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From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey – A Remarkable and Moving Memoir from Hill Tribe to Cambridge by Pascal Khoo Thwe My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Burmese Odyssey reminded me of অক্ষয় মালবেরি , also a memoir, written by the Bengali author Manindra Gupta . Both the books started with giving an overview of the cultural heritage, with grandma’s storytelling, life in the village. Memories were pickled into words. Reading them felt like revisiting the fondest memories from my own childhood. Pascal, the author, introduces us to his tribe in Myanmar, the Padaung, their culture, lifestyle in the 70s and 80s. The remote hills they lived in, the waterfall that marked his sense of territory, the nearest town that was the farthest place he knew in the world. The children’s game they used to play amidst nature. The faiths they believed in. From the remote hills, his story took a bus along the sinuous roads to the plains in Mandalay. From village life’s naivety to government propag...