The Lady and the Peacock (78 page)

traditional society
88
–9

uprising (1988)
5
,
15
,
30
–3,
37
,
42
–80,
251
,
287
,
326
,
377
,
388
–9,
390

Union of Burma flag
41

Union of Burma formed (1947)
104

US relationship
308

xenophobia
208

Burma Campaign UK
323

Burma Human Rights Day
146

Burma Independence Army (BIA)
10
,
11
,
40
,
163
,
177

Burma National Army
12
–13,
161
,
162

Burma Socialist Program Party (BSPP)
39
,
51
,
61
,
63
,
64
,
68
–9,
95

disestablishment
59
,
69
–70

election commission
68
–9

extraordinary congress (1988)
35
–6

see also
National Unity Party

Burma Spring (August/September 1988)
59
–71,
273

Burman, The
(Scott)
88

Burmans
9
,
14
,
17
,
28
,
38
,
88
,
89
,
90
,
104
,
149
,
177
,
277
,
278
,
281

Burmese Army (Tatmadaw)
40
,
123
,
172
,
273
,
275
,
276
–7,
279
,
284
,
294
,
303
,
389
,
390
see also
military regime

Burmese character
141

Burmese Communist Party (BCP)
86
,
95
–6,
153
,
177
,
201
–2

Burmese diaspora
38
–9

Burmese Embassy, London
248
,
304

Burmese Literary Society
42

Burmese monarchy
85
,
87

abolition by the British
6
,
7
,
8
,
87
,
147
,
294

massacre of rivals
89

symbiosis with
sangha
147
,
285
–6

Burmese Red Cross xv,
76

“butterfly effect”
394

Calcutta (Kolkata)
7
,
10
,
87
,
149

Canning, Mark
383
–4

Canvas (activist group)
394

Carey, Peter
231
,
234
,
236
,
329
,
398

Chan Aye, U
151

Charles, Prince of Wales
4
,
331
,
332

Charney, Michael W.
3
,
69
,
77
,
177
,
202

Chaudhuri, Nirad C.
187

Chiang Kai-Shek
10

Chime Youngdroung Rinpoche
220

China
10
,
86
,
95
,
176
,
186
,
202
,
203
,
372

and Tibet
209
,
385

Christianity
135
–6,
168
,
233

Roman Catholic
181
–2

Christopher, Robin
190
–1,
198
,
220
,
231
,
333

Clements, Alan
165
,
199
,
211
,
247
–8,
295
,
316
,
317

Clinton, Bill
308

Coca-Cola
263

Cold War
212

communism
9
,
86
,
95
,
86
,
202
–3

allegations against Suu Kyi and NLD
96
,
108
,
115
,
147
,
153
,
261

see also
Burmese Communist Party

Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi
181
–2,
184

Cook, Robin
206

Cuban missile crisis
212

Currie, Clare
324

Cyclone Nargis
102
,
130
,
372
,
380

Dalai Lama
3
,
385

Danubya
123
–7,
129
,
351

Daw Khin Gyi (aunt)
256

Daw Khin Khin Win
256

Daw Khin Kyi (mother)
25
,
96
,
154
,
198
,
229

appearance and
12
,
15
,
183

belief in honesty
165

character
164
,
183

disdain for Ne Win
40
–1

as hostess
186
,
223
–4

life

nurses Aung San
11
–12

marriage to Aung Sun
12

takes refuge in Hmway Suang village
131
–2,
162
–3

birth of Suu Kyi
132
,
163

National Women and Children's Welfare Board directorship
169

move to University Avenue
170
–1

exile to Delhi ambassadorship
16
,
40
–1,
152
,
179
,
180

retirement and return to Burma
201
–2,
203

post-retirement seclusion
223
–4

opposition to Suu Kyi's engagement
208

absence from Suu Kyi's wedding
220

accepts Michael
223

stroke
4
,
15
,
27
,
30

hospitalization
119

final days at home
34
–5,
49
,
82
,
256

death
97

funeral
98
–9

as mother
167
–9,
190

Daw Myint Myint Khin
85
,
288

De Riedmatten, Leon
338
,
339
,
341

“death railway”
11

Dedaye
121
,
131

Delhi/New Delhi
16
,
18
,
24
,
179
,
180
–8,
189
,
198
,
200
,
206
,
305

democracy

concept in the Burmese context
86
–7,
263
–4,
368
–9

in India
89
–90,
180

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

Suu Kyi's call to arms
56
–7

regime's promises
35
,
59
,
65
,
79
,
80
,
84
,
100
,
104
,
117
,
145
,
147
,
262
,
301

regime's indefinite postponement
310

democracy movement
61
,
63
–4,
65
,
81
,
84

beginnings
43
–4,
49

military recruits
70
–1

nonviolence
116
,
389

Suu Kyi's leadership
15
,
67
–8

see also
National League for Democracy (NLD)

