history
As children they saw Nyaungshwe Haw as the bustling royal palace of Sawbwa Sao Shwe Thaik, Myanmar’s first post-independence president
Her siblings dead or scattered to the winds, Sao Haymar Thaike is her family's last hope to reclaim a heritage site snatched by the military
Philip D’Silva’s family is a happy tangle of many of the rich threads that weave through modern Myanmar
The inscrutable waters of Indawgyi Lake in Kachin State are stirred with ancient myth
Min Latt, son of a Mon separatist-turned-smuggler who vanished in mysterious circumstances, has spent his life tracing stories of the dead
An eloquent advocate for the Naga people, Athong Makury compiled a dictionary of his tribe's language to preserve their voice
Doyenne of the Kayin hills, Nancy Khaing kept her guesthouse open for years, defying isolation imposed by the army as it battled insurgents
Descended from Gurkha fighters, DR Sharma fought against the British in WWII, the first of many battles for the soldier-turned-English teacher
A child of conflict, Ko Lay could recognise the drum beat of artillery shells before he turned ten, memories that reverberate through his poetry
Aung Soe Min breathed life into Myanmar’s arts scene when censorship was at its height, mentoring a new generation of creative talent
San Aung was perhaps the only living witness to one of Myanmar's most momentous historical events -- the 1947 Panglong conference
Introduced during British colonial times, horse carts have become synonymous with the hill town of Pyin Oo Lwin
Htay Aung's dreams of becoming a sailor were thwarted by a twist of fate that led him to run one of Yangon's most famous bookshops
