Why Are You Crying, Mama?

This is Jane's autobiographical novel. John, a black American, rescued Jane, a wealthy Belgian (her mother was a Flander and her father a Wallon), at the last moment from a fatal auto accident in 1926. They marry later and have a daughter named Jennifer. Jennifer disappears without a trace when she is eleven years old at the beginning of WWII. At that point Jane begins her search for the meaning of human existence on this earth, its possible existence in other forms beyond this world, the world's great mysteries, happiness, compassion, soul, consciousness, reincarnation, eternal life, and peace of mind, etc., through Christianity and Buddhism through discussions with a senior Buddhist monk from Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The monk is well-versed in various main Christian Churches' doctrines and leading Buddhist schools' different concepts. The timespan covers between 1926 and 1975.



Thang Za Dal was born in 1947 in Burma. He began his political activities against the successive military dictatorships in 1964. He and his wife sought political asylum in Germany in 1978, and they have got two daughters and four grandchildren. His wife passed away in 2015 from heart complications. He has authored more than forty political and history papers on Burma during the last few decades. The following are among them. - Grand Strategy for Burma/Myanmar (I - VIII) - An Open Personal Supplication to the Present and Future Rulers of Burma/Myanmar (I - VII) - Open Supplication to the Ethnic Burmans of Burma (I - VI) - Open Appeal to Institutions and Individuals That May Have Stakes or Interest in One Way or Another in Burma (I - IV) - Some Strategic Concepts for the Rebuilding of Burma/Myanmar (I - III) - The Chin/Zo People of Bangladesh, Burma, and India: An Introduction