(Photo. I loved travel by train. I lay down on the seat freely. I breathed the open air came from the window as the train drove along.) Most of my visits, I and my friends hired a van…
The Influence of Holmes and Watson from a Fan’s Perspective by PwintPhyu Nandar
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…
Monkey Business by Saw Ngo
On box: “Election Commission.” On paper: “Constitution.” What the monkey is telling the man, “President” Thein Sein: “We’ve gotta uphold the constitution.”
Dying to go Home by Maung Yit
“I’m dying to go back home!” “If you’re dying, then how can you get back home?”
Electricity in Burma by Kyaw Thu Rain
Electricity in Burma; used to power other countries.
A Book Review on Animal Farm by Junior Win
Only 120 pages of this book published from England in 1945 august. The author, George Orewll had no stomach for Communism. He hated limitless imprisonment, censorship in newspapers and the deed of military forces.‘Animalism’, in this story, ‘is an allegorical mirror of…
As the Stars that Shall be Bright When We are Dust by Junior Win
O Dear Writer! Our fearful trip is not done yet, The ship has weathered every rack, The prize we sought is not won yet, The port is far, the bells I hear away, the people all exhausting, Where on the deck our…
The Funeral of Ludu Sein Win
Ludu Sein Win’s funeral was held on the 19th on June. Family, friends, fellow journalists, and supporters attended this service.
Ludu Sein Win: 1940-2012
“Every generation has its own influential journalist,” U Win Tin has once said, “It’s not a novel occurrence. There are so many great journalists in Burma. Above all these great journalists stands Ludu Sein Win. He is significant against…
Fight Media with Media by Maung Yit
In which they fight media with media (or fight fire with fire) and both parties gets burned.
Burmese Comments will Build a New Burma by Okay Linn
What’s going on: (In the first panel) People are criticizing the Rohingya vs. Rakhine issue occurring on the Bangladesh/Rakhine border, via comments on social networking sites. (Second Panel) The news come out. The government is doing something about the…
Rohingya for Citizenship?
(picture courtesy of AFP) The International Labor Organization Conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland on June 14th. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was invited to this conference, where she answered questions. Reporters asked her a series of questions regarding…