Friday, February 24, 2012

Burma soldier and Burmese-born US Marine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EknTt3aCDKc&feature=relmfu VOA interview by U Ronnie Nyein summary: The first interviewee compares what little he got from the Burmese government (about $6 lump sum payment and about $1 per month in pension, which was cut off when he joined the National League for Democracy, with the Disability pension he receives from the US Government in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he lives.

Excellent movie--Merchant Ivory--Before the Rains--probably best movie set in India 1937--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIwvOL2gRbQ