The very mention of Myanmar or Burma brings to our mind the picture of a military junta which has continued to ride a roughshod over the people for many decades and of Aung San Suu Kyi who is leading a frontline battle against the junta. None needs to be informed that a majority of people in Myanmar are Buddhists; but none knows about the various minority groups and ethnic minorities in the country. The iron curtain erected by the junta so closely blocked information that we are still in the dark about the country.
The Burmese socialism adopted by the military junta during the cold...