We are not gods but wounded creatures, cracked lenses capable only of fractured perceptions, perhaps it is because our sense is constructed from such inadequate materials that we defend it so fiercely, even to our death.………..Salman Rushdie once wrote.  
The United Nations General Assembly has recognized the […]

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In the streets of Rangoon it is not a difficult task to spot magazine stalls and pick up an array of reading materials.  All forms of literature ranging from economic journals (nothing to do with domestic economy though) to fashion are found in these stalls.  Nearly all of them copied and […]

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I could not tell them how I felt
I was not me
I could not cry
For if I did I might not stop
So I dared not feel the sadness.
For one whole year I could not speak
My voice vanished
Into thin air
And everywhere I looked I saw faces
Filled with pity and despair.
People spoke to me in gentle voices
But I […]

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No justice and no law
Fall under the money
Or all runners for something
No justice and no law.
Kill someone and
Stay cool and relax
Chill someone and
Pay rule and respect.
No justice and no law
Say “YES” to what I say
Or “NO” go to jail right away
No justice and no law.
Fight with anyone
No worries if not with me
Rights with everyone
No way […]

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(A GLORIOUS HISTORY OF 1988 UPRISING – STUDENTS’ DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT)
A historic day of 87 September…A beautiful night
It was near final exam…
A group of G.T.I’s students
Near the tea shop ayeayesaysay takhatalay
They came out on the streets (Insein-DaNyinGone Road)
They shouted slogans against (B.S.P.P.)
They united in the darkness…
They stood up in the campus (G.T.I. compound )
They felt the […]

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UK-Karen Community Association celebrated the 56th anniversary commemoration of Karen Martyrs Day on 12  August, 11:00 am - 1 pm, in SHARROW COMMUNITY HALL, Sheffield, UK. Various food including Karen traditional dish (Ta Ker Paut) and drink were served.

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A demonstration to mark the 18th anniversary Myanmar democracy movement (8888 movement) was held in front of Burmese embassy in Berlin, Germany on 08.08.2006.

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A demonstration to mark the 18th anniversary Myanmar democracy movement (8888 movement) was held in front of Burmese embassy in Belgian on 08.08.2006. It was organized by Burmese pro-democracy groups from Netherlands in association with some other activists from Germany.

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It was a remarkable day in Burma. 8.8.88.
The main streets were full of hundreds of thousands of people who were doing protests. They were asking for democracy and freedom.
As Aung San Suu Kyi said, the quest of democracy in Burma was the struggle of a people to live whole, meaningful lives as free and equal […]

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Eighteen years ago this time in Burma, only one voice of the people was heard.  The voice resounded throughout the country from 8 August 1988 to September 18 that year, the day of the military takeover.  Those six weeks may be marked as the weeks of democracy in Burma.
The people took to the streets, risking […]

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“Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. No one may be compelled to belong to an association”…(Article20, Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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The Award

The award is for Burmese articles only.
Prizes for one best article & one best poem in one year period (starting from 8th August to next year’s 8th August)
Only one prize for all kinds of articles (translations/news-reports/critiques/satires/humours/true-stories/….) published in BURMA DIGEST in one years
Only one prize for all poems published in BURMA DIGEST in one […]

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I can’t speak up
Though I can
I can’t listen
Though I can
I was born to speak
And listen to speech
Though are my words
Uttering in my heart
Though I heard
No words from thy heart
Have been silenced
And lived in the darkness
Waiting for the remedy
Somebody who can cure me?
As am I poor
And can I pay nothing
Suffering the chronic illness
And travelling a long […]

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Myanmar Military Junta is nowadays using the “Swan Ah Shin” to exert POWER, terrorizing its citizens and opposition. We all first came to know about the “Swan Ah Shin” during the Depayin massacre. And now, we got the news of Myanmar Government announcing that they are going to use those “Swan Ah Shin” to prevent […]

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This week Burmese language articles are as followed:(Burmese Fonts http://www.tayzathuria.org.uk/fonts.htm )

Time to Solve Burma’s Problems - Editorial: Lwin Aung Soe
Remembering 8888 - Feature Article: Moe Thee Zun
8888 Activities around the WORLD - News Report: Thaung Nyunt & Saw Moe Lin
Human-rights Literature Award - Special Report: Tayza Thuria
Hiding in Shame - Translated Article: Tun […]

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There is always risk with a marriage of convenience.
When the first marriage between Sao Pansing and the gorgeous Khin May San San took place on the fateful evening of 10th February 1947, the United Hills Peoples hailed it as the marriage of the century.
Promises of bright future reverberated around the Universe that the bondage was […]

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When you said that you weren’t trained to surrender
We took your words to heart
Because that was what a patriot would say.
But when you went missing on that day
We did not know what to think
We hoped that you knew what you were doing
When you went to suekmarn to make peace
We hoped that you did not betray […]

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OFFICE OF THE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
KAREN NATIONAL UNION
KAWTHOOLEI
Dear All Karen Nationals, Officers and Men of the KNLA,
On the occasion of 56th Anniversary of Martyrs’ Day, firstly, I would like to wish you all health, peace of mind, unity and fortitude during this time of the struggle for our freedom, because our enemy is always trying to […]

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