The Lady and the Peacock (77 page)

success with Burma Spring reforms
59

rejects U Nu's “prime minister” announcement
64

first meeting with U Tin Oo
67
–8

meeting with election commission
68
–9

call for interim government
69

house besieged
74
–5,
84

reaction to military crackdown
78

creates National League for Democracy (NLD)
80
,
84
–6

rift with Aung Gyi
93
,
96

campaign trail (late 1988)
93
–5

Khin Kyi's death
97
–8

condolence visit from Saw Maung and Khin Nyint
98
,
130

appeals for calm at Khin Kyi's funeral
98
,
99

campaign trail (1989)
100
–14,
120
–1,
122
–7,
129
,
131
–3,
135
–44,
147
–8,
192
,
222
,
263
–4,
292

Danubya near-death incident
125
–7,
129
,
131

Thingyan slogan competition finale
134
–5

takes hard line against regime
145
–6,
151
,
318
–19

campaign of civil disobedience
150
–1

speech attacking Ne Win
151
–2,
296

declines SLORC Martyr's Day invitation
154

averts bloodbath at Martyr's Day demonstrations
156
–7

decision to be arrested
157
–8

house arrest (1989–1995)
158
,
245
,
254
–60,
261
,
289
–96,
304
–6,
367
–8,
387
–8

hunger strike
245
–7

house arrest regime
254
–5

votes in general election
261

refuses to accept “favors”
271
–2,
290

conditions to Rewata Dhamma for leaving Burma
305

“dialogue” with SLORC
305
–6

release (1995)
297
–8,
306
–7,
308
,
326
,
338

impromptu speech on release
308
–9

weekend chats
309
–10

Thamanya trips
311
–14,
351

rift with Ma Thanegi
318
–21,
396

Natmauk trip
398

USDA attacks
324
–5,
351

Michael's illness and death
4
,
332
–4

Dala stand-off
334
,
338

house arrest (2000)
338

release (2002)
337
,
345

negotiations with the regime
339
,
347
–8,
360
,
363
–5

campaign trail (2002)
350
–6

Depayin attack
356
–9

imprisoned in Insein Jail
359
–60,
371

hospitalization
371

house arrest (2003–2010) xiii,
360
,
367
,
371
,
395

monks pay respects on Peace Walk
378
,
395

visit from John Yettaw (2009)
382

trial after Yettaw's visit
383
–4

exclusion from 2010 election campaign xiii

release (2010) xv–xvi,
3

love for her family
106
,
119
,
140
,
142
,
247
–8,
301
,
395
–6

and the outside world
117
–18,
130
–1,
176

personality cult
94
,
128
,
281

political confinement
397
–8

political “failure”
257
,
369

political importance
257
–8

popularity with Burmese people
3
,
4
,
5
,
38
,
144
,
257
–8,
281
,
310
,
348
,
369
–70

