three finger salute "first emerged in 2014 to signal defiance against a military regime which seized power in a coup, suspending democracy and curtailing free expression". Protests have been led by college and school students. "Some students also wore white ribbons to show their support for protesters, who seek (Prime Minister) Prayuth's departure, a new constitution and an end to the harassment of activists. Some students have also called for a reforms to the monarchy, once a taboo subject." A report in the Financial Times "estimated that the Thai king was one of the wealthiest monarchs in the world with a net worth in excess of $40 billion". Thai activists have a way of disappearing. "As the respected political scientist Chris Baker recently observed, Thai dissidents are sometimes found 'weighed down by concrete in the Mekong river' even while in exile in Cambodia and Laos." Previous Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted in an army coup in 2006 and lives in self-imposed exile in Dubai. Thaksin's youngest sister Yingluck was elected prime minister in 2011 but also had to flee overseas after she was charged with corruption. "King Vajiralongkorn is an anomaly; he is an Asian strongman, but akin to an absentee landlord. He spends most of the year in Germany in picturesque Bavaria," with a "harem of 20 concubines who had taken over an entire hotel in Bavaria". "The king is alleged to possess 38 aircraft, including 4 Boeings and three Airbuses." But the army overplayed its hand. "Despite gaining huge support among Bangkok's young, Future Forward Party, led by a handsome 41-year-old Thai tycoon, Thanathorn Juangroongruankit, was disbanded in February after a constitutional court ruled the party and the founder were guilty of technicalities." In Thailand the army and the monarchy protect each other. In Pakistan there is no monarchy so the army uses India as the bogyman to frighten people. "In Pakistan's latest episode of Game of Thrones, India remains the favorite bogey and whipping boy for all sides," wrote Sushant Sareen. India's throne is solid. It's the one playing game with us.