Yangon

The Grand Old Dame of Rangoon

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:04:24 +0000

Time will determine whether The Strand, the grande dame of old Rangoon, experiences a renaissance or becomes an anachronism in new Yangon.

Nocturne in Burma Minor

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:13:21 +0000

Frankly my first instinct upon inspecting Daniel Mason's novel The Piano Tuner was to throw it across the room and maybe even kick it around a bit. A simple case of writer's envy, for Mr. Mason...

Min Wae Aung - Golden Passage

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jun 2002 15:33:52 +0000

* * * * * Min Wae Aung ['s] almost photo-realist figures of monks, nuns and novices ... have captured the imagination of numerous collectors and museums around the world. - Ian Findlay-Brown ,...

Wearing the Pants in Burma

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 07:02:45 +0000

If there is one thing that books about contemporary Burma have in common, it is probably this: they are not funny. Only occasionally do they contain a scrap of Burmese black humor. For example, some...

Making for the Hills

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 04:03:56 +0000

I remember exclaiming with awe when I woke up in Simla (or Shimla, as it is often spelled and pronounced) and stepped out of my room to view the landscape, which I had been unable to see on the...

Of Strings and Things Burmese: An Interview with Musicologist Rick Heizman

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:46:30 +0000

If it has strings and makes music, it's an irresistible magnet for world instrumentalist and ethnomusicologist Rick Heizman. And if it comes from Burma, then doubly so. For Rick Heizman, involvement...

Yangon's colonial treasures

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:09:02 +0000

As a property boom triggers a flurry of construction activity in Yangon, the race is on to save the former colonial capital's architectural heritage from the wrecking ball.

Orwell in Burma

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Feb 2002 01:14:35 +0000

Review of Orwell, George. Burmese Days [Harvest Books, 1989] * * * * * The late New Yorker critic A. J. Liebling once poked fun at Graham Greene for having robbed The Quiet American 's English...

Burma's Iron Lady

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Nov 2002 01:39:53 +0000

The year 2002 marks the fortieth anniversary of Burma's rule by an intransigent military dictatorship. While practically every other Southeast Asian nation has made some move toward democracy and...

Portrait of an Anti-hero

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 07:17:53 +0000

Review of Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato , Broadway Books, 1999.

Swar Yarma, Central Myanmar

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 03:59:06 +0000

A story told with photos.

The Lady and the Tramplers

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:56:02 +0000

The title of this slim but fairly comprehensive volume derives from the fact that within Burma it has become customary to refer to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as "the Lady". As its author...

Saw Phoe Kwar and the One Love Band

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:50:24 +0000

Myanmar's Bob Marley introduces reggae to Yangon...

The Piano Tuner

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:08:53 +0000

Title: The Piano Tuner. Author: Daniel Mason. Publisher: Picador (2004) ISBN: 0330492691. Details: paperback, 5" x 7 3/4", 357 pages. * * * From the back cover: On a misty London afternoon in 1886,...

Buddhist New Year in Yangon

Anonymous — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:31:29 +0000

Buddhist New Year, known as the Thingyan festival in Myanmar (Burma), is celebrated every where in Southeast Asia. So for several days, water flies as partygoers engage in traditional water fights in the streets.