regime sees as number one domestic menace
258

regime slurs and threats
3
,
53
,
113
,
149
,
315
,
316
,
318
,
331
,
338

relationship with Aung San Oo
205
,
220

relationship with
sangha
147
,
281
–2

response to monsoon season
33
–4

role as moral exemplar
379
–80

views

on the armed forces
71
,
118

on negotiations with regime
342
–4

on sanctions
321
–2

on tourism boycott
317
–18,
322
–3

“voluntary” nature of detention
3
–5,
248

writings
378

biography of Aung San
9
,
26
,
161
,
165
,
236
–7

children's travel books
26
,
236

essays
5
,
16
–18,
90
,
258
–9,
264

“Freedom from Fear”
252
–4,
273
,
309

“A Friend in Need”
327
–8

“Letters from Burma”
311
,
312
–14,
318
,
326
,
327
–8,
351

Mainchini Daily News column
367
–8

Aung Shwe, U
308

Aung Tin, U
224

Aung-Thwin, Michael
270
–1

Austen, Jane
175
,
190
–1,
194

Aye Aye Thant
204

Ba Maw
10

Bago state
94
,
103

balachaung
(Burmese dish)
222

Bangkok
28
,
131
,
258
,
267
,
304
,
330
,
337
,
385
,
393

Bangladesh
38
,
303
,
351

Bassein
102
–3

baung-bi chut
(ex-military men)
85
,
96

v intelligentsia
92
–3

Baw Oo Tun
64

BBC
43
,
45
,
54
,
61
,
77
,
131
,
286
,
289
,
367
,
373

Beatles
189
,
192
,
196

Ben Bella, Ahmed
198

Bengal
6
,
8
,
16
,
17

Bertie, Andrew
207

Bhutan
23
,
25
,
209
–10,
217
,
221
,
222
,
223
,
230
,
231
,
232
,
236

Bhutto, Benazir
38
,
118

Blavatsky, Madame
217

Bo Kyi
46

Bo Lwin
125

Bo Min Lwin
105

Bo Mya, General
391
–2,
393

Bodleian Library
236
,
237

Bogyoke Aung San Museum
164

Bose, Subhas Chandra
10

Britain

freedom from government-imposed fear
252

ignorance of Asian religion and philosophy
194
–5

sanctions against Burma
360

trade with Burma
318

British Council
18
,
201

British rule in Burma
6
–9,
13
–14,
16
,
26
,
87
,
90
,
102
,
278
,
288

abolition of Burmese monarchy
6
,
7
,
8
,
147
,
294

British rule in India
6
–7,
8
–9,
16
,
26
,
90
,
181
,
370

Buchan, John (Lord Tweedsmuir)
206
–7

Buddha
52
,
116
,
216
,
314
,
377

Burmese
241

images “miracle”
282

Buddhism
28
,
66
,
161
,
194
–5,
197
,
220
,
221
,
292
–3,
328

in Burma
8
,
9
,
52
,
87
–8,
135
,
147
,
168
,
202
,
260
,
311
–12

coherence with democracy
264

Five Precepts
88
,
197

relationships between different schools
216
–17

see also
Mahayana Buddhism; Theravada Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism

Buddhist Liturgy
217

Burma
11
,
236

ana
and
awza
289

birds and fish release ceremony
135

British colonial rule
6
–9,
13
–14,
16
,
26
,
87
,
90
,
102
,
278
,
288

Buddhism
8
,
9
,
52
,
87
–8,
135
,
147
,
168
,
202
,
260
,
311
–12

climate of fear
252
–4,
288
–9,
325
,
389

command economy disaster
29
,
226

communist-inspired reforms
202
–3

Constituent Assembly elections (1947)
14

constitution
64
,
151
,
265
,
266
,
269
–70,
271
,
274
,
310
–11,
324
,
362
,
363
,
378
,

constitution referendum (2008)
372
,
380

cult of Aung San
38
,
130

and democracy concept
86
–7,
263
–4,
368
–9

demonetization
29

economic boom (1995)
337
–8

economic liberalization
263
,
265
,
321

economic recovery hit
339

general election (1990) xiv,
5
,
158
,
261
–71,
369

general election (2010) xiii–xv,
3
,
368
,
369
,
386

general strike (8/8/88)
43
,
45
–6,
152

first nationalist stirrings
8

foreign exchange reserves
263

health system
30

independence (1948)
176
–7

India compared
89
–90,
181
,
187
–8,
258

internal divisions
177
–8,
214
–15,
277
–9

isolationism
130
,
155
,
175
,
176
,
201
,
323

Japan relationship
303
–4,
306
–7

Japanese invasion (1942)
11
,
12
,
87
,
278

Japanese ousted (1945)
13
,
163

least-developed-nation status
18
,
30

Lonely Planet quoted
28
–9

mass lay-meditation movement
294
–5

military coup (1962)
18
,
79
–80,
187
,
202

military crackdown (18 September 1988)
72
–8,
152

monsoon season
33
–4

“opposition” concept
87
,
91
–2

popularity of Suu Kyi
4
,
5
,
144
,
257
–8,
281
,
310
,
348
,
369
–70

poverty
5
,
18
,
29
,
227
,
388

pre-coup
175
–6

public libraries
373
–4

rebuilding on old foundations
258
–60,
312

Republic of Burma formed (1958)
277

renamed Myanmar (1989)
102
,
149
–50,
285
,
346

resistance to elitism
90

“Revolution of 1300” (1938)
9
–10,
15

sanctions
308
,
321
–2

Second World War depredations
130
,
176

Seven-Point Road Map to Democracy
362
–3,
371
–2,
386

“Six Evils”
137

social unrest (1974)
66
–7,
226
–7

student protests (1987)
29

tourism
317
,
322
–4