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On the reading list this week are stories that consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters, a volume about the twin battles that stopped the Japanese invasion of India, and a story of the joys of unexpected friendships and the beauty of nature
(March 4, 20222) This week, 80 years ago, the Burmese capital of Rangoon (now Yangon) was captured by the Japanese Fifteenth Army, commanded by Shōjirō Iida, after the British had