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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Aung San Suu Kyi and basket carriers


On an everyday Burma street.

“This street, I walk it every day. Past unpainted doors and over the broken pavement. To the market. For just a handful of kyat a day. The average person just gets by, somehow or other.  The average person can live to a bit past 60. The average person can read and write a bit. Life could be better, I’m sure. I’ve seen scenes on TV. There are other places in the world. But where would I go? How would I get there? So I’m just getting by day by day. But I don’t want to carry baskets forever.”
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Voice-over
The expressions of resignation: "just gets by", "somehow or other", and the questions with no answers: "Where?" and "How?" Aung San Suu Kyi also said it: “I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever.
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