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, May 28, 2012
Dr. Kyi May Kaung's presentation - upcoming June 22, Burma - Reforms? What Reforms?
I will be giving a talk on Burma: Reforms? What Reforms?
with Burma Round Table in DC on June 22.
kmk
Young woman in green. Oil on canvas - copyright Kyi May Kaung.
This is NOT a portrait of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in fact it is based on a photograph in the public domain of the young Daw Mya Yee a.k.a. Mrs. U Nu, the wife of the Burmese PM from the democracy period 1948-1962.
I added the flowers.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala--I have a volume of her short stories--which I like a great deal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala
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