The River of Lost Footsteps (Writer - U Thant Myint)

One of the best books on understanding how Burma is emerging as a country today, The Rive of Lost Footsteps attempts to unravel the Burmese story. Its colourful history,  aside from hosting one of the world's longest civil wars, is often forgotten. To tell it, U Thant...

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Under the Dragon: A Journey Through Burma (Writer - Rory MacLean)

In 1998, author Rory Maclean traveled into the heart of the Burmese golden triangle - where the borders of Burma meet with Laos and Thailand. It was a decade after the 1988 uprising against General Ne Win's military rule. From Rangoon to Mandalay and on to Pagan, he gives...

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A Nation at The Crossroads – Revised Edition (Writer - Benedict Rogers)

Offering a brief overview of the country on the brink of change, based on fist-hand experience, Benedict Rogers shows modern Burma has shaken off its military regime ruling, and for the first time since independence from the British in 1948, is actually able to make decisions...

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Burma Chronicles (Writer - Guy Delisle)

Stepping away from novels, we have Canadian cartoonist Guy Delisle's comic book. He is known for his graphic novels telling of his travels, and this one is based on the year he spent in the Burma with his wife and son. It depicts the struggles of survivors of repression...

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Finding George Orwell in Burma (Writer - Emma Larkin)

Emma Larkin recounts the year she spent in Burma following in the footsteps of George Orwell, using his life and work as her only guide. The American journalist was born and raised in Asia and studied the Burmese language at the School of Oriental and African Studies in...

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The Piano Tuner (Writer - Daniel Mason)

As a medical student studying malaria on the Thai-Burmese border, Daniel Mason wrote in-between lessons, and gained inspiration after passing a remote village on the river, where he heard the notes of a piano being played. His tale of fiction has now been published in 27...

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The Glass Palace (Writer - Amitav Ghosh)

Bringing the secluded Burma of the 1880s to life is Indian writer and master storyteller Amitav Ghosh. The Glass Palace recounts the true story of the country’s royal family, which was overthrown and forced into exile in India after the arrival of the British....

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Letters from Burma (Writer - Aung San Suu Kyi)

Sitting in the west of South East Asia, sharing borders with Bangladesh, China, Thailand, Laos and India, Burma has spent much of its history cut off from the rest of the world. However in the 1930s, when George Orwell wrote about a country suppressed, ruled by colonial...

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May Sabel Nyo - Kyi Nul Kwint

May Sabel Nyo is a Myanmar modern vocalist. She produced as a vocalist only for two albums since 2010. This song is a title song of kyi nul kwint album. She was succeed by this first album. &nbs...

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Buddha

Siddhartha was born in Nepal in the 4th century BC, Buddha was a spiritual leader and teacher whose life serves as the foundation of the Buddhist religion. Who was Buddha? Siddhartha Gautama, who would one day become known as Buddha ("enlightened one" or "the awakened"),...

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