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.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Hsinbyushin Medaw and Bayinnaung's son--Mintha Sit and Chiangmai--all contempories of Naresuan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsinbyushin_Medaw
See also Natshinnaung and Yaza Datu Kalya--and his death by impalement.
Yaza datu Kalya was famous beauty, married to B's grandson,Mingyi Swa, (killed by Naresaun)
Best book of the interpersonal relations is Ayutthaya Thitsar--Ayutthaya Pledge -- a trilogy in Burmese by Tin Than Oo
I am still trying to wrap my mind around the wars and the city state (Not Nation-state) politics.
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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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