[Assam] Burmese still await relief

[Nava Thakuria]

Three years, two cyclones … and the Burmese still await relief 

Public memory is short. But for those who suffer as a result of natural calamities, memories – horrific memories – are difficult to discard. And so it is for the thousands in Myanmar who had faced the fury of Cyclones Nargis and Giri. The first, Nargis, struck more than three years ago. Yet, under the military regime which now seems to be thawing slowly to the outside world, people continue to suffer badly, with thousands struggling for food, water and shelter

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