Category: Essays

Essays in Burmeses

Maung Lu Hmwe – Racing Against the Cicadas (Essay)

Maung Lu Hmwe – Racing Against the CicadasMoeMaKa, April 4, 2026 “Teacher, have you abandoned our little village?”A message like that came from a teacher in charge of a school for displaced children. Maung Lu Hmwe replied that he was…

Maung Lu Hmwe – When the Heat Brings a Burning Longing (Essay)

Maung Lu Hmwe – When the Heat Brings a Burning LongingMoeMaKa, April 1, 2026 When summer arrives and the midday heat bears down, one can do little but sit still. Even sleep doesn’t come easily. Just as sleep is about…

Maung Lu Hmwe – The Health of the Villages (Eessay)

Maung Lu Hmwe – The Health of the VillagesMoeMaKa, March 27, 2026 Who is looking after the health of the villages in revolutionary areas? Well, to answer honestly: it is CDM nurses, young people who have attended medical training through…

Maung Lu Hmwe – If the Educated Become Discouraged (Essay)

Maung Lu Hmwe – If the Educated Become DiscouragedMoeMaKa, March 25, 2026 In recent days, Maung Lu Hmwe has had to attend quite a lot of meetings. At one of them, he noticed that the people who were actually supposed…

Maung Lu Hmwe – Those Who Mock Righteousness (Essay)

Maung Lu Hmwe – Those Who Mock Righteousness (Essay)MoeMaKa, March 22, 2026 Last year, a young comrade who was close to Maung Lu Hmwe had to return from the frontlines after suffering partial paralysis. While deployed, he had to sleep…

Maung Lu Hmwe – The Frontline House of a Small Village (Essay)

Maung Lu Hmwe – The Frontline House of a Small Village (Essay) (Moemaka, March 19, 2026) You have to ride a motorbike across a shaky bamboo bridge to cross the river. Once you get off the bridge and reach the…

American TheGeek – What Are American Values, and What Are We as Burmese? (Essay)

American TheGeek – What Are American Values, and What Are We as Burmese? (Moemaka, March 19, 2026)With the current U.S. president, Trump, launching a sudden strike against Iran, it feels as though both America and the world have been thrown…

Maung Lu Hmwe – The Sound of the People’s Breath (Essay)

Maung Lu Hmwe – The Sound of the People’s Breath (Essay) (Moemaka – March 17, 2026) “My younger brother… we are also getting exhausted from constantly having to contribute money for bullets. And it’s not just us. The comrades who…

Maung Lu Hmwe – When the War Reaches the Dinner Table (Essay)

Maung Lu Hmwe – When the War Reaches the Dinner Table(MoeMaKa) March 12, 2026 “The petrol price is unbearable, teacher. Once fuel prices go up, everything else follows,” a parent complained in front of Maung Lu Hmwe yesterday. Petrol, which…

TheTaming of a Mathematician by Dr.Khin Maung Win (Maths)

MATHEMATICS 15 THE TAMING OF A MATHEMATICIAN ” How good of you to come.” said my daughter’s Maths teacher.”Didn’t expect you so soon.Please sit down.” I said”Thank you.” and sat down. She said,”I think you have seen your daughter’s Maths…

COUNTING , THE MOST PRIMITIVE ART by Dr.Khin Maung Win (Maths)

MATHEMATICS 11 COUNTING , THE MOST PRIMITIVE ART Even before man learned to write,he had to know how to count.Prehistoric man had to learn to count and would use their fingers or stones to help them.They probably made strokes on…

TALES OF A GRANDPA : FINGERS by Dr.Khin Maung Win (Maths)

MATHEMATICS 10 TALES OF A GRANDPA : FINGERS My children loved listening to stories told by their grandpa , my father -in – law.Here is one of his tales which runs as follows . In the olden days , men…

REMARKABLE FOR WHAT IT DOES NOT SAY by Dr.Khin Maung Win (Maths)

MATHEMATICS 12 REMARKABLE FOR WHAT IT DOES NOT SAY figure of six lines meeting a line In this figure, the reader will see six straight lines which meet another straight line. The lines are numbered one to six.The reader can…

TRIANGLES HAVE STRONG SHAPES by Dr.Khin Maung Win (Maths)

MATHEMATICS 9 TRIANGLES HAVE STRONG SHAPES We say that triangles have strong shapes.We define a strong shape in the following way. Imagine some shapes constructed by joining pieces of wood together with nails or screws as shown here. picture of…

TALES OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY by Dr Khin Maung Win (Maths)

MATHEMATICS 7 TALES OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY Galileo and the tower of Pisa . After he graduated ,Galileo taught at the university of Pisa.He always taught that any idea must be proved before one accepts as truth.In 1590,he used the tower…