Columns

ROAR of Ravi Dev Enamoured neither of travel nor mega gatherings, in the case of some Indian diaspora events, I rouse myself to participate every decade or so. They do...

Mohandas k. Gandhi (October 2, 1869 - January 30,1948) was born in Asia, educated in Europe, and after a period of political apprenticeship matured in Africa. He never touched the...

In his letter seeking to rebut assertions made in my last column, “Addressing Objections to a Federalised Guyana”, Mr. Vincent Alexander claims that “Federalism is justifiable only where diversity is...

ROAR for Guyana Most of the objections to the federalist proposals have come from African-Guyanese. This is a remarkable position, since minorities across the globe from Assam to Zimbabwe have...

(Granger vowed to fulfil Burnham’s legacy. This is that 7-point legacy.) ROAR for Guyana First: a single mass party, led by a dictator.  While Burnham allowed other parties to exist during...

(The following was part of a longer paper, “For a New Political Culture” presented to the three major political parties (the PNC, PPP, and WPA) in 1990 to serve as...

ROAR of Ravi Dev During the ERC/UN/UG’s “Conversation of Ethnic Relations”, there was a heated exchange on the propriety of defining oneself as “Guyanese” versus an “ethnically hyphenated Guyanese”. I...

Christmas is renowned as a Christian celebration commemorating the birth of Christ. It is also celebrated in many countries and by countless numbers of non-Christians who take part in much...

ROAR of Ravi Dev This concludes the presentation to the “National Conversation on Ethnic Relations” s with proposals to improve our ethnic relations. Below are the proposals to which I...

I was asked to make a presentation by the ERC in a “National Conversation on Ethnic Relations”, specifically on “How can we improve ethnic relations in Guyana?” Actually, it is...