Democratic Alliance of Burma (DAB)
275
,
280

Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB)
376
,
379

Denby, Kenneth
381

Depayin massacre
356
–9,
362

Development Assistance Charter
303

Dorman-Smith, Sir Reginald
13
,
14
,
165

Dragon School, Oxford
235

Dukgo
113
–14

Dunkley, Ross
339
–40

exposure and arrest
365
–6

East India Company
6

Ebadi, Shirin
384

Eddie Thwin, U
154
–5

England

crumbling morals
194

“Glorious Revolution”
80

impression of permanence
27
–8

popular culture
189

English Methodist High School, Rangoon
171
–3,
174
–5,
181

Erlanger, Steve
117
–19,
153

Fascist Resistance Day
146

Faulder, Dominic
43
–4

Federal University, Manerplaw
279
–80

Finnis, John
299

First World War
7

Fitch, Ralph
52

Ford Foundation
18
,
201

From Dictatorship to Democracy
(Sharp)
393
,
394

Furnivall, J. S.
258
–9,
312

Gambari, Ibrahim
367
,
371

Gandhi, Indira
38
,
186

Gandhi, Mohandas Mahatma
3
,
7
,
8
,
10
,
38
,
90
,
100
,
105
,
116
,
181
,
187
,
194
,
258
,
300
,
370
,
390

Gandhi, Rajiv
186

Gandhi, Sanjay
186

Gandhi, Sonia
180

Gautama Buddha
52
,
216

Ghosh, Amitav
319
–20,
322

Girard, Greg
276
,
279

Gladstone, William
87

Golden Earth
(Lewis)
173

Gordon, Robert
345
–6

Gore-Booth, Christopher
206

Gore-Booth, David
206
,
208

Gore-Booth, Lady Pat
186
,
190
,
205
,
207
,
220
,
223

Gore-Booth, Lord Paul
186
,
190
,
205
,
220
,
223

Grantown-on-Spey
230

Gunness, Christopher
43

Guomindang
10

Hammerskjöld, Dag
212

Harvard Center for International Affairs
390
,
391

Havel, Václav
299

Helvey, Robert
389
–92,
394

Herbert, Patricia
167

Hindus
87
,
101
,
174
,
181

History of Modern Burma
(Charney)
3

Hla Min, Colonel
320

Hla Pe, U
137
,
138

Hmway Saung village
132
,
163

Hmwe Hmwe
61

Houtman, Gustaaf
87
,
91
–2,
148
,
285
,
289
,
311
,
314

Hsar Malauk
122
–3

Htun Wai
54
,
56
,
57

Htwe Han
35

Htwe Myint, U
41

Hume, David
287
–8,
303

Hwe Myint
49

Hyder, Tariq
199
–200,
207
,
208

In This Very Life
(Sayadaw U Pandita)
255
,
293
,
294

Independent
72
,
75
,
86
,
99
,
117
,
269
,
318
,
330
,
337
,
341
,
344
,
384

India
11

British Raj
6
–7,
8
–9,
16
,
26
,
90
,
181

Burma compared
16
–18,
26
,
181
,
187
–8,
258

colonial racism
182

democracy
89
–90

dynastic principle
38

Gandhi's journeys
100

independence
213
,
370

and Pakistan
200

Suu Kyi's residence in
16
,
71
,
179
,
180
–8,
189
,
204

Indian Institute of Advanced Study
26
,
238

Indian National Army
10

Indian National Congress Party
7
,
180
,
187
,
370

Indian Renaissance
17
,
258

Inlay Lake
109
–10

Insein Jail
245
,
251
–2,
261
,
272
,
326
,
360
,
366
,
371
,
383

evacuation
62
–3

International Crisis Group
386
,
387

Inya Lake
34
,
39
,
41
,
99
,
171
,
381

Irrawaddy Delta
101
,
102
–3,
112
,
120
–1,
122
–7,
131
–2,
162
,
277
,
351
,
372
,
380