THE RIGHT OF ARAKANESE TO SELF-DETERMINATION

The Principle of Self-Determination is one of the most important ideas in 20th century political history. It relates to the creation of new States out of the old colonial empires, to the sovereignty of Peoples and to the very basis of UN itself. Self-Determination is...

Cultural Problem of Muslim in Burma

One of the most important problems of the Muslims in Burma is cultural problem, which is generally termed as identity crisis. A community is recognised not only by its belief and ideology but also by the physical manifestation of the ideals it holds. Thus it...

ARAKAN: AN UN-DECOLONISED COLONIAL TERRITORY

Arakan with an area of about 20,000 square miles was long famous and widely known to Arabs, Dutch, Portuguese and British traders as a centre of international trade and commerce and is situated in the tri-border region between modern day –Burma, Bangladesh and...

Deprivation of Education in Arakan

(By Fayas Ahmed)Arakan, Burma is extremely deprived of high level of illiteracy among the children as well as adults, said Hamid, who is studying in Malaysia University. Most of the village tracts have at least one primary school (class 1 to 4). But remote...