By Phyo Wai, Fellows Court Community, London, United Kingdom Before continuing to Part 3, there is something I need to…
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The Monk/Hsaya-Daka Project (Part 2)
By Phyo Wai, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford As discussed above, if we were to…
The “Monk–Dayaka Project” in Myanmar: Religion, Politics, and Authoritarian Strategy
This research essay, prepared at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), examines the Monk–Dayaka Project (ဆရာ–ဒကာ စီမံချက်)…
Bridging Maung Maung’s Witness Account with Political Science Theory on Ma Ba Tha Monks’ Islamophobia
NOTE: The photo is not of Ma Ba Tha but of the good neutral monks. Just shared for ilustrating. My…
“Good Soap Makes the Turban White” ဆပ်ပြာကောင်းလို့ ခေါင်းပေါင်းဖြူ
Merit, Nepotism, and My Personal Encounter with a Burmese Proverb One of the most famous Burmese proverbs is: “ဆပ်ပြာကောင်းလို့ ခေါင်းပေါင်းဖြူ”(“The…