Fly On O Crane! [Poem, 1962]...??CHEWING THE WEST?: The Development of Modern Burmese Literature Under the Influence of Western Literature ["Burmese written literature began about a thousand years ago in the eleventh century. Like other Asian countries the influence of Buddhism was very great on Burmese literature. In fact Burmese literature, which grew on the basis of Buddhism, was semi-religious. Even in this age some elderly people are asking us: ?How could your stories be better than Jatakatales?” When novels and popular dramas appeared in printed book form, young people liked and read these new things with interest, giving the excuse that there were some lessons in accord with Buddhism. But the old people did not want to allow young people to read the new books which we called ?Bo-oks” saying that those things were ?mere idle talks” which raised ?ta-nha”, (Pali, which means ?Lust”). They thought it was immoral to read those new books...", 2002]...Writing and Politics ["What is politics? Dictionaries usually define it as ?study of government” or ?the activities of a government.” What, then, is ?government?” Again, the dictionary says, ?It?s a group of people who govern or rule a country or a state.” In Burmese, politics is referred to as, ?Naingngan ye” which means ?affairs of state.” So I want to define politics like this, ?Politics is nothing but the affairs of a state,” or, ?study of people under a government.”", no date].