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.
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Wednesday, November 08, 2017
Burmese currency, still with Aung San's image, when Ne Win changed to 35 kyat notes, c. 1987. It was said he was doing yadaya chay or magic to dispell evil.
