Category: Community

Articles on Burmese community with the following sub sections – Letters, Memory, Portrait, Talks, Experience, Travelogue, Others, Burmese Overseas

Junior Win – A Day at the Monastery or Sayadaw U Vinaya’s 102th Birthday

  (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…

Where Dams Dare 2 by Junior Win

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…

Introducing ‘A Memory of My Grandparents’ by Junior Win

  Introducing ‘A Memory of My Grandparents’ by Junior Win   (My grandparents in 1954.) My book, ‘A Memory of My Grandparents’ appeared on 1st May of 2015 – the same date of the 100th anniversary of my grandmother, Khin…

Long Live 100th Anniversary! by Junior Win

 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…

Run the Book in 14 Days! by Junior Win

  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…

A Day at The Noble-Myanmar Literary Festival 2015 by Junior Win

  (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 Memory Of My Grandparents by Junior Win

A Memory Of My Grandparents by Junior Win This ebook is to mark the hundredth anniversary of my grandparents – U Khin Maung Latt (Chief editor of the Working People’s Daily (1963-1968), and (Daw) Khin Myo Chit (writer of Colourful…

A Glimpse of Mount Meru by Dhamma Beri Ashin Viriya (Taung Soon) (Translated by U Hla Min)

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)…

A Memory Of My Okalapa Grandparents by Junior Win

(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…

A Memory of My Grandparents (5) (U) Khin Maung Latt and (Daw) Khin Myo Chit (Writer of Colourful Burma) by Junior Win

Some Part of Their Life and Their Meeting (My grandparents in 1939.) My Grandfather (U) Khin Maung Latt (My grandfather with a smile.) While my grandfather was working as a clerk at Bombay Burma Company, towards the end of 1939…

Book Buffet and I by Junior Win

One day, I was at the Book-buffet at Myanmar Book Centre opened for 3 days during a month of May this year. I had never seen such a Book-Buffet festival before. To my surprised, before choosing a book to buy,…

A Memory of My Grandparents (3)- (U) Khin Maung Latt and (Daw) Khin Myo Chit

(Family photo at the lawn, in 1972-73?, we twins with our grandparents, and our parents. The only thing we equally love is, ‘Books.’) They believe in books we can find a rich harvest of corn, no need to invest in…

A Memory of My Grandparents (2) by Junior Win

(U) Khin Maung Latt (1915-1996) and (Daw) Khin Myo Chit (1915-1999) Their Love of Teaching (At Pyaeyeiktha House, 1958) They both enjoyed reading books, and loved to share their knowledge to everyone. My grandfather opened his tution-classes at Aung Chan…

A Memory of My Grandparents…. (U) Khin Maung Latt and (Daw) Khin Myo Chit

Their Brief Stories  (My grandpa with a Traditional Burmese clothes in 1958-59.) (U) Khin Maung Latt (1915 – 1996), my grandfather, was an English teacher, already looked like a teacher. On his face there was something, which reminds one of…

The Hta –ma –ne Festival (February) by Junior Win

The Hta –ma –ne Festival (February) By Junior Win             It is the name given to the harvest festival at the time of the year in February, the eleventh month of the Burmese calendar. The name hta-ma-ne is  given…