Horse and Cart

Scenes like this popup all over the country and especially in the north. Since the full scale carbon age of energy use and its corresponding economic developments (especially natural resources) have largely been exported here, muscle, both animal and human is a necessity to get work done and to survive.

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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