True love is sustainable, as long as it is based on truth, faith and loyalty. There are those that might doubt its endurance and veracity, particularly when, they are faced with a separation or divorce, which proves that it truly hasn’t matured as well as it should. On the other hand, there are those who love without any strings attached, and, albeit the obstacles, the foundation on which love is based, remains unshaken.

Burma’s (Myanmar’s) resources are prominent enough to attract developing, industrial nations like China. To name a few, petroleum, minerals and precious stones, such as rubies and jade, could mean much more in terms of export to many countries, other than China, whose gluttony for oil, in paricular, is presently insatiable.

The Lion and the Sun incorporates, the culture, religion and philosophy of the people of Burma, mostly delineated in Part one of the novel under British Colonialism. All of Part 2, dwells exclusively on the Japanese occupation of Burma.

I wrote the novel not long after Burma (Myanmar) was liberated. Although the war was over decades ago, it seems as if it hasn’t as yet ended. Burma (Myanmar) is still suffering in the throes of a prolonged military dictatorship. How long will this continue is anybody’s guess.

Composed after a visit to the monastery at Jarrow, where the Venerable Bede dwelt as a monk in Saxon times.