Forced from their homes, languishing in camps in Thailand, Karen refugees bring in their new year with musical traditions old and new.
(Himal Southasian, February 2011)
Forced from their homes,
Trying to understand the vagaries of the new Burma.
In late September, President Thein Sein suddenly – and surprisingly – ordered the suspension of work on the massive Myitsone dam, close to the Chinese border, planned and financed by Beijing. In
How much difference a year can make! The walls of closed society seem to be falling in Burma. But will the army remain silent?
The spring had with it warmth and happiness. Basking in its radiant sunlight, the earth could finally forget the melancholy of winter landscapes, with their dull-white snow and dried branches.
Are the Burmese reforms for real?
Is Aung San Suu Kyi a pawn in the generals' attempt to neutralise Burma's ethnic rebellions?
So many places to see, so many people to meet.
In late May, another pilgrimage season came to an end at one of Sri Lanka's highest points. Tens of thousands of pilgrims, the very old and the very
Journeys in post-war Sri Lanka.
Riding the rails with a beast of old.
