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, February 19, 2025
Old Burmese saying--The monkey you yourself put on a pedestal
will come back surely to haunt you.
Ko hmyauk te myauk
koe pyan chauk.
Translation copyright
Kyi May Kaung.
