The Lady and the Peacock (80 page)

improving luck and skill
368

and the international community
117
,
263
,
304
,
338
–9,
372
–3,
387
–8

invalidates Alexander and Kim's Burmese passports
248

and John Yettaw's visit to Suu Kyi
383
–4

legitimacy xiv,
58
,
146
,
284
–6,
288
,
303
,
346
,
362
,
380

marginalization of Aung San
148
–9,
164
,
258
,
284

name change to State Peace and Development Council
334

negotiations with Suu Kyi (around 2003)
339
,
347
–8,
363
–4

nyein-wut-pi-pyar
(silent-crouched-crushed-flattened') requirement
252

popular loathing and disgust for
288
–9

renames Burma (1989)
102
,
149
–50,
285
,
346

response to civil disobedience campaign (1989)
151

response to martyrdom commemoration demonstrations (1989)
153
–4

response to Martyr's Day demonstrations (1989)
154
–5

response to monks' demonstrations (1990)
283
–4

response to NLD constitution initiative (1996)
324
–5

response to social unrest (1974)
226
–7

and Suu Kyi's Nobel Peace Prize
299

response to Thingyan Festival competition (1989)
133
–4,
135

response to uprising (1988)
30
–1,
33
,
45
–6,
129
–30

appeals for students' return
93

“Burma Spring” reforms
59
–61

declares martial law
44

Enquiry Commission report
31
–2

forcible withdrawal of funds from Myanma Foreign Trade Bank
62
,
70

government purge
78
–9

Insein Jail prison evacuation
62
–3

military crackdown
72
–8,
116

stupidity
26

Suu Kyi slurred and threatened
53
,
113
,
149
,
315
,
316
,
318
,
331
338

treatment of U Thant's corpse
41
,
227
–9

“Visit Myanmar Year 1996”
317

widening gap with monks
281

Milosevic, Slobodan
394

Min Ko Naing
115
,
375

Min lwe, U
83

Mindon, King
87

Mingaladon Airport, Rangoon
246
,
337

Moe Hein
156

Mon state
117
,
122
,
277
,
351

monks
see sangha

monsoons
33
–4

Monywa
353
–6

Morland, Martin
37
,
60
,
62
,
72
,
131

Mountbatten, Countess
4
,
332

Muslims
9
,
42
,
174
,
197
,
394

Rohingya refugees repatriated
303

Myanmar Times
340

Mydans, Seth
45
,
377

Mying Aung, Brigadier
102
,
121
,
123
,
124
,
129

Myint Myint Khin
96
,
115

Myint Thein, Brigadier General
384

Myint U, Captain
124
,
125
,
126

Myitkyina
136
,
138

Myo Thein (“Tiger')
94
,
105
,
106
,
109
,
122
,
123
,
136
,
143

Naga tribes
111

Nagia, Kenji
378
–9

Naing Aung, Dr.
377

National Coalition Government of The Union of Burma (NCGUB)
275
,
280
–1

National Convention
310
–11,
324
,
348
,
362
–3,
371
,
378
,
380

National League for Democracy (NLD)
5
,
41
,
341

arrests, imprisonments and killings
102
,
117
,
122
,
134
,
150
153
,
154
,
249
–52,
253
,
261
,
267
–8,
274
,
324
,
359
,
369

Aung Gyi's resignation
115

bamboo hat symbol
157
,
266

basic objectives
86

bombing accusations
154

calendar of martyrdom
152

campaign of civil disobedience
150
–1

Central Executive Committee
85
,
96
,
107
,
116
,
131
,
146
,
151
,
157
,
251
,
274
,
288
,
298
,
319
,
323

commemoration demonstrations
152
–3,
154
–5

“communist” accusations
96
,
108
,
115
,
147
,
153
,
261

constitution initiative
324

current presence
397

de-registered xiii,
369

De Riedmatten's views on cooperation with the regime
339

factionalism
92
–3,
115
–17,
111
,
122
,
369

formation
84
–6

fraternity with
sangha
147

“Gandhi Declaration”
273
–4

and general election (1990)

