Sunday, July 13, 2008

Aung San of Burma and Clement Atlee in 1947 --

from BBC archives --

http://myanmar.video-sponge.com/view/83658-general-aung-san.html

On 19th July of the same year, Aung San and his entire cabinet were assassinated in Rangoon in a plot instigated by a (minor) political rival, U Saw.

General Aung San was the father of Burma's Independence from Great Britain and the father of present Democracy Leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

It is clear where she gets her courage, style and substance, good looks and intelligence.

Kyi May Kaung

Burmese riddle verses from The Atlantic 1958

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1958/02/some-burmese-riddle-verses/640460/