R K Narayan's short story - Trail of the Green Blazer in London Review of Books -

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v02/n11/rk-narayan/trail-of-the-green-blazer

RK Narayan was president of India, his wife Usha Narayan was born in Mandalay - translated Burmese short stories.

Kyi May Kaung