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Belantik Camp - A Tale from Malaysia
A Former Inmate of Belantik Camp | Monday, February 15, 2010
I would like to report you about the ethnic people of Burma who have been suffering from the violation of fundamental human rights in the government detention centers of Malaysia. In the dark corners of Malaysia, the struggle and anguish of the detainees continue even after their judicial sentenc
more +Assam- Illegal Immigration and IMDT Act
Anand Kumar | Wednesday, August 03, 2005
The issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigration in Assam is back in focus. First it was the mobilization done by the Chiring Chapori Yuva Mancha and now it is the decision given by the Supreme Court regarding the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act that has brought this issue prominent
more +Watch Tower- Increasing Migration-Time for concerted action
Dhurjati Mukherjee - Central Chronicle | Monday, September 14, 2009
Migration is one of the major problems being faced today, with millions of people leaving one place to another in search of a better living or opportunities. According to an ILO report, close to 86 million adults or half of all migrants and refugees worldwide are economically activ
more +The Enlightenment - How Siddhartha Aattainted It
A TUN YAIN | Saturday, July 07, 2007
It was the full-moon day of the month of wesak (which usually falls in the earlier part of the month of may). The river Rohini now called the kohana was flowing through the kingdom of kapilavastu from the Himalaya mountains. In the kingdom of Kapilavastu, there ruled a good king named Suddhodana more +
The Buddhist Philosophy of Science
U Sundara, Magadh-University | Saturday, July 07, 2007
The comparison between Buddhism and science is not just an academic matter. Western culture is deeply divided because its traditional religion is incompatible with science. more +
Buddhism and Socio-Economic Development
Jarlath D'Souza | Sunday, January 09, 2000
From the earliest days of history, when human beings began to organize themselves into society, there has been an inter-play of two powerful agents of control, namely, State and Capital. more +
Winds of Change -Can New Delhi trust Burmese Juntas
Oken Jeet Sandham | Saturday, May 09, 2009
India and Burma have completely different political ideologies. The former is ruled by democracy while the latter by military. Since Indian attained her independence in 1947, there had been no major political crises except a State of Emergency declared during Indira Gandhi regime in 1975. more +
Will illegal migrants outnumber the people of North-east India in 20 years
Oken Jeet Sandham | Saturday, May 09, 2009
If Assam Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Ajay Singh's statement that about 6000 illegal Bangladeshis are entering Assam daily is correct, then the fate of the north-east people are terribly at stake. more +
Bangladesh- Celebrations and bombs
Bertil Lintner | Saturday, December 21, 2002
More than 3 million Muslim devotees from 52 countries gathered along the banks of the Turag river, 30 kilometers north of Dhaka in Bangladesh at Tongi, Gazipur, for the three-day annual Biswa Ijtema more +
Rohingya Muslim Infiltration into Myanmar
Rahul Chakma | Friday, November 23, 2001
Bangladesh shares about 300 Km border with Myanmar. Since 1947, the successive Pakistani and Bangladeshi governments have been sponsoring the Bengali Muslims to infiltrate into Rakhaing state of Myanmar to alter the demographic profile if favour of the Muslims. more +
Response to the Press Release of the Rohingyas
Khin Maung Saw, Berlin, Germany | Saturday, March 28, 2009
After reading the press release of the ‘Rohingyas’ (see the other attachment), as a Rakhaing I am obliged to write the real Arakanese History during the Mrauk U Dynasty. Apart from that, I like to give some responses to that press release more +
The Home of Pali
U Razinda, Dept. of Ancient Indian & Asian Studies, Nalanda, India | Monday, July 07, 2003
Pali, in which only the Buddha delivered his noble messages, appears to have been hallowed as the text of the Buddhavacana. more +
Rape of Rakhaine Village
Express Report | Thursday, February 13, 1992
On February 12, 1992 a Rakhaine village called Sulapara in Sonachhari Union of Bandaban district was attacked by some miscreants. more +
The Speech delivered by Nimal Samarasundera, Secretary of Ministry o Buddha Sasana ( Sri Lanka )
Nimal Samarasundera | Saturday, July 07, 2001
I consider it a privilege to be here to attend this historic occasion of inaugurating the International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University. This is the Red Letter Day in the history of Buddhist world when the Government more +
Brahmavihara in Buddhism or The Sublime State
U Wanna, M.Phil. University of Calcutta | Saturday, July 07, 2001
Brahmavihara Bhavana, the cultivation of the four divine sentiments, namely-Metta, Karuna, Mudita and Upekkha, has come to occupy a central position in Buddhist life and forms an essential preliminary in the field of mental training in Buddhism. more +
Getting to know the Art of Interpreting Buddhadhamma
U Bodhinyana | Saturday, July 07, 2001
Certain scholars of Dhamma believe that language is likely a crucial instrument of Dhamma understanding. Such belief has thus stimulated a scholarly method, aimed at scriptural explanation and a proper textual knowledge, called hermeneutics. more +
Celebration of 2500th Buddha Sasana Year at Coxs Bazar
U Tun Sein | Saturday, July 07, 2001
A grand religious function was held in Cox's Bazar Town to celebrate the 2500 , year of Buddha Sasana in the 1956 AD. as were observed in almost all the Buddhist Countries with great pomp and grandeur. It was quite fortunate enough to have seen such a celebration on the part of a Buddhist in ones life time. more +
Bangladesh-Extremist Islamist Consolidation
Bertil Lintner | Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Following several articles in the international media about the role played by religious extremists in Bangladesh1 — both as a domestic political factor and as hosts for international terrorists escaping the conflict in Afghanistan more +
Bangladesh-Championing Islamist Extremism
Asia Pacific Media Services Limited | Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Among the more than 60 video tapes that the American cable television network CNN obtained from the Al Qaeda's archives in Afghanistan in August this year, one is marked 'Burma' (Myanmar), and purports to show Muslim 'allies' training in that country more +
A brief history of Mahamuni
Khaing Kyaw Kyaw | Tuesday, January 01, 1991
According to almost all Arakanese chronicles, it is asserted that the Mahamuni Image was cast during the reign of King Candasuriya of Arakan in the middle of six century B.C. when the Lord Buddha in his life time made his sojourn to Dhanyawadi, the ancient city of Arakan. more +
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