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.
Saturday, August 05, 2023
The population of Burma 1950s-to present +projections-- assuming-
official records are reliable--
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/MMR/myanmar/population
But I met a woman from CSED Central Statistical and Ecos Dept-in 1970s who blithely told me they cranked out the #s to fit the rate of growth they wanted.
Thought she was being very clever--no sense of wrong-doing.
Be careful what you tell me.
k
8-5-2023
Conn Iggulden is an amazing writer--from Rome, to Genghiz Khan and his descendents, to War of the Roses, to Athens--
he started writing on a borrowed computer in the corridor of his father-in-law's office, and is descended from Irish wandering storytell...
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Directed by Miloš Forman Screenplay by Peter Shaffer Based on Amadeus by Peter Shaffer Mozart and Salieri by Alexander Pus...
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https://www.ecoticias.com/en/traffic-lights-fourth-color/10086/