Paritosh Bhatt, a retired physics teacher from Gujarat, missed out on a Rs 12.5 lakh question about the British colonial flag of Burma.He made a risky guess, knowing that a wrong answer would ...

It’s 75 years since Myanmar – or Burma, as it was – became independent of Britain after a century of colonial rule, so it’s just the time for this exhibition at the British Museum. Yet it ...

It’s 75 years since Myanmar – or Burma, as it was – became independent of Britain after a century of colonial rule, so it’s just the time for this exhibition at the British Museum.

The British Museum’s new Burma to Myanmar show. The British Museum’s new Burma to Myanmar show is the first major exhibition in the UK to explore the history of a country famous for its isolation.

The British continued to encourage this practice even when Burma was split off to form a separate colony. The British followed an administrative policy known as “ divide-and-rule” to maintain control ...

In “Burma Sahib,” the renowned novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux imagines the life of young Eric Blair (the future George Orwell) when he was a novice police officer in colonial Burma.At ...

It’s 75 years since Myanmar – or Burma, as it was – became independent of Britain after a century of colonial rule, so it’s just the time for this exhibition at the British Museum. Yet it’s not a ...

It’s 75 years since Myanmar – or Burma, as it was – became independent of Britain after a century of colonial rule, so it’s just the time for this exhibition at the British Museum. Yet it’s not a ...