http://www.bakkamagazine.com/ en tutu@bakkamagazine.com Copyright 2008 2008-05-12T05:04:00-05:00 http://www.bakkamagazine.com/site/king_gusaraths_searches_for_princess_sumuntha/ http://www.bakkamagazine.com/site/king_gusaraths_searches_for_princess_sumuntha/#When:04:04:00Z ເມື່ອພະຍາກຸສຣາຊໄດ້ຂໍລາຄູບາອາຈານທຸກໆອົງແລ້ວໆ ພະຍາກໍ່ອອກເດີນທາງຕາມຫານ້ອງສາວ ເດີນທາງເປັນເວລາຫລາຍມື້ ພະຍາກໍ່ໄດ້ມາພົບຊາວແຍ້ ແລະ ຈຶ່ງຮູ້ວ່າ ຕົນໄດ້ເດີນທາງຍ່າງຈາກບ້ານເກີດເມືອງນອນ ມາໄດ້ຫລາຍຮ້ອຍກິໂລເຕີບ ແລະ ກໍ່ໄດ້ເຂົ້າໄກ້ເຖິງຖິນຖານຂອງຊາວເມືອງຈຳປາ. Readings, Essays 2008-05-12T04:04:00-05:00 http://www.bakkamagazine.com/site/letters4/ http://www.bakkamagazine.com/site/letters4/#When:04:01:00Z I liked the piece by Kao Kalia Yang. For me, the work brings a very human and direct touch to a subject that seems so distant to most people.  I’ve traveled the region extensively and seen both the joy and the pain that are omnipresent in life in Southeast Asia, yet still it’s possible for these things to slip from the front of my mind as I get entangled in my daily life far away from there. Letters 2008-05-12T04:01:00-05:00 http://www.bakkamagazine.com/site/editorial16/ http://www.bakkamagazine.com/site/editorial16/#When:04:00:01Z Most observers would characterize the military rulers in Burma as isolated, deeply paranoid and disconnected with their own people and the outside world. But few expected the junta to be so disconnected to the point of failing to appreciate the extent of the humanitarian disaster caused by Cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy Delta, causing an estimated, staggering death toll of up to 100,000 people.  Editorial, English 2008-05-12T04:00:01-05:00