New Mandala

Readers following the recent protests and crackdowns in Burma may not have seen a recent commentary by Kyi May Kaung.�
She writes:
For the last 14 years the junta has been dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s on a document it calls a constitution, in a process it calls the “National Convention.” Now it has ratified its [...]

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Here is a cautionary tale from Laos about someone who named their cat after a government official. Fancy that! Naming your cat after a Politburo member! That’s almost as odd as hosting a lavish birthday party for your dog! (I received the story second hand and have made some edits in the interests of anonymity.)
It isn’t [...]

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