Suu Kyi

A scholar turned politician is under house arrest from 1989.
The daughter Of the founder of Modern Burma , has been treated shabbily by the military regime.
No amount of protests and pleadings from nations all over the world could put Suu Kyi back to freedom.
Her relentless patience is a quality that keeps her going.
She had her schooling in English schools in Burma.
She did her graduation in Delhi ,where her mother was posted as Ambassador by the civilan government.
She did her advanced degree and research in Oxford.
She worked in U.N for three years, where she met her husband DR. Michael Aris, a scholar of Tibetean culture.


Suu Kyi, came to Burma in 1985 to tend to her ailing mother.
She got involved in democratic movement.
She saw her husband only 5 times. between 1985 -1995.
Her husband was not given visa to meet her, when he was ailing, but the government allowed her to visit him in U.K.
She refused for fear that she would not be allowed inside Burma , once she leaves .

Her famous words are it is not power that corrupts , but the fer of losing it corrupts those who are weilding it.
International pressure is mounting and recently Obama has asked the Burmese government to releas Suu Kyi.
Praise her fortitude.