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.
Tuesday, November 04, 2025
British Council publication, including mention of my father U Kaung's MA thesis and my brother U Thaw Kaung's essay on our (more like his) UK ties--
since other than 3 years as a child and a few days in 2008 as an adult, I have not spent much time there, while I have been 40+ years in the USA.
That's just chance.
https://www.britishcouncil.org.mm/sites/default/files/bc1601_exhibitionbooklet_4.0_withcover.pdf
I do remember quite a bit and I am constantly researching for purposes of writing fiction.
As some of you may know, I like rebels and rebelious personalities, be they Gauls, Welshmen, Irish writers, Persians, Tibetans-- and a friend since we were both age 4 is Scottish--
not to mention all the Burmese minority groups.
I just don't like the centrist races.
Myanmar dissident arrests reach almost 100 persons--
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/arrests-near-100-as-myanmar-junta-intensifies-election-dissent-crackdown.html
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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/
