Burma to Myanmar and Back?
Not even the most monstrous dictator can erase the past completely. This truism is being demonstrated anew in Myanmar's transition to democracy, and is crystallized in the debate over whether the country should resurrect its previous name of Burma.
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NEW DELHI – In ways big and small, Asia is still living with the tainted legacy of imperialism. Consider the debate now underway in Myanmar – or Burma to some. Because the imperial tongue found it difficult to pronounce “Myanmar,” the country’s no-nonsense British masters renamed it Burma (redrawing its borders as well for good measure).