After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army.

Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be - or perhaps I'm not listening at the right times.

I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it.

The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.