[www.keralites.net] Burmese Pride

"A free bird...which is just freed;
used to be caged;
now flying with an olive branch;
for the place it loves.
A free bird towards a free Burma."

By Ang San Suu Kyi.

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Aung San Suu Kyi (pronounced Aung Sawn Sue Chee) was born to Daw Khin Kyi and

Aung San on June 19, 1945. When she was only two, her father, an independence hero was assassinated.

In 1960, Suu Kyi studied politics at Delhi University.

In 1964 through 1967, she studied at Oxford University where she met Michael Aris.

Suu Kyi married Aris in 1972 and gave birth to two sons, Alexander and Kim. She returned to

Burma in 1988 to be with her ailing mother who died on December 27, 1988.

In Burma she was plunged into a nationwide uprising for the establishment of democracy.

The rest is history.

Suu Kyi as a child.

Suu Kyi on her wedding day.

Suu Kyi and Michael Aris on their wedding day.

Suu Kyi with her sons, Alexander and Kim.




A quiet moment with her husband.

Suu Kyi greeting her supporters, upon her release.

Her jubilant supporters.

-- Thanks & Regards, Raj. Kumar(courtesy to Deepak)

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