Ballads of Burma

A collection of thirty-seven poems (described as 'ditties') on 19th century colonial life in Burma, and originally published in the Rangoon Gazette and the Burma Critic.

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This is a collection of 37 poems (described as ditties') on 19th-century colonial life in Britain, and originally published in the 'Rangoon Gazette' and the 'Burma Critic'. Some reflect the author's view of the 'unjust treatment of Burma at the hands of the Indian government'. Devoted to the lighter side of past and present expat life in South Asia, this series is for travelers who know that the most important item to bring along on any journey is a sense of humor. Although the current seven titles are admittedly of questionable literary merit, they make fine traveling'