Saturday, 17 November 2012

REVIEW: The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, By Peter Popham Random House, US ISBN 184604250X

Reviewed by Sumera S. Naqvi

BURMA, or present day Myanmar, shares a battered colonial history with the subcontinent and is still in the process of resurrection. These countries share common political nuances with a marked political significance of women leaders who suffered either by losing a father or a husband to political struggle. Aung San Suu Kyi is a name in the league of such women leaders.

While Burma still reels from the torments of a dictatorial-cum-military dispensation, Suu

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