"Shin Ukkaṭṭha” in local periodicals, newspapers, journals, and history is recognized as “the revolutionary thinker and monk of Burma." Given the number of norms he has broken in his life, he certainly deserved the label. Even those who opposed his interpretation of Buddhism have ultimately come to the conclusion that, despite the criticism, they are left with no other option than to either "become the laughing stock" or "adopt the interpretation of Shin Ukkaṭṭha" in order to appropriate Buddhism in light of modern knowledge, science, and education. Buddhism in Burma had to undergo significant change, particularly in the twenty-first century, to avoid becoming the laughing stock of the country's youthful and intelligent populace. Many of the concepts stated by "Shin Okkahta," which had previously been suppressed, had to be resurrected by today's progressive Buddhist monks.
Kyaw Win is a former communist who lost his beliefs in Marxism-Leninism, and Maoism. He is arguably the only individual in the history of Burma to decline the invitation of the Communist Party of Burma to become a member. His political journey is indeed a complicated one that cannot easily be labelled. Some of his political insights were indeed useful and based on the material conditions of the country. He alone managed to break the norms of the whole book market with the category "politics”. In Burma, especially before the 1980s, most of the books on politics and political ideology used to be full of books that praised Marxism-Leninism, Maoism, China, the DPRK, Cuba, the Soviet Union, and so on. He is undeniably the first to translate the economics book, development books, neoliberal ideas, and right-libertarian ideas to the general public. His writings indeed played a vital role for the general public, who are generally fed up with the so-called “Burma way to socialism” of
Minn Latt Yekhaun, a.k.a. Min Latt Ye Khaung was a Burmese linguist who was one of the first three Burmese students to study in Prague during the 1950s. He was an influential activist and student leader during 1947-48.