Tag: Guyana

Most of us know the Prahalad stories about the origins of Holi - or “Phagua”, as it is known in the Bhojpuri belt from where most Indians in the Caribbean originated. But we can also look ...

ROAR of Ravi Dev One feature of Indian immigration to Guyana as indentured labour was the painstaking records that were kept by the colonial regime following the abolition of slavery. Technically, ...

Vikash Ramkissoon, PS to the Ministry of Agriculture, slammed the opposition APNU (PNC) on its history of poor governance since capturing power in December 1964. In his opening remarks, Vikash ...

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 ...

In my last article, “Trifecta of useless Idiots, Indian leaders and intellectuals”, I described how Indian intellectuals and leaders enabled their enemies to gain the advantage over them.  One would ...

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 ...

Let us not rejoice over the assault on Capitol Hill on Wednesday (1/6/21) because the bastion of democracy has been over-run by a mob instigated by a sitting President, who ...

The difficulty in analyzing "racism" or "ethnicization" can be illustrated in a recent debate on the sugar industry. Attorney General, Hon Anil Nandlall, expressed shock over Opposition MP, Mr. Khemraj ...