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.
Monday, March 09, 2009
Aung Naing Oo recalls shooting small birds with a catapult in Burma.
Torn Banana Leaves in the United States in Winter -- copyright Kyi May Kaung.
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=15248
Good one ANO, mainly because of its honesty.
Multiply this thousands of times for all of us that make up The Burmese Diaspora.
On my last visit to Thailand a few months ago, a young lady the age of a grandchild suddenly came up to me while all her classmates were singing and dancing and said,
"Don't worry Sayama, you will get to go home."
I thanked her the next day when it was quieter.
Frankly, now I don't care. I've asked my family to strew my ashes in the Atlantic.
There's a beach I am particularly fond of for its wildness.
Kyi May Kaung
USIP warns of scam centers on Burma-Thai border + KNU blames "allies" BGF for loss of Myawaddy (police station)--
KNU blames Border Guard Force for loss of Myawaddy (police station) to junta forces-- 2 consecutive articles in Irrawaddy. https://www.irr...
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https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-post-apocalyptic-books
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The maker of this replica seems to have assumed, anomalously, that the corner towers were in the Banteay Srei style -- visually, as you can ...
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https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/Innovative-prostheses-offer-hope-on-Thai-Myanmar-border