KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Gustaaf Houtman's Burmese Mental Culture and the National League for Democracy --

http://books.google.com/books?id=bV3shLzx0B4C&pg=RA1-PA290&lpg=RA1-PA290&dq

One of few scholars who does not avert his eyes from Burmese politics, and therefore is relevant.

Kyi May Kaung

KyiMayKaung

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Gustaaf Houtman's Burmese Mental Culture and the National League for Democracy --

Beautifully translated too--the aging is beautifully done--the giving up of hope.

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