Inside The Glass Palace!

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The Present ----------------- The first thought that possibly confronts any journalist looking to do stories from Myanmar is the question of getting inside. The ruling regime of Myanmar has effectively converted the nation into one of the world's most isolated places, where everyone is watched including visiting journalists. So when trouble began in Myanmar in September this year, the first thing that the military regime did was curb the outflow of information. I watched keenly the international coverage that happened in those days in networks like CNN, Al Jazeera and the BBC. All that ever came out was running footage of Yangon streets and monks parading by the monasteries. Not enough to convey the real story but good enough to tell the world outside that there were many stories waiting to be told from that land.... Now back safely from there, I have only but....