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Many people in the West view the coup and its violent aftermath in Myanmar as taking place in some far-off, exotic land that has little bearing on our own lives. Please read this 🧵...
New post: "Transcript: Episode #375: The Art of No Deal" ift.tt/9j6S8rY
In "Return to Sender," CS Kyaw reflects on what Myanmar’s revolution should ultimately be trying to transform. Trained as a medical doctor and later working in public health, community development, migration, and education, she now lives in Australia, wh… instagr.am/p/DfGgTACy-Wd/
To pursue Burma’s heroin networks, Barry Broman worked with a military government whose role in the drug economy remains deeply disputed.
A former Associated Press photographer and Marine officer, Broman spent 25 years in the CIA, eventually becoming ch… instagr.am/p/DfHh-UtyAtH/
In Episode 594, "A Course in Progress," Arthur Nichols looks back on fifty years inside the Goenka Vipassana tradition, beginning with his first course in India in 1976. Nichols had originally gone to India with no particular spiritual plan, more as a tr… instagr.am/p/DfGJM9MjEWL/
Looking for a simple way to carry Myanmar with you, or to share something meaningful with someone else?
Our fundraising shop has a wide range of items — shirts, hoodies, tote bags, mugs, prints, and more — all featuring designs created by a Burmese arti… instagr.am/p/DfEsVs6ytxZ/
Military rule took his family’s home. Years later, it drove him into exile. And when Myanmar appeared to be moving toward democracy, Dr. Maung Maung Myint saw the generals holding on to power in a different form.
Once an apolitical dentist, Maung Maung … instagr.am/p/DfFEEQgym2d/
The world has embraced Myanmar's meditation traditions. But what happens when the communities that sustained those traditions are themselves under attack?
In Seikkhun village, Sagaing Region, the birthplace of Mahasi Sayadaw, a military airstrike struck… instagr.am/p/DfEa-N4jaou/
Arianna Bondi brings an international political economy perspective to the difficult intersection of trade, human rights, and geopolitical power in Episode 593, "Most Favored Regime." A PhD candidate studying how geopolitical shocks affect sustainability… instagr.am/p/DfDkgNKjF98/
Sixty-eight years have now passed since Burma stood at a crossroads and watched the first shadow fall.
In 1958, General Ne Win took the reins of government from the elected Prime Minister U Nu in what was later called a “Gentleman’s Coup,” a caretaker i… instagr.am/p/DfCtz4_lDl0/
For many families in Karenni State, escaping conflict is only one part of the struggle. Returning home brings another danger: landmines hidden in the very places where people once lived, farmed, and raised their children.
According to the Karenni Interi… instagr.am/p/DfCRl59F3qg/
New post: "Transcript: Episode #374: It Takes All Of Us" insightmyanmar.org/transcrip…
In Episode 592, “Meditating Beyond the Benevolent Dictator,” Jonathan Crowley returns to reflect on how his understanding of S.N. Goenka’s Vipassana system changed after decades of practice, service, and eventually teaching as an assistant teacher. Looki… instagr.am/p/DfA_pgJF4NU/
In colonial Rangoon, a land grant for a temple or mosque did more than secure a place of worship. It helped determine who could be recognized as a “community” and who held the authority to speak on its behalf.
Legal and political anthropologist Prof. Ju… instagr.am/p/De_zLQXy95K/
In Episode 591, “Ground Control,” Professor Ken MacLean joins Insight Myanmar’s landmine series to examine the scale of contamination across Myanmar and the immense difficulty of ever clearing it. MacLean’s involvement with the issue goes back more than … instagr.am/p/De-arfmDZ_1/
Today is the Full Moon of Thadingyut, and across Myanmar the Festival of Lights will arrive again in its familiar glow, carrying with it a feeling older than celebration — a season of reflection, gratitude, and the quiet tenderness of asking forgiveness,… instagr.am/p/De9dSuVlymT/
In Silicon Valley, Khemarato Bhikkhu worked to improve lives through technology and education. Today, as a Buddhist monk in Thailand’s forest tradition, he walks for alms, practices meditation, and follows a path shaped by the Buddha’s teachings on suffe… instagr.am/p/De9RidGy7aF/
