Friday, May 04, 2007

Four young Buddhist novices gaze at ---

Burmese expat writer and political analyst Aung Naing Oo, sees recent oral history and our "necessary myths" in this realistic and "summery" painting from Burma.

Think about the happy art and the cruel reality in our land of sunshine and smiles.

See


http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=7058&z=166

March 2, 1962--General Ne Win's 2nd coup--usually mistaken as his first.

Actual first was 1958, when he set up the "Caretaker Government."