Pride and optimism – change is in the air, says William Lloyd George on the eve of by-elections in Rangoon.
Burma
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Poisoned hills
- Nan Craig
- September 1, 2010
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City of whispers
Among Rangoon’s six million souls, a few have secret conversations with Dinyar Godrej.
Filed in: Burma
- Dinyar Godrej
- May 1, 2008
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A Short History of Burma
Today over 80 per cent of Burma’s people are Buddhist and the country has the largest number of monks as a percentage of the total population.
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- Dinyar Godrej
- April 18, 2008
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From a scorched land
Two survivors from Karen state, where the Burmese military has been laying villages to waste, tell their stories.
- Dinyar Godrej
- April 7, 2008
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Boycott Lonely Planet
Stop buying Lonely Planet books until BBC withdraws Burma edition.
Filed in: Burma
- New Internationalist Co-operative
- February 22, 2008
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Daring to dream
Dinyar Godrej on what truly inspires.
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- Dinyar Godrej
- May 1, 2007
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Than Shwe
Sullen, unresponsive and boring he may be, but Than Shwe is Burma’s Number One, leader of one of the world’s most brutal regimes. The banality of evil has rarely been more apparent.
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- September 1, 2005
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Currents
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- November 5, 2003
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Currents
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- July 5, 2003
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