manifesto
264
–5

victory xiv,
158
,
266
–9,
348
,
369

hard line regarding the army
145
–6,
318
–19

hijacking of calendar
146

informers suspected
396

membership numbers (1989)
117

metta
as founding principle
312

and National Convention

pulls out of
311
,
315
–16,
362
–3

signs up to
310

peacock flag
85
,
99
,
126

political/ethnic alliances
147
–8

rebuilding xv,
298

stance on tourism
319
,
232

Suu Kyi's campaign tours
94
–5,
100
–14,
120
–1,
122
–7,
131
–2,
135
–44,
350
–6

Thingyan slogan competition
132
–5

Than Shwe promises talks
304

see also
National Coalition Government of The Union of Burma (NCGUB)
275

NLD-Liberated Areas (NLD-LA) xv,
281

National Unity Party (NUP, formerly BSPP)
85
,
113
,
147
,
261
,
265
,
372

election defeat
269
,
284

Natmauk
9
,
149
,
398

Ne Win, General (Old Man, Number One)
32
,
39
,
49
,
136
,
286
,
362

Aung Gyi's attack on
92

and Burma's deformation
18
,
258
,
326

claims legitimacy through Aung San
56
,
130
,
284
–5

closes down Burma's links to the West
18
,
201

complacency
31

compulsory repatriation of Indians
18
,
180

coup
60
,
79
–80,
187
–8,
202
,
284
,
323

death in detention
345

declines Suu Kyi's invitation to Buddhist

Lent ceremony
311

erratic nature
79

exiles Daw Khin Kyi to Indian ambassadorship
40
–1,
179

first public appearance following resignation
146

government purge
78

hostility to U Thant
213

house arrest
345

humiliates U Thant's corpse
224
,
227
–9

hypocrisy
206

identification with the army
71

judicial changes
280

“multiparty democracy” declaration
35
,
37
,
79
–80,
262
,
274
–5,
301

obligatory portraits
38

official hagiography
46
–7

plots takeover
178
–9

polarizing policies
215

“resignation” speech
35
–6,
41
,
256

retains control behind the scenes
152
,
274

as shadowy background figure
302
–3

“shoot to hit” warning
36
,
51
,
73

spurns bond with monks
147

Suu Kyi challenges and defies
56
,
58
,
145
,
151
–2,
257
,
296
,
369

training in Japan
307

U Nu denounces at UN
225
–6

violent rages
152

Nehru, Jawaharlal
38
,
90
,
180
,
186
,
187
,
189

Nemoto, Kei
281

Nepal
221
,
223
,
236

New Delhi
see
Delhi

New Light of Myanmar
xiv,
303
,
306
,
316
,
318
,
331
,
339
,
343
,
375

New York
210
–11,
213
–16,
217
,
225

New York Times
45
,
117
,
118
,
128
,
150
,
153
,
377

New Yorker
319
–20,
322

Nichols, Leo
27
,
326

imprisonment and death
326

Nita Yin Yin May
57
–8,
131

Non-Aligned Movement
213

nonviolence
3
,
14
,
77
,
95
,
116
,
145
,
150
,
153
,
370
,
378
,
388
–9,
390
–4

Nyo Ohn Myint
47
–8,
53
–4,
72
,
74
–5

O'Brien, Harriet
183
,
186
,
229
,
322

Ogata, Sadako
253

Ohtsu, Noriko
231
–3,
234
,
239
,
240
–1,
242
–1

Olcott, Colonel Henry
217

One Kyat Note scandal
148
,
164

Orwell, George
269
,
293
–4

Otpor (Serbian activist)
393
–4

Outrage
(Lintner)
251

Oxford
4
,
18
,
23
,
25
,
26
,
27
,
35
,
78
,
106
,
142
,
167
,
230
–6,
248
,
301
,
305
,
328

Oxford University
18
,
26
,
41
,
185
,
189
–200,
206
,
299
,
322

Pacific War
307

Packer, James
340

Padaung women
111
,
112

Pagan
277
,
288
,
326
,
375

Pakistan
186
,
200

dynastic principle
38

Pakokku demonstration (2007)
375

Pallis, Marco
209

Pandita, Sayadaw U
293
,
294
,
295
,
296
,
311
–12

Panglong Agreement (1947)
14
,
104
,
107
,
177
,
278

Pascal Khoo Thwe
61
,
76
–7

Pasternak Slater, Ann
191
–3,
195
–6,
197
,
199
,
200
,
204
,
205
,
230
–1,
233
,
234
,
235
,
236
,
255

Patrol Boat
103
(Maung Thaw Ka)
250

peacock symbol
85

Pearl Harbor
11

Phekhon
60
–1,
76
–7

Philippines
38

Phone Maw Journal
60