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The Lady Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD |
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One of my first lunches in Yangon (formerly Rangoon) was at this sidewalk cafe |
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presided over by the master chef |
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and served by this young man, with the NLD shirt The National League for Democracy is the party led by Aung San Suu Ky |
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The party headquarters near Shwedagon Pagoda |
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displays her prominently |
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alongside her father, Aung San, leader of the movement that wrought Burma's independence in 1948
he's known as "the father of the country"
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Her photos are displayed profusely at sidewalk shops in Yangon open support for the NLD is widespread something not tolerated several years ago |
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Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1991
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but was not able to accept it until 2012
she spent much of the past two decades either imprisoned or under house arrest
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One evening in mid-April, 2012, the NLD set up an information stand on Anawrahta Road, one of Yangon's main streets I bought an NLD banner and got myself photographed Walking the street wearing this banner, I was enthusiastically greeted with many thumbs-up and broad smiles
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Photo from the Wikipedia article about The Lady |
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