The Shan Conundrum in Burma is the personal account of historical and political events over a span of sixty years from 1940s to the early 2000s. The author, a son of the Shan politician Namkham U Htun Aye who had served as Member of Parliament MP, 1948-1960, then head of Shan State, 1962-1974, recounts what had happened during the tumultuous years in which his father was politically involved. Blessed with such a keen interest in current affairs, Henri-André Aye reveals the racial and political problems the country is currently facing in lively anecdotes and astute observations. This book provides many aspects of culture and history of Shan States as the thirty-four principalities and counties were known before independence in 1948 that makes it particularly interesting to anyone carring out research into the politics of Shan State and Shan principalities in particular as well as the political events of modern Burma.