Essay

Mahatma Ghandi said:

  • A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.

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Reflections

A Burmese student running after his death To the Future

ASEAN

Quote of the day

To be very blunt, Asean is really just a club of generally un-enlightened regimes, headed by autocrats, feudalists, state-paternalists and militarists all sharing the worst strain of pathetic Asian paternalism.

Zarni, a former Burmese activist who founded the Free Burma Campaign in the US

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Ludu Daw Amar's Funeral

Ko Hla has pictures of Ludu Daw Amar's funeral.
Posted at 08:00 Apr 10, 2008 | Tagged as: | WriteBacks (0) | permalink