This week in ‘deep cuts’ we feature work from the late Michael Aung-Thwin, whose article about omens and prophecies feels particularly relevant to these revolutionary times (for instance, recent flocks of hornbills alighting in Yangon had social media speculating; the popular Pale PDF leader is calling himself Bo Naga, the leader of the Royal Dragon Army, because the Tabaung foretold that the Dragon army will win; etc.). 

See our page for the growing archive of under-appreciated or hard to find Burma Studies texts.