The Lady and the Peacock (76 page)

Noriko Ohtsu's impressions
231
–2

Wolfson College fellowship
235

St. Anthony's College tenure
23

Indian Institute fellowship in Shimla
26
,
238

visits Suu Kyi in Kyoto
241

receives news of Khin Kyi's stroke
27

with Suu Kyi in Burma
34
,
36
,
39
,
49
,
53
–4,
70
,
78
,
85

granted visa
97

suggests Ma Thanegi keeps diary
99

phone calls to Suu Kyi
104

go-between role in Suu Kyi's hunger strike
245
–7

visits to Suu Kyi in detention
254
–6

letters and gifts to Suu Kyi
272

delivers Suu Kyi's speech of thanks for honorary degree
291

visits Suu Kyi under house arrest
304

accuses Ma Thanegi of disloyalty
320

terminates relationship with Ma Thanegi
329

last Burma visit
330

work as Suu Kyi's “other half”
328
–31

prostate cancer
4
,
332
–3

refused visa
4
,
332

death
4
,
333

Monopoly clashes with Suu Kyi
157

passion for Tibet
23
,
207
,
208
–9,
221
,
331

regime insults
53

Armed Forces Day
146

Assistance Association for Political Prisoners
249

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
310
,
315
,
322
,
338
,
360

Attlee, Clement
14
,
104
,
177

Aung Aung
105
,
140
,
141
,
157

Aung Gyi (student)
48

Aung Gyi, General

arrest (1965)
203

arrest (1988)
43

“communist” allegations against Suu Kyi and NLD
96
,
115

condemns Enquiry Commission report
31
–2

economic policy
202

election defeat
268

joins Suu Kyi's resistance movement
68
–9,
74

and NLD
84
–5,
92
–3,
94
,
95
,
96
,
115

verdict on U Nu's “prime minister” announcement
64

Aung Lwin, U
107

Aung Lynn Htut
320
,
357
,
361
,
364

Aung Myint
77

Aung San (father)
5
,
6
,
9
–15,
250

ana
and
awza
289

Buddhism
168

charisma
6

commemoration of death
40

conscientiousness
171

life

as student at Rangoon University
6
,
9
,
39
,
43
,
85
,
90
–1

as “Thakin” leader
9

and “Revolution of 1300”
9
–10,
15
,
43

Japan trip
10
,
239

“Blue Print” (authorship disputed)
284
–5

fights alongside Japanese
26
,
162
,
278

civil murder charge
162

trains Burmese Independence Army
10

misgivings about Japanese
10
,
11
,
161

meets Khin Kyi Rangoon Hospital
11
–12

marriage to Khin Kyi
12
(1942)

