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ROAR of Ravi Dev Over the last year and a half, and especially during the post NCM maneuvers and elections hijinks, many commentators have either marveled or bemoaned David Granger’s...

ROAR of Ravi Dev Analyzing the French coup of 1851, in which Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte assumed dictatorial power over the French state, Marx reflected on the role of the individual in...

ROAR of Ravi Dev About a decade or so ago, the philosopher Harry Frankfurt’s book, with the seemingly most non-philosophically sounding title, “On Bullshit”, became a NY Times bestseller. With...

I looked at a video of Peter Minshall’s supposedly mesmerizing king and queen of Carnival costumes 2020 and had to exclaim to myself what a piece of junk! For something...

Both major parties, PPP and APNU, are confident of victory in Monday’s elections in Guyana. But which one will win? Each small party is confident of at least a seat....

ROAR of Ravi Dev Last night, one of the biggest festival in the Hindu calendar was commemorated – Maha Shivratri. My family stayed up all night to offer the prescribed...

ROAR for Guyana It is important to remember that next Sunday, February 23rd, is “Republic Day”, not “Mash”. While Independence was given to us by Britain, Republic Day was chosen...

The Trinidad Express, recently published a two-part Opinion piece, “The education of children of African origin” endorsed by 23 intellectuals of African origin. It raises some important issues that need...

ROAR of Ravi Dev               One of the most poignant and persistent cries heard around Guyana – especially around elections time – is, “Why do we have to hear about Africans...

ROAR of Ravi Dev Observing the rhetoric deployed in the blogsphere, social media and the letter-pages of the newspapers, I have been struck by the ubiquitous invocation of the trope...