Road Building

This doesn't capture the eclectic nature of Myanmar's varied primitive roads (nor their laborers) but it does give you their level of construction. This one was in the middle of Mandalay. I wonder how many of the laborers I saw were of the 'forced' or 'involuntary' sort which I read and hear about so much. I saw lots of people repeatedly doing road work wherever I traveled and it looked tough. (including lots of children and women)

Me N Ma Daze

August 19th 2011
In the 1930s, George Orwell wrote a book called Burmese Days about his life as a colonial officer in the small town of Katha in northern colonial Burma (now called Myanmar), a town I was able to visit last month. A major aspect of Orwell's book is a biting criticism of the insular and narrow minded cultural politics (much like racism) of the British resident community towards the local peop ... read more

Asia » Burma

Britain conquered Burma over a period of 62 years (1824-1886) and incorporated it into its Indian Empire. Burma was administered as a province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth wa... ... read more

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