Sunday, July 13, 2008

New buildings in Beijing --

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/arts/design/13build.html?pagewanted=3&_r=1&th&emc=th

To my eyes they look big and forbidding, all about money, power and control --

Kyi May Kaung

Manipur king who lost to Alaunghpaya--when he was still U Aung Zeya?

The Manipur king who lost to Alaungpaya during his 1758-59 invasion was Meidingu Gourashyam (Gaurisiam), though Gaurisiam fled, and his brot...