Cartoon by Ku Mo Jo, – A man portrayed as public-unrepresented military appointed para-congressman dressed in night dress, stood in silence while being scolded by his wife in bed. She was saying that ” You guys are passing time in…
IN the cartoon, the big guy with the labels, “One quarter Regime” (representing 25% of military assigned unrepresented congress members) and “Crony” (sign as regime backed by cronies), saying out loud “The world says we are poor. It is so…
Myingyan Monastery in the morning view. It still heavily rained, and the winds strongly blew. I prayed at the household shrines, and paid respect my parents and received their blessings before I left to Myingyan, and wished my trip…
(Photo- Under the pagoda, at the place Myingyan Sunlun Sayadaw whose body still lay, more than sixty years ago in the Sunlun Monastery of Myingyan.) Myingyan, situated in Upper Burma, where the tomb of Sunlun Sayadaw U Kavi…
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…
Thou showeth ‘Unity is strength’,Thou art ‘the meant of sacrifice’,Oh! Thou art, the spirit of motherland!Everyone’s voice was lifted; demanding their freedom without fear,But all the prisoned birds could not find in freedom,Could not still wing wildly across the…
I wish let the rain should slash mercilessly, and… Today is the Martyr’s day. I remember what my grandparents said about that day, And how they lamented for our fallen leaders and prayed; ‘Everywhere in the…
Here, my third digital book in English appeared in Amazon titled as ‘Burmese Days and Flowers’. I wrote it from my interest in Thingyan Pot which is a welcomed symbol of Burmese New Year that occurs every year…
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…
(Although our earth cannot fully protect us from ultraviolet rays from the sun, Thingyan will go on, water showering will everywhere around Burma.) Thingyan’s Symbol We welcome our Burmese new year beginning with three days or sometimes 4 days of water…
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…
