[Buddha-l] Burma Essay: The Ruby Ape by Edith Mirante

[jkirk]

We don't tend to hear much about Burma. Having carried out
research both inside and outside Burma (e.g., on its frontiers),
my colleague who wrote these articles has more to say than the
superficialities found in news media. Scholarship on Burma these
days is practically obsolete. 
Some of us on this list might be interested even if this article,
about a Buddhist country, isn't about Buddhism per se.

Joanna 

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This article, in two parts, is written by artist and journalist
Edith Mirante, the author of two books on Burma: _Burmese Looking
Glass: A Human Rights Adventure_ (Grove/Atlantic Monthly Press,
1992) and _Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on Burma's
Frontiers_ (Orchid Press, 2004):


"The Ruby Ape: A Deadly Storm and a Lethal Regime"
A new essay about Burma's Cyclone Nargis aftermath, by Project
Maje director Edith Mirante  http://www.projectmaje.org/ ,
has been published by Guernica Magazine, an online journal of
politics and culture.
The article includes the Burmese political context, petroleum
multinationals, continuing attacks on non-Burman ethnics,
disaster photography, Bernard Kouchner, Aung San Suu Kyi, and
more.

Parts 1 & 2:  This link sets you up also to read part 2 of the
article:
http://tinyurl.com/57jafm