Thoughts of the Burmese
MATHEMATICS 1 – NEW MATHS 2500 YEARS AGO by Dr.Khin Maung Win (The Working People’s Daily, 23 March 1987) What is New Maths ? New Maths is the kind of Maths that lays emphasis on reasoning and thinking. Who…
(Among them, I saw ‘Introducing Camus’ at the moment,…) In 2004, a Burmese writer Ko Tar (publisher of Mon Ywe Publication House) requested my father Dr. Khin Maung Win, to translate some ‘Introducing Series’ into Burmese. Among them, I saw…
Art by Suu Chit Thu Min Lu (1954- 2013) – famous writer and poet passed away on August 14, 2013, after only 3 days of the death of Maung Wuntha – writer and journalist. Min Lu, Burmese novelist, essayist, and…
Maung Wuntha (1945 – 2013), the one who published my first article in his magazine ‘A Tway A Myin’ in 1996 and, it encouraged my spirit to write more. If he did not accept my article published in his…
My grandmother, Khin Myo Chit wrote such a booklet when she was in 1955, and she felt at that time that she had been a good Buddhist in her childhood; she did her devotional duties at the household shrine with…
Bleak House (I found the Retold Version of ‘Bleak House’ (Charles Dickens) in my grandfather’s book shelf.) Five Years Ago When I found the Retold Version of ‘Bleak House’ (Charles Dickens) in my grandfather’s book shelf, I remembered…
(When I was a young reader, my grandparents bought many retold versions of popular classic for us to practice our reading.) I was familiar with the retold series or simplified texts which provide a step-by-step approach to the…
The last few days, I bought a retold of ‘Little Lord Fantleory’ at the book shop. At first, I was just interested in the story by seeing the cover and the few lines that told about the…
Hard to Read ‘Hard Time’ Having a solid binding of the book included introduction and notes. The book ‘Hard Times’ Charles Dicken was written was so long to read from my childhood, so long to have remembered how my grandfather enjoyed…
(Artho, Portho, Aramis, and D’Artagan) The musketeers Artho, Portho, Aramis and D’Artagan met again in 1661 and the story restored their daring statement ‘All For One, One For All’. Thirty years ago, they were musketeers and served their…
(The .gif above depicts a scene from BBC’s Sherlock. Sherlock and John has been handcuffed together and are running away from the police. Sherlock thinks it is much more convenient to run while holding hands. Fans believe there to be an…
This 2011 adaptation is a sequel to “Sherlock Holmes,” which was in theatres in 2009. Guy Ritchie directed both adaptations. Adaptations and Interpretations The depiction of Sherlock Holmes is present in every generation since his genesis. Many great…
The Influence of Sherlock Holmes (and John Watson) from a Fan’s Perspective The way Sherlock Holmes is personified (in books, movies, and television series), it seems so that no piece of writing will do him any justice. And…
(photo – compared the photo(left) of the root of the big tree digging out by man for the reason of building the bridge with the photo(right) of big root come out from the ground because of Cyclone Nargis and I was touching…
(Photo of my grandfather, who was in China in 1967 at that time China Cultural Revolution occurred. He was there with his group sent by the Ministry of Information.) Every day I switched on TV and searched…
