A sa..Shwe Ba Nar Mae..”At First “Shwe Ba” will suffer…but wait and see..HE WILL WIN over the villain ultra-Nationalist 969

There is a popular saying in Burmese…A sa..Shwe Ba Nar Mae..”At First “Shwe Ba” will suffer…but wait and see..HE WILL WIN over the villains.

Metamorphosing of Democratic Icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi into Bigot Dictator?

Please read my article in Burma Digest using the Pseudonym SHWE BA  and shared in my San Oo Aung blog

Myanmar Folk Tale: Metamorphosis of Saviors into Monsters

Once upon a time, long long time ago, there was a village in a far away remote area of Burma called, let’s say, Shwe Bama village. Because of the constant disturbances of the wild beast, the villagers were wishing, praying and waiting for a hero to fight and kill the beast and to liberate them.

One day a prince came to the village and offered his self-less humanitarian voluntary service for the liberation of the village. The prince fought and successfully killed the beast, so the villagers thanked him and offered all the rewards including the right to rule their village. But later the kindhearted, handsome and noble prince surprisingly disappeared from the village. Worse of all, there also suddenly appeared a new ogre (giant) in the forest near the village. So the villagers were very sad and just prayed and wished for another warrior to help them.