Category: Literature

Burmese Literature collection with Poems, Essays, Short-Stories, Thoughts, Books, Classics, All Others

LOVE AND THE THEATRE by Chit Oo Nyo

Thabin Magzine , May , 1989  Translated into English by Dr. Khin Maung Win (Maths).  Beauty Magazine, English Section, February, 2002   I have been working for this theatrical company for ten years. Our work involves travelling from place to…

The Answer by Thu Maung

The Answer by Thu Maung Translated from Burmese to English by Dr. Khin Maung Win , Maths. ( Beauty Magazine . English section .) My father was a writer,quite famous too.Most of his writings are fiction.A few of them are…

Burmese Novel before “the First Novel of the Modern Burmese Literature” By Khin Maung Saw

Burmese Novel before “the First Novel of the Modern Burmese Literature” By Khin Maung Saw (Download File included) In “The History of Burmese Literature”, the novel “Maung Yin Maung and Ma Mai Ma” written by by (U) James Hla Kyaw…

Mahabandula dream (4) – Dr Khin Maung Win (Math)

History recounted the last hours of the Norman Conquest in the following way . The Normans pressed their attack with cavalry and each time the Saxons , from behind their well placed barricades repelled them. Finally , the Normans resorted…

MAHA BANDOOLA’S DREAM – Part 3 (Dr Khin Maung Win (Math))

MAHA BANDOOLA’S DREAM – Part 3 (Dr Khin Maung Win (Math)) Fire …. … Fire The camp fires of the British forces seemed far away now.What happened? thought Maha Bandoola. Surely, it must be a dream …..it must be….what else…

MAHA BANDOOLA’S DREAM – Part 2 (Dr. Khin Maung Win (Math))

MAHA BANDOOLA’S DREAM – Part 2 Maha Bandoola looked at the distant camp fires.  Suddenly, the fires seemed to come nearer. No,  that wasn’t how it happened.What really happened,he couldn’t tell. One could probably describe what happened as a dream.Even…

MAHA BANDOOLA’S DREAM – Part 1 (Dr Khin Maung Win (Math))

Maha Banddoola was standing at one of the observation towers of the Danuphyu fortress , the last stronghold of the heroic Myanmar partisans.The camp fires of the forces could be seen against the darkness.It was difficult to see where the…

Today Thingyan Pot (Junior Win)

Here, what I chose a set of leaves and flowers for the Burmese Thingyan Pot. (Let red rose, and red paper flowers be arranged attractively, and others also added by the law of Burmese alphabets.) Collecting flowers, and leaves from…

Thin-gyan-Memory (Junior Win)

Tha-Gyar-Min (Tha-Gyar-Min has with  two parchments (Gold plate and Dog-hide) when he comes down to the human abode. Illustration Credit – Maung Yit) According to folklore, Tha-Gyar-Min, king of the celestials, will be on a visit to the human abode…

My Dear Mother Passed Away (Junior Win)

I could never be cured by time for my great loss of my dear mother. I eat and drink, and lie down, or having praying, that robotic activity makes the day would pass quickly that I thought in the every…

Junior Win – They Died with Their Boots On!

Junior Win – They Died with Their Boots On! On the 15th October of 2016, the boat carrying about 300 passengers on board (the boat pecked over the legal limit), sank on 5:00 AM at Chindwon River in Burma. It…

Junior Win – The Adventure of My Book Reading – I Am Reading Encyclopedia

A Present from My Grandmother When I was 10 (The old copy of The Modern Encyclopedia for Children.) The old edition of The Modern Encyclopedia for Children (1966) that our grandmother (Khin Myo Chit – writer of Colourful Burma, etc)…

Khin Maung Saw – The Legend of a King, a Princess and a Monk

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…

Junior Win – Burmese New Year Passing with No Padauk

  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

(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…