Aung San Sui Kyi, the Burmese political activist turned leader
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
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Hi Gayathri Aung San Sui Kyi has belied the confidence reposed on her by the humanity and international community. We have been betrayed by her new found comfort in power. I might even say, she has betrayed the name of the great person Aung SAN, her father. It is true that I, as an Indian, have lesser right to blame Sui Kyi, as The present Government of India has refused the Rohingya Muslims the status of Refugees. Contd...
Part 2 The basic guiding principle of Indian/ Vedic philosophy is compassion. Trena tyaktena bhunjheedha, it is said in the Vedas. The famous Christian philosophy Love Thy Neighbour has its roots in the Vedas, it is said. The present government has betrayed all this, and still speak of Hinduism. Bigotry to the core! Thank you for the poem.