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This is a work of fiction
About the author
1942: Shan treasures
1945: Myitkyina
2020: San Diego trip
1963: Bangkok
Back to Glendale
Bangkok to Round Rock
West Hollywood
Lungs in America
Preparations
Staff interviews
Myitkyina revisited?
No leads, dead end?
Shan connection
Where are the treasures?
Call with Win
How did it happen?
Authentication of ownership
Meeting the Lungs
Treasures to the world
Loss of a legend
Ashish was born and raised in India. Over the years, his work in the technology sector has taken him to dozens of countries on five continents. His extensive travels and firsthand work experience in multiple countries have given him the opportunity to see several cultures from a unique vantage point. He enjoys writing fictional stories about the exceptional people and the fascinating places he has seen. Ashish currently resides in Northern California with his family.
Unfortunately, he was in the minority. After he completed his high school and intermediate college in Rangoon, he had hoped that he would go to that exclusive college in India where other Chaofa (Shan ruler) children went. He had even completed the entrance examination that was mandatory for that college. But his life went in a different direction. He was not happy because he was seeing his father and many of the other tribal leaders reading the political situation incorrectly and bowing to the Japanese. Collectively, the leaders of Burma were unable to understand that Japan would not win the war. Apparently, most of them loved Japan because it was an Asian power.
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Kachins were very simple, straightforward people—they were also fiercely loyal. One British commander had written in his diary that what he liked most about the Kachins was their simplicity. They were not manipulative like the Burmar and Mon people of the river valleys. The Kachin tribal leaders had to prove a point to the Japanese Imperial Army. They were determined to teach a hard lesson to the Japanese. When the Japanese Army attacked innocent Kachin villagers and burned their homes, they did not anticipate any retaliation. They had grossly underestimated the ability and the resolve of the proud Kachins.
One morning in early 1944, Aung was asleep in his base camp in the Kachin Hills. It was February, so mornings were chilly in the hills. He had also returned pretty late the previous night after scouting work on the Japanese base. He suddenly woke up with a jolt in his hammock because of a noise. It was like a couple of people shouting in the local Shan and Kachin dialect. Aung’s scouts knew making noise could expose them to the wandering Japanese patrols—that is why they were trained to operate quietly. Noise in the hills can be very dangerous.
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