joins Allies against Japanese
12
–13,
398

sets up Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
12

interview with William Slim
13
,
161
–2,
163

refuses army pension
169

Myitkyina visit
136

anticipates early death
165
–6

calls for nonviolent action against Britain
13
–14

meets with Nehru
180

independence negotiations with Attlee
14
,
104

signs Panglong Agreement
14
,
104
,
177
,
278

elected leader of Burma 1947
14

fleeting presence in family
164
–5

assassination
14
–15,
24
,
33
,
127
–8,
165
–6,
176
,
300
,
331

burial place
52
,
98

marginalized by regime
148
–9,
164
,
258
,
284

Maung Maung's portrayal
47

Ne Win assassination order rumor
40

parallels with Suu Kyi
15
–16

photographs
12
,
15

and political legitimacy
92
,
130
,
284

Suu Kyi compared
398

Suu Kyi's biography
9
,
26
,
161
,
165
,
236
–7

U Tin Oo's memories
68

veneration in Burma
13
,
32
,
38
,
39
,
44
,
300

Aung San Chit (sister), death
164
,
165

Aung San (Ko Ko) Lin (brother)
15
,
24
–5,
142
,
164
,
166
–7,
169
,
170

death
119
,
170
–1

Aung San Oo (brother)
24
,
34
,
38
–9,
48
,
50
,
164
,
166
,
168
,
180
,
204

absence from Suu Kyi's wedding
220

blocks repairs to Suu Kyi's house
368

froideur
205

Aung San Suu Kyi

appearance
24
,
42
,
189
–90,
183
,
232
,
297
,
371
,
397

attachment to Puppy
222

and Aung San

awareness of his legacy
5
–6,
16
,
24
–5,
118
,
127
–8,
172
,
191
,
218
,
300

childhood memories
165

compared
398

effects of his death
165
,
166

feels his presence
290
–1

immersion in his life and work
239

parallels
15
–16

writes biography
9
,
26
,
161
,
165
,
236
–7

author's meetings with
341
–4,
397

awards
385

honorary degree from University of Nepal
291

Honorary Fellowship, St. Hugh's College
298

Nobel Peace Prize
299
–301,
315

Sakharov prize for Freedom of Thought
299

Thorolf Rafto Prize for Human Rights
299

beliefs

Buddhism
312
,
370
,
292
–3

freedom of the spirit
254

nonviolence
116
–17,
145
,
153
,
370
,
388
–9,
392
,
294

challenges and defies Ne Win
56
,
58
,
145
,
151
–2,
257
,
369

character
24
,
42
,
144
,
193
,
205

alleged stubbornness
343
–4

consistency
398

discipline
292

generosity of spirit
255

hospitality
230

irreverent humor
24
,
185
,
194
,
305

liking for tradition
233

moral commitment
190
–1,
193
,
194
,
281
–2,
327

suited to confinement
398

tomboy tendencies
172

truthfulness
233
–4

closeness to Aung San Lin
167
,
170

commitment to Burma
5
,
25
,
26
–7,
18
–19,
229
–30,
241
–2

“communist” allegations
96
,
108
,
115
,
147
,
153
,
261

corporate sponsors
108

development of thinking
258
–9

identification with democratic cause
101

impact on Burma
369
–71,
387
–8

impact on the world
388
–94

interests and activities

cycling
196

literature
175
,
184
–5,
190
–1

meditation
255
,
292
,
295
–6

punting
196

writing
175

international celebrity
3
,
117
–18,
298
,
384
–6

life

birth
6
,
13
,
131
–2,
161
,
163

early childhood in Rangoon
163
–71

schooldays in Rangoon
171
–6

residence in Delhi
16
,
24
,
71
,
179
,
180
–8,
189
,
204

at St. Hugh's College, Oxford
18
,
25
,
189
,
190
–200

alcohol experiment
112
,
197

friendship with Dora Than É
198
–9,
210
,
231

Algeria visit
198
–9

love affair with Tariq Hyder
199
–200,
207
,
208

visits Burma as a student
40
,
41
,
42
,
200
–1

Burmese marriage candidates
200
–1,
207
,
208

decides to go abroad
203

lack of direction post-graduation
204
,
221

in London with the Gore-Booths
205

declines invitation for audience with Ne Win (1967)
206

romance with Michael Aris
25
,
207
–9

abortive postgraduate studies in New York
210
–11

UN post in New York
18
,
25
,
211
,
213
–14,
219

volunteers in New York
214

passport incident
215
–16

visits Michael in Bhutan
217

engagement to Michael
217
–18

letters to Michael
218
–19

marriage to Michael
18
,
219
,
220

visits to Burma with Michael
220
–1

married life in Bhutan
221
,
222

Brompton flat
223

birth of Alexander
223

Nepal trip with Michael and Alexander
221
,
223

Scotland stay with Michael's family
230

visits Burma with Michael and Alexander
223
,
229

meets Kyaw Zaw in Rangoon
229
–30

married life in Oxford
18
,
23
–4,
25
–7,
230
–6,
305

birth of Kim
230

inability to breastfeed
235

work for Bodleian
236

visits Burma for
shinbyu
ceremony
237

rejected for PhD
237
–8

SOAS literature course
27
,
238

research fellowship in Japan
26
,
238
–42,
259

in Shimla with Michael
26
,
90
,
238
,
258

receives news of Khin Kyi's stroke
27

returns to Burma to nurse Khin Kyi
4
,
15
,
27
,
30
,
119

takes Khin Kyi home
34

witnesses Institute of Medicine protests
33

joined in Burma by family
34
–5

watches Ne Win resign on television
39

decision to enter politics
39
,
119
,
240
–1

crash course in political history
42

absence from protests
46

University Avenue think tank
47
–8,
49
–50,
63

“People's Consultative Committee” proposal
48
–9

secret meeting with U Tin Aung Hein
51

Rangoon General Hospital speech
15
,
51
–2,
250

Shwedagon pagoda speech
53
–8,
67
,
71
,
81
,
92
,
295
,
388