Tuesday 23 December 2014

SEEING in the MIND



Dear Mr. Lall,
My letter to you is about achieving what many would consider impossible.
I am going to offer myself as a Presidential Candidate in the upcoming elections.
I would like the support of your news publication. My plan is to be kept constantly in the public view.
I would have joined the AFC or APNU, but ethnic divisional politics will not cease in the country and the danger of the PPP being at the helm again is a frightening possibility.
The electorate must look toward a candidate that can mold a democracy from among the races.
I am that Candidate.
There are several reasons why I believe I can steer the electorate in different voting pattern from their past.
One: From reading the Letter columns for years, there are many notable citizens who objected to the governance of the PPP. My feeling is, they are not comfortable neither with APNU or the AFC. One of those men should have been bold enough to take up the challenge and announce their Presidential Candidacy. I sense the country is ready to move away from race elections-they need new leadership. An ORIGINAL message or messenger.
Two: The leadership of APNU and AFC are embroiled in a struggle of words and domination. Unless there is another voice in the political wilderness, the country will further be divided in distrust. AFC demands a leadership role in the Pro-Democracy Movement; that is not going to be accepted by the PNC contingent of APNU-once Ramjattan and Nagamoottoo are head of AFC. Racism again will overcome the effort. Both men in the AFC recognized the possibility of an Indo backlash should they attempt to merge with the PNC. And it is a merging of the PNC. The electorate would again be denied an ORIGINAL message.  With or without a merger of APNU and AFC, the leadership of both entities lack an original message. Just telling the electorate what they already know, doesn’t build their confidence.      
Seeing in the mind. A charismatic messenger, a unique message and the support of Kaieteur News can turn the electorate around. Never has there been a time when they are so ready for a change. I am ready. Unique messages can be sourced from my blog www.timehritoday.blogspot.com. I ask you Mr. Lall for the support of Kaieteur News in carrying the message forward. Think of the great opportunities   your fellow citizens would achieve by your generosity.
It is the season of Christmas. Please give Guyana this gift. Ideas comes from the mind. And you being an entrepreneur, knows it is the gut feeling that pushes for the fulfillment of ideas.  
I feel strongly about my ability to make a change.
The intent is to present an Original voice to the electorate. To garner a following. To offer a National Front Government by a new voice. To bridge the divide of APNU and AFC as written in my Blog, “PLEDGE.”
What more can I say. Other than please give this idea a chance. Give your fellow citizen an opportunity to read an Original Voice.
Thank you.   
Velutha Kuttapen
www.timehritoday.blogspot.com


Thursday 18 December 2014

TIME

TIME.
Time has passages. It writes the story of a country, the passages of its sorrow, passages of its pain, passages of its suffering and……..
Ours is missing the passages of its joy. That we shall have soon. And soon can’t come quick enough for the celebration of good governance.
We eagerly await ELECTION DAY-all those who oppose the regime of the People’s Progress Party.
In Ecclesiastes 3, it is written, ”A Time for Everything.”
Time has come to choose a NEW PATH.
A path, I ENCOURAGE the YOUNG citizens to FOLLOW.
For fear exists in the land. No longer hidden. No longer an assumption of distrust. It is a practiced discrimination by the electorate. Afro will choose the PNC/APNU. The PPP and AFC battle for the Indo votes. The Amerindians free to choose one of these entities whose spell they happen to fall under. 
Imagine the People’s Progressive Party dominance of over their Indo supporters. Fearful is the AFC of the backlash of their portion of Indo supporters, if they stood side by side with PNC/APNU, at the rally against the Proroguing of Parliament.
YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE in this existing political climate, IS TO BE LOST FOREVER in confrontation. Such a scenario do no good for the country-it will ALWAYS leave us divided.
A clear majority is needed to move us forward in trust.
Time for the PATH that molds us as one people, one nation with one a common destiny.
YOUNG PEOPLE, this is your opportunity. Embrace your future.
This is your era.   
Young Amerindians, stand up and be significant in the development of your country.
Afro-Guyanese youths balance this nation with your fellow countrymen-the young Indo-Guyanese, the young Amerinds and the young of the other Races. For we are all Guyanese.  
Today, by the touch of a keypad you can access information from any time in history and of any culture.
Young People you can read of your past.  You are from a people with a history of suffering, pain and sorrow. IT IS YOUR RIGHT to usher in JOY in this country.
I urge you to be hungry and desperate for a new season. For it is your season. Seize the day and the moment. You are a chosen generation after centuries of hardships. Do it with all your might. Be like a meteor that is destined to consume anything in the old path. Seek for the citizens a new PATH.
And the people can say (Psalm 126), “The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.”


