Contemporary Experience of current situation in Burma and Burmese
(Sayadaw U Vinaya’s venerable statue looks like a real Sayadaw looking at us.) Today was the 30th of August 2015, the full moon day of Wah-khaung in Burmese calendar. It was the day Sayaday U Vinaya’s 102th birthday. The ceremony…
However pointed out the failures of dams from scientific view or environmental point of view, the more the dams, the more the plan increase of dams in Burma. I learnt that there are almost 200 large dams in Burma have…
On 9th May of 2015, marked the hundredth anniversary of my grandparents held in our Pyay Yeik Thar house, Pyay Road in Rangoon, Burma. (At the gate of Pyay Yeik Thar house, the sketch of my grandparents seemed welcome the…
I started to write my book ‘A Memory of My Grandparents’ in May of 2014. At that time, I estimated when I would finish writing, and publish it as digital ebook. I would finish my book in December 2014, and publish as…
(National Theatre at Myoma School Road.) From 17th January to 19th January of 2015, the Noble-Myanmar Literary Festival was held at National Theatre, Myoma School(Kyaung) Road, Rangoon. It celebrates the Burmese writers, poets, and cartoonists, refers to joyful gatherings of people. Number of…
A Glimpse of Mount Meru by Dhamma Beri Ashin Viriya (Taung Soon) (Translated by U Hla Min) For the return trip from Fort Wayne, Indiana (with a sizeable number of people from the “Golden Land”), I had booked the (early)…
(My maternal grandparents – Okalapa grandparents.) Grandparents from our father’s side; (U) Khin Maung Latt, and (Daw) khin Myo Chit, we called them as ‘Ba Ba Gyi’ and ‘May May Gyi’ about whom I had written a long or a…
Hledan Days (Junior Win) The Dream Village That was once ‘Aung Chan Thar’ As the bus conductor calls out ‘Hledan bus stop’, one has only to get down and ask to be guided to Aung Chan Thar street, and you…
Here is home-made traditional Shan food video in Burma that I created for my family. Shan food in this video is surely vegetarian food. But you can add pork or fish to get more tasty. I don’t know who will…
U Ba Gyan, Burmese Cartoonist (1902 – 1953) U Ba Gyan was a famous Burmese cartoonist of all time. If he were still alive, he might be now a hundred and eleven years old. He was wise and learned…
The dry land which was cool under the shades was nice and pleasant. The Sun Lun Gu Kyang (Myingyan) monastery was very large estate, and there were trees, petit pond, wild flowers, and sandy soil. The dry…
2nd January of 2013 was now 14 years since our granny passed away. Time passed so quick that it was happened like yesterday. But we never forget the day my granny passed away. We always did good deed to remember our granny’s…
‘Burma, The Land of Pagodas’ as my grandmother written, we will find pagodas wherever we go. Pagodas play a memorable part in the life of a Burmese Buddhist. We have been taught that wherever we visit, we will have to…
Left to Right – 1,A program for giving speech by writers, I saw two writers sitting on the stage, 2,Inside the hall, 3,Books for sale, only 1000 kyats per each, WOW! How cheap it is!, 4,I saw 3 or…
(Photo – A light festival on the eve, I illuminated with candles at the front of my grandparents house. I missed them so much. I also missed many happy memories which now became history since many years went by.) Thadingyut falls…
