The Legend of a King, a Princess and a Monk By Khin Maung Saw According to Arakanese Chronicles, Mauk Thuzar was an Arakanese town in Bengal which traditionally belonged to the Arakanese Kingdom. It is believed that twelve towns in…
Burmese New Year Passing with No Padauk (Junior Win) (Padauk buds were hoping to meet the shower of the rain.) This year 2016, 13th April was the welcoming day of the water festival, and after 4 days of watering,…
(PREFACE TO QUEST FOR PEACE by Dr. Khin Maung Win) There have been many drafts of Quest For Peace under many different titles.The final draft is now known as an autobiography of Daw Khin Myo Chit.However,when it was first written…
(Kan Kaw Story by Junior Win) I fell in love with Kankaw (Mesua Ferra) flowers when I saw them at the Sunlun Meditation monastery. They bloomed beautifully. There were three Thai Kankaw trees planted near Sunlun Sayadaw U Vinaya’s residence.…
U Htin Kyaw, a longtime confidant of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was made known on Thursday as one of the three candidates, to become Myanmar’s next president. Albeit a low profile player, U Htin…
Khin Maung Saw – Burmese Cuisine, Its Unique Style and Changes after British Annexation Introduction 1.1. What is Burmese Cuisine? Nowadays, whenever one asks a foreigner who has just visited Burma about Burmese cuisine, his/her answer…
(Myanmar Event Park) I recalled the memory of the Noble-Myanmar Literary Festival 2015 which was held a year ago, at National Theatre at Myoma School Road. People preferred visit that place, because it was the place where Annual Academy Award…
Khin Maung Saw – (Mis)Interpretations of Burmese Words: In the case of the term Kala (Kula) Introduction: “Burma Studies” constitute a relatively small field within the larger field of Southeast Asian Studies. In my experience as a…
(The Advertisement) I saw this advertisement in the newspaper, it said that ‘Noble-Myanmar Literary Festival (Literature for Children) 2016’ will be held at MEP (Myanmar Event Park), Shin- Saw-Pu road, Myay-nee-gone, Rangoon (Yangon) for three days, from 16th to 18th…
(At Arts Assembly) Dr Khin Maung Win – The Eighth International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education in Developing Countries The conference has held at the Arts Assembly Hall of Yangon University, from December 4 th to 6 th .…
(U Bagalay (Shwe Ta Lay) , U Hain Zun, U Ba Gyan, and U Phay Thein.) 100th Anniversary of Burmese Cartoon in 2015 Early forms of cartoons art can be seen in the cave drawing. In Burma we could see…
In the first week of the December of this year 2015, I saw the advertisement of book-Buffet. It would held at Myanmar Book Centre for 3 days. In my experience, book-buffet was quite interesting for book lover. I remembered when…
Junior Win – A Tribute to U Thet Htun (1926 – 2012) U Thet Htun, was a retired ambassador of France, Switzerland, and a writer of ‘Waves of Influence’ which won the National Literary Prize in the category of…
(A Logos Hope at Alone Port) From 3rd to 14th October of 2015, Logos Hope Books Ship (Good books for all) – a ship that was full of books – arrived Rangoon, Burma, at Alone International Port Terminal. It was a big…
Aung Way – AN UNLUCKY SEA (English Translation by Maung Nyi Nyutt) ——— O! Listen, Wolf Larsin, the galloping of my heart wild horse’s music. I was deeply affected and far from the brave song of sailing. The wind that…