THE MESSAGE:
It is empowerment. And Local Government Elections is the bedrock upon which progress and empowerment is built upon. To deny you these elections is to deny you a say in the affairs of your country. Relinquishing your power to a centralized group of men and women far removed from your communities. You should be a stake holder in your country and if you have the talent to rise economically then we should have a government that bolster your aspirations-giving support, advice and directions to make your dreams a reality. We need a government that permit Guyanese of all walks of life to develop businesses and benefit from the richness of the land-its gold, timber, etc, etc. I believe in Guyanese first. Foreign investments is not only to extract our riches, but to learn from and eventually be their competitors.
The world was intended to be a sweet place.
No one wants to die but live forever-Guyana is a sweet place. But there are men whose works are mischievous, bringing misery into the lives of others-mostly to the masses.
Happiness is a comfort-it is only attainable if we care for one another. And democracy gives us all a say in the paths that we choose as a nation.
But Democracy demands Wisdom.
This election is about your empowerment, your knowledge, your wisdom and your destiny as one nation. It is all about your Democracy.
 THE PROPOSAL:
1)       No effort must be spared to empower Amerindians.
Opportunities in Guyana Defense Force will be opened to them. A contingent in the army with be created wholly for these citizens. Capable youths of male and female willing to participate will be educated to highest level at an accelerated pace. Their services are urgently needed to supervise and monitor our resources in the hinterland.

2)      An Elite Armed Services will be created, comprising of talented from the ranks of the existing GDF and contingent of the Amerindians. Reflective of the races of the nation. They will be the eyes and ears of the country. Trained to fly within our air space, operate ocean going vehicles to provide safety to our fishermen within our territorial waters and hasten over land with modern equipment to protect our sovereignty.  Our intelligence gathering to protect our God given inheritance will be spared no cost.   
TRUTH & RECONCILIATION:
As a citizen of Guyana, if you were wronged in any way by the previous governments (after independence) you will be urged to come forward with your case. This includes those who were deviously robbed through corruption of their properties of house and land. Leased lands that was repossessed by the government without compensation. If government officials dismantled your living quarters and caused your family hardships, you will be heard. Cases will be heard by a selective body of professionals. If it warrants a judicial decision, it will be forwarded to a special court set up for expeditious judgement.  This country is yours and you must come first in all facets of its development. No Guyanese, regardless of education or influence are ever allowed to disrespect their fellow citizens no matter what level of the society they may find themselves.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:
Corruption is a detriment to any type of business-large or small. It diminishes profitability, competition and the desire to invest in yourself-the entrepreneurial spirit. Further, it creates an elite class with ill- gotten gains. Such class of individuals are repressive to superiors as well as subordinates-for they are a people who care less about nation building and more on chaos of the society. Under such systems they excel in their corruptions.
This Movement will discourage all foreign importation. I want to emphasize discourage not banned. The emphasis is to manufacture every possible commodity that we consume. Thereby creating businesses and employment opportunities for Guyanese.  We will as a governing body encourage and assist in the development of the Fashion Industry, Music Industry, Film-making and documentaries to tell our stories. We have a history and there is the need for us to be entertained by our joys, pains and hurts. Individually we experience life and collectively as a nation, together we all share in the experiences of life.   
Some might argue, “Where are we going get the money to do this?”  By an ordered and well organized taxation system we will collect every penny of taxes owing to the State. Be it foreign or local entities.
Our places of higher learning will develop programs to train Guyanese to undertake all the infra-structure work necessary to make us a First-World nation.
Every Industrial Estate will have the necessary facilities to generate electricity for production. Localized power generation, reduces cost of electricity also maintenance costs. Security will be a priority, to protect the investments of those who dared to dream the progress of a country.
Copyright laws will be enacted to guarantee the royalties which you richly deserve for your efforts. 
We are going to add value to every piece of raw material that we extract from the land. It is a priority for Guyana. For a Home-based population of less than a million, we should have better standard of living. We have in diaspora perhaps an equal amount hoping to return to the place of their birth-a place free of crime and corruption.
And much more will be done.
THE REALITY:
We cannot escape the Racism that exists in this country. And to say, it is not there, is to fool one self.  In particular, we have Guyanese who write continually on the marginalization of Afro-Guyanese. And I cannot predict when this nation will be able to embrace itself with the races of people we proudly say we have in our midst. But we must do what must do to develop a country for all.  We have seen political parties that have trampled on the civil rights of ethnic groups in our history. And we never know when again such men would come out of the woodwork and receive approval of their constituents. EVEN THOUGH, I WOULD CANVASS FOR EVERY VOTE with the hope of denying every other political party an elected seat in parliament. I would promote among many other things that the AFC, PNC, PPP and every other political party receive equal funding and air time. Contesting an election should never be a battle, a war or denying. We should share the common goals of making the country a better place. Instead of what is being done now, prohibiting those who wish to govern by every conceivable means.

