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A review by misspalah
Letters from Burma by Aung San Suu Kyi
4.0
“Visitors to my country often speak of the friendliness, the hospitality and the sense of humour of the Burmese. Then they ask how it is possible that a brutal, humourless, authoritarian regime could have emerged from such apeople. A comprehensive answer to that question would involve a whole thesis but a short answer might be, one as writer has put it, that Burma is indeed one of those lands of charm and cruelty. I have found more warmth, more wholehearted love, more tenderness, more courage and more caring concern among my people as we hope together, suffer together and struggle together, anywhere else in the world. But those who exude hate and vindictiveness and rave about annihilating and crushing us are also Burmese, our own people”.
- By Aung San Suu Kuu Yi, Letters from Burma
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Is it bad if i said that i actually enjoyed
her letters about burmese culture, buddhist teachings and her perceptive views about burmese in general more than her political works in National League for Democracy (NLD) ? - be it the way tea was done with condensed milk (just like other Southeast Asian Countries), How Monsoon season could be a blessing and a curse at the same time for us - too much rain, the flood will come, too little rain , the farm will not produce much, the water festivals (Thingyan) or even Union Day. I have no idea at all who is Aung San Suu Kyi aside from she’s the face of the Myanmar’s whenever Democracy were mentioned and she has been in and out of house arrest for as long as i can remember & undeniably, she has been through alot fighting for her own country. Here’s where the book gets tricky when you are reading the one that was published ages ago and the person writing it already goes against everything she stands for. (Cough *rohingya* Cough *genocide). But, I am reading Southeast Asia this year and despite her fell from grace, i believe what she has done for Myanmar’s journey to achieve democracy is admirable. She preached about human rights , the unfairness whenever ruling parties tried to charge her of inciting political unrest whenever there’s protest and rally and the abuse of power by the military. A series of poignant letters about her own country - It can be about cultural activities, political treatment/acts and even tradition/religion that practiced by Burmese in places that she did visit. Illustrations done by Heinn Htet - is certainly gorgeous and you almost can see how captivating Myanmar is with the way Aung San Suu Kyi penned her thoughts on these letters. Overall, i would say it gave you a good overview of ‘Myanmar’ - Brief but done in tasteful manner. However, if you want a detailed history of the country, I am not sure this is the book you should go for.
- By Aung San Suu Kuu Yi, Letters from Burma
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.
Is it bad if i said that i actually enjoyed
her letters about burmese culture, buddhist teachings and her perceptive views about burmese in general more than her political works in National League for Democracy (NLD) ? - be it the way tea was done with condensed milk (just like other Southeast Asian Countries), How Monsoon season could be a blessing and a curse at the same time for us - too much rain, the flood will come, too little rain , the farm will not produce much, the water festivals (Thingyan) or even Union Day. I have no idea at all who is Aung San Suu Kyi aside from she’s the face of the Myanmar’s whenever Democracy were mentioned and she has been in and out of house arrest for as long as i can remember & undeniably, she has been through alot fighting for her own country. Here’s where the book gets tricky when you are reading the one that was published ages ago and the person writing it already goes against everything she stands for. (Cough *rohingya* Cough *genocide). But, I am reading Southeast Asia this year and despite her fell from grace, i believe what she has done for Myanmar’s journey to achieve democracy is admirable. She preached about human rights , the unfairness whenever ruling parties tried to charge her of inciting political unrest whenever there’s protest and rally and the abuse of power by the military. A series of poignant letters about her own country - It can be about cultural activities, political treatment/acts and even tradition/religion that practiced by Burmese in places that she did visit. Illustrations done by Heinn Htet - is certainly gorgeous and you almost can see how captivating Myanmar is with the way Aung San Suu Kyi penned her thoughts on these letters. Overall, i would say it gave you a good overview of ‘Myanmar’ - Brief but done in tasteful manner. However, if you want a detailed history of the country, I am not sure this is the book you should go for.