Does media influence society or is it society that influences media? Social and cultural theorists have argued for both sides of the debate in regards to this question. Perhaps, instead of thinking media and society as either only a…
With 2008 constitution as foundation, Burmese democracy drawn in shallow water – by Cartoon Ku Mo Jo)
ကာတြန္းကူမိုုးၾကိဳး – ျမန္မာျပည္၏ ေရတိမ္နစ္ ဒီမိုုကေရစီ ဇန္န၀ါရီ ၂၇၊ ၂၀၁၃ With 2008 constitution as foundation, Burmese democracy drawn in shallow water – by Cartoon Ku Mo Jo)
‘Photo Speaks…’ by Junior Win
It was taken in front of the old house of number 31, ThanDaTar Road, with my grandparents and my parents. I saw the middle was an old woman; PhwarPhwarGyi(as similar means to great grandma) Daw Thay Thay. (P.S…
A Day at the Book Fair by Junior Win
(Photo – I was unhappy for finding many interesting books at ‘Gift Counter’.) Now in our country, four or five book shops were established. Although we could not find some rare books or some new novels at the…
Nu Nu Yi: the Writer, the Role Model, and the Bird by Khet Mar
A Burmese author struggles with censorship, even after it’s officially abolished. Long ago, I was surprised and overwhelmed to learn that a well-known writer who I admired also happened to be my neighbor. At that time, I was a…
The duty of Burmese Regime aka Clean Government (Cartoon Saw Ngo)
ကာတြန္းေစာငိုု – ငဒိုု႔ႏိုုင္ငံေတာ္၏ ဒိုု႔တာ၀န္အေရးသုုံးပါး ဇန္န၀ါရီ ၂၆၊ ၂၀၁၃ The duty of Burmese Regime aka Clean Government (Cartoon Saw Ngo)
Treasure Hunt by Junior Win
I found this petit booklet whose size was A6 in the drawer. I found this petit booklet whose size was A6 in the old drawer of my grandma. My mother said when in 1975, December 23rd, my grandmother…
A Day at the Monastery by Junior Win
2nd January of 2013 was now 14 years since our granny passed away. Time passed so quick that it was happened like yesterday. But we never forget the day my granny passed away. We always did good deed to remember our granny’s…
The Last Wish by Junior Win
(Let’s wish this doomsday the leveler to all humanity.) Was the world really ended in 2012? I wish it was going to be true. I know everybody did not understand what I wished. Consider our world was full of cruel…
The Heritage of Wonder and Pride by Junior Win
‘Burma, The Land of Pagodas’ as my grandmother written, we will find pagodas wherever we go. Pagodas play a memorable part in the life of a Burmese Buddhist. We have been taught that wherever we visit, we will have to…
Under the Moonlit Night part II by Junior Win
(It might be a dream I thought because I slept last night too late by watching this moon lit night.) ‘Under the moon lit night, who love to light the world with me?’ I hummed this tune under…
Under the Moonlit NIght by JuniorWin
(Under the moon lit night, who love to light the world with me?) In this month, 28th of November is the full moon day of Tanhsaungmone in the Burmese calendar. It was also named festival of lights. Lighting candles or colored…