abstract:The Pat-kai (Pron: ˈpʌtˌkaɪ) meaning "to cut (pat) chicken (Kai)" in Tai-Ahom language are the hills on India's north-eastern border with Burma. They were created by the same tectonic processes that resulted in the formation of the Himalayas in the Mesozoic.
They'd prefer to think that the roadthey hacked across India's steepPatkai Range and down throughthe junglesofBurma to ChinaduringWorld War II is gone.