Still life inside the postman’s apartment
Yangon makes a display of the impermanence of all things. This building, erected in the early 1930s by an Indian merchant, was originally used as an Indian and English language school. From the 1960s until 2006, when the junta relocated the capital eight hours north to Naypyidaw, it housed the Ministry of Taxation. Today, half of the building is abandoned while the other half is occupied by a handful of families who have lived in their respective apartments for over half a century. Rumours of redevelopment circulate amongst the inhabitants. Before I leave, a woman running a tea stall dislodges an antique tile from the floor and hands it to me. ‘A souvenir,’ she says.
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