In 1897, The War of the Worlds by HG Wells was published in instalments in the Pearson’s magazine in the UK and the Cosmopolitan in the US. It is a classic of the science fiction genre, about an unequal...

Introduction

The military takeover of the democratically elected government and the dubious civilian-military power sharing agreement has been criticised by the global community. At a time when Myanmar was navigating through its nascent democracy after decades of military rule, the sudden military intervention has put the clock back to where it was before. Even when opponents and supporters of the coup continue to scuffle on the streets of Yangon and elsewhere in Myanmar