Ayya's AccountsAyya's Accounts explores the life of an ordinary manorphan, refugee, shopkeeper, and grandfatherduring a century of tremendous hope and upheaval. Born in colonial India into a despised caste of former tree climbers, Ayya lost his mother as a child and came of age in a small town in lowland Burma. Forced to flee at the outbreak of World War II, he made a treacherous 1,700 mile journey by foot, boat, bullock cart, and rail back to southern India.