New Mandala

New Mandala readers keen to learn how The Irrawaddy is getting news out of the cyclone hit delta will find a recent exchange between one of their editors and a field correspondent particularly illuminating.  At the end they note that the correspondent has now fallen ill.  I wish this brave reporter a speedy and full recovery.

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Further to my recent post about academic commentary on the current situation in Burma, I came across an article in The San Francisco Chronicle that quotes two scholars who have interesting things to say about the religious dimension: Ingrid Jordt and Bruce Matthews.  Anyone intrigued by some of the karmic implications of aid and disaster in Burma [...]

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