 Sincerely.
Velutha Kuttapen

www.timehritoday.blogspot.com

Wednesday 10 December 2014

BREAKING LIMITS

BREAKING LIMITS:
My Countrymen:
That should be the theme of the Upcoming Elections.
Although, LIMITED in many ways, we shall overcome.
Just as the citizens of this country are LIMITED. So also is the Combined Opposition- LIMITED in its campaign outreach. These limits has to be broken. We must remove the shackles of race politic from our minds. Rid ourselves of the distrust which devious men and women use to abuse the privilege we bestowed upon them-as a government.
WE MUST BREAK THESE LIMITS. 
Ideas of division limits our lives personally. And if you are limited, then you limit the progress of this country.
WE MUST FREE OURSELVES.
WE MUST FREE ONE ANOTHER.
WE MUST LEARN TO TRUST.
WE MUST ASPIRETO BE HONOURABLE CITIZENS. We must love our country. And we must be proud of our country. It is what we make of it.     
Unknowingly, we allowed racial politics to dominate us for the last 64 years. It must end. A whole generation of our families have died that never saw the pride of an independent nation.  We have nurtured a fragile country.   
Many are beseeching the President to reconvene Parliament in a timely manner. I gave him December 10, 2014. And his time is up.
I tell you what he is planning. And he must be stopped. He is going to re-convene Parliament after five months. Then allow the No-Confidence vote. Then take time to set the date for an election towards the end of 2015.
Truth is truth. And it is expected from this President, likewise from any lowly citizen. It is no longer about the government. It is all about this One Man and his Parade.
The President’s confidence in his disrespect for the Guyanese People-those who openly protest and those who object quietly is strengthened by our own fellow citizens who are part of his Parade. The Amerindians who adorn themselves with headdress and Parade with him. The East Indians who adorn his neck with mala. The few Afro-Guyanese who inflate his ego-whispering in his ears that he is doing the right thing. And the few Portuguese who sing praises to an act that is WRONG.
I wouldn’t even say please. YOU PEOPLE NEED TO STOP THE SUFFERING in this country.       
The Scriptures say, “Words are a Spirit and Life.” The President entertained a large gathering for Carol Singing. Did the attendees grasp the words they sang or was sung to them?
I am reminded of the Plantation Owners who preached and praised God and yet denied their slaves human privileges.
We have an Alien in our midst. What manner of man in a civilized culture would to think it is okay to disrespect the human privileges of the majority. A bully would be worried but not an Alien-such a Being is void of rational reasoning and feeds on those who are part of his Parades.
If I sound upset, that is because, it is simply not right for One Man to DICTATE to the masses and carry on as if everything is just fine.
The mid-night hour of 2015 must not dawn upon us without a confirmed date of elections. A campaign must be mounted to press for a date.
The President has become an enemy to Good Governance. For his contempt and disrespect, perhaps he should truly see a gathering of people who worship and praise God for their deliverance. Once before, the Africans did that under the tyranny of the Plantation Owners.
Today the Whites are gone. The sufferers are Guyanese of Amerindians, Africans and East Indians descent. And the new Tyrants, now lives at Pradoville.
The People’s Progressive Party seems to LIMIT the Combined Opposition. But those limits will disappear in Jesus name. For the men and women of the People’s Progressive Party, it shall be as 2 CHRONICLES Chapter 20.
People gather at the Square of the Revolution, sing and praise (absolutely no preacher) God for his deliverance. I shall come to you in the celebrations. And you shall witness the gathering of your fellow countrymen-all six races. They shall come from afar. And each gathering shall grow in multitude.
BREAKING LIMITS.

Sincerely,
Velutha Kuttapen
www.timehritoday.blogspot.com


Wednesday 3 December 2014

ALTERNATIVE is not ORIGINAL

ALTERNATIVE is not ORIGINAL:

FELLOW GUYANESE:

For decades I wrote to the letter columns of the newspapers on the Third Force and The Alternative. Our desperate quest for National Unity and the great desire for a country that is respectful to all citizen, regardless of race, has missed every attempt.
It is not such an easy task. The attempts so far has not been structured. It has been more of an appeasement-a window dressing for the electorate.
Our leaders started out by believing in the unity of the working class. Refusing to accept the notions of distrust among the races. The division between moderates and extremists in 1955, quickly polarized the Indoes and Afroes into the Burnhamite and Jaganite factions. 
Racism simmered under the regime of the People’s National Congress. And after 28 years of their rule, the country was thrust on the road of democracy.
The People’s Progressive Party immediately dominated all the other players who had campaigned the Americans to intervene on the governance of Guyana. A National Patriotic Front never became the National Patriotic Front Government. A Civic component was added to the PPP. No match for the Stalinist, the Civic simply accepted the prestige and opportunities.  And mum were their words.   
The PNC followed with their version of the window dressing. There’s was the Reform.
In the 22 years of a PPP/C regime, only the ‘C’ remained. Those Caring Guyanese became opportunists endorsing all the unlawful acts of the People’s Progressive Party.
Then PNC/R morphed into APNU.
All these alliances/coalitions have been ALTERNATIVES with the same faces.
The country needs an ORIGINAL movement. An association of new faces with a few familiar ones as well.
APNU has a very strong contingent of PNC supporters. And in the event of a victory that could a pose a real dilemma for them in the selection of a government. It needs to be settled. For an APNU victory, it needs to embark on some serious campaigning. They need to gather the confidence of the Amerindians and those East Indians who recognize the need to move the country beyond racial politics.
An ORIGINAL MOVEMENT could bring in, what Guyanese had hoped for, for decades. A truly DEMOCRATICALLY elected government. Elected by a cross section of all the races.
The dilemma. With the PNC/R waiting for 22 years for the government benches. Mr. Granger has to be bold in his decisions to form a National Front Government. He must have the same fortitude as President Hoyte when he returned Guyana to free and fair elections to the behest of the membership of the People’s National Congress. It is a small sacrifice for honest and just governance. Much needed since our Independence. With good governance, there is enormous wealth sharing among the citizens. Standard of Living will rise.     
The mistakes that were made by Dr. Jagan must not be repeated by Mr. Granger. Dr. Jagan should have rewarded those that stayed with the People’s Progressive Party until their victorious era, a few American dollars with Foreign Postings. He would have spared the country of the Unpatriotic men and women he left behind.
The ORIGINAL is only one part of the strategy. There must be clear voices with words that seek out the rational minded. They are there. Just like the Purpleheart and Greenheart in our forests-never to be found all in one place. But, because of their value, such species are painstakingly searched for in the jungles of Guyana. Such are the sane men and women who look forward to better days-found at a home and in the diaspora.
TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS, it is necessary for the leader/leaders to be supported by an efficient campaign structure. Mr. Felix and Mr. Roopnarine must seek out those individuals and bring them together to mount a serious campaign.
Nothing will move the People’s Progressive Party from its current position unless they are brought to fear.
A Peoples Movement will do that.
Without calling any elections they must witness their end. For too long they have trampled and transgressed good governance.

Sincerely,
Velutha Kuttapen.

www.timehritoday.blogspot.com

Saturday 29 November 2014

DEMOCRACY

DEMOCRACY.
In Guyana. For me, it should have been a practice of tolerance among those entities that strive to govern us, the citizens. Especially, since there are no dominant ethnic group to give any of the entities a clear majority.  We should have been a model nation to the world, because we are the descendants of a people who were brought to these lands as slaves and bonded males and females.
In our earlier existence on this land, our forefathers were very cooperative with each other-regardless of ethnicities.  We have learnt from each other in many ways.
Tolerance and trust should have been our mainstay. Political parties should have had government subsidies to carry out their work.  And equal freedom and finances to promote their agenda. For it is the people that will be served.
Instead of the desire to have opponents at a disadvantage to have the upper edge. To spread propaganda. And to deceive the citizens.
Such things erodes the trust among the upper echelon of the society. It breathes contempt. Such ill feelings do no good for the people of the country. It weakens us.
A Constitution is the framework of democracy.
Yet, no political leader never found the decency to correct the one written for this nation by devious men in our past history. Today, it saddles the country with poor governance and empowers individuals of poor character to hold high offices in this land – untouched by the laws of the country. They have awarded immunity onto themselves. There is no none in charge. Such men and women are answerable to no one. They are a power on to themselves. Dangerous to the wellbeing of the citizens. Those are the types of political organizations we have –the PPP, the PNC, and the AFC. There is no discipline in their structures or perhaps the political parties have no desires to challenge an inept President or corrupt Ministers or an inadequate one holding a Ministerial position.
We have seen what the PNC had done with the Constitution written by them-for their favours. And with the same Constitution, today we are experiencing terrible governance under the PPP. Political Parties- equally deficient of moral values to question and challenge. Also, is the AFC, for it shows they too can be contemptuous; perhaps, it could be their Stalinist’s indoctrination. For Josef Stalin was a revered Soviet leader admired by both Forbes and Cheddie and their protégé.
The electorate alienation into the camps of Afro and Indo started with 1950’s politics. That pattern will continue on in our future unless something drastic is done to promote trust and willingness to listen to others rather than ones ethnic group. 
What has made the Indo-Guyanese distrustful of the People’s National Congress?  Is it the Split of 1955 whereby the Peoples Progressive Party became factions of Burnhamites and Jaganites? Could that have been perceived as racism because the Indoes choose Cheddie and Afroes choose Forbes. Or, is it as the Afro-Guyanese intellectuals claim that such hatred lies in the teachings of Hinduism? It is true Hinduism endorses and enforces a caste system in India. However in Guyana, that brand of Hinduism does not exists. For the Indoes who discriminate against Afroes for no reason at all, then it must be an inward trait to exercise dominance over another group of people in a society. Could the possibility exists that the Wismar Massacre is responsible for the racial divisions in the country? That incident could have made any rational Indian into a racist. And it did affect many doctors who tended to the female victims. Unspeakable horrific things done to the sexuality of the young and old. They were ferried out of Wismar/Linden, the young and old, men and women –all wounded in some way and laid bare on the wharves in Georgetown. The dead –their soul departed in fear and desperation.
Years later, in foreign countries, Lindeners would retell of that day. They said there was moaning and groaning coming from the victims as they laid in drains and parapits. Also, they were quick to point out that it wasn’t Lindeners who did those horrible acts. Claiming, “The rampaging mob was sent from Georgetown-ferried in on the Son Chapman.”
At that era of our history, there were only two men in the People’s National Congress who could have ordered and enraged such a mob. The hour long ferry trip from Georgetown did not quell their enraged spirits-riled up by speeches of hate in Georgetown. The mob hit the docks at Wismar/Linden in a frenzied state. Raw hate.
The Jews say that God is always speaking, because He expects the discernment He had placed in the hearts of mankind would hear His words in the thoughts of their minds. But that day in Wismar/Linden, Lucifer and his demons was in full force-tribalism of hate spurned on by the beat of drums-silently in the heads of the mob. Fire. The domain of the devil brought down to Wismar. What was the reward of the devil to Lindeners for the carnage; the devil is known for getting humans to cheat, steal, rob and kill. The gains of the mob were only temporary-the loot was spent in no time, the gold was smelted, what sexual pleasure could be had from the rape of women and the lives snuffed out, surely The Almighty will enquire from the murderers.
It has been fifty years since. Perhaps, some of the victims dead. Perhaps, some of the mob dead. Perhaps, one of the architects of that massacre still alive in the enclave of the People’s National Congress.  The Peoples Progressive Party blamed the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America for the massacre. True to their Soviet masters, the tragedy became just another Cold War escapade of blaming the Americans. The British were blamed for dividing the races-with their motto, “Divide and Rule.” And the devil’s reward to Lindeners! I leave that for the people of Linden to take stock of their fortunes over the last fifty years. 
It is said, “The public has a short memory.” And those incidents were forgotten. The leadership of People’s Progressive Party gave Critical Support to the People’s National Congress on many issues and even considered Shared Governance.
So why, the distrust of the People’s National Congress still prevails onto this day? There are feelings that East Indians were marginalized-teaching jobs were denied and the civil services jobs too.
A PNC party card was essential for any kind of activity.  
No country remains the same-British Guiana/Guyana was a country in transition. Before the arrivals of Portuguese, Chinese and East Indians, there were only the Amerindians, Whites, Africans and the admixture of those races. Education of Africans was a negotiated agreement at the Emancipation Declarations. Church ran schools continually educated African children even before the Indenture-ship period was implemented in the colony. And when Indentures came, the Church ran schools were still educating African children and continued until the People’s Progressive Party decision to rid the colony of the Church participation in education. It was only natural for those educated Africans to hold every position/job in the colony. And when the time came for the children of the Indentured to be educated, it was the African who taught the Portuguese, the Chinