Wars and rumors of wars
ANDREW SELTH | In the first of a two-part series, Andrew Selth explores the relationship between conflict and comics in yesterday’s Myanmar. In his… Read More
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Colonial-era pulp fiction portrays ‘technicolor’ Myanmar
ANDREW SELTH | Ask foreign visitors to Myanmar what literary works they associate with the country and the chances are that most will cite… Read More
Old Burma hands write on the ‘odd man out in Asia’
ANDREW SELTH | The recent release of former ambassador Trevor Wilson’s book, Eyewitness to Early Reform in Myanmar, prompts a brief look at other… Read More
Colonial Burma, history and phillumeny
ANDREW SELTH | Andrew Selth discusses how matchbox labels provide a glimpse into the culture of colonial Burma. In the not so distant past,… Read More
Colonial Burma, as seen through collectible cards
ANDREW SELTH | Over the centuries, popular perceptions of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, have been remarkably consistent. The mental pictures of the country… Read More
Burma after forty years
ANDREW SELTH | Burma’s recent history, of turmoil and change (including the 1989 renaming to Myanmar), makes it a telling case study for the… Read More
Kipling’s Burma and Myanmar’s Kipling
ANDREW SELTH | He knew little about the country, but colonised the West’s imagination about it. The Indian Institute of Advanced Study and the… Read More
Democracy in Myanmar: Who can claim victory?
ANDREW SELTH | Paraphrasing the Roman historian Tacitus, US President John F Kennedy said in 1961 that ‘victory has a thousand fathers but defeat… Read More
Andrew Selth: The lady and authoritarianism in Myanmar
ANDREW SELTH | Over the past few years, there has been a significant shift in public perceptions of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu… Read More
The rats of Rangoon
ANDREW SELTH | From plague, to meals, to piles and piles of poo — Andrew Selth on the former capital’s resident rodents. When I… Read More
