 Hmaing also wrote in mixed verse and prose style brilliantly presenting satires in the form of learned religious commentaries, called "htika"s () in Pali, such as "Hkway htika" (On Dogs) in which he castigated politicians for wasting their time and effort in futile squabbling when they should be concentrating on the fight against colonial rule.A novel titled "Missata Maung Hmaing hmadawbon wuttu" (the Epistles of Mr Maung Hmaing) written under the pseudonym "Mr Maung Hmaing" in 1916 immediately caused a furore which was also the intended effect.Maung Hmaing was the name of the main character, a Casanova-like scoundrel, in a popular novel at the time called "Chinbaungywet the Maung Hmaing" (The Roselle Vendor Maung Hmaing) by U Kyee (1848–1908), and Hmaing by taking his name and styling himself Mister at the same time was mocking the affectation among some fashionable Anglophile Burmese who had started putting Mr in front of their names.