India June 1931

It is the more curious since Burma is a country where the cult of noviolence which is the central theme of the Buddhist religion has woven itself into the texture of the people's lives. [...] The plain fact is that the use of motor cars has by common consent been restricted to the Viceroy and the Commander-in=Chief owing to the extreme narrowness and steeness of the Simla roads. [...] " But surely " was the reply " your honour can add noughts at discretion ? " The Installation of the Seinbu and the Hugetmana on the Stave Dagon Pagoda Rangoon Top : A huge crowd surged up the tiered sides of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda to witness the installation ceremony of the decorative head pieces. [...] We do have our moments and this town is definitely more exciting since the advent of the bandit gunman and plug-ugly— a poor imitation no doubt of The Beer Barons of the Bronx " whom he tries to ape in his methods and his language ; but anyway something to break the monotony of the things I have just enumerated and the daily caricatures of Mr. [...] " we were asked to place an " M " or an " F " according to sex against their names ! The official oyke of course is capable of anything and at a memorial service to a distinguished person the genius in charge of the transport and catering arrangements after setting out the time when the special train left and when and where it arrived added :— " Luncheon suitable to the solemnity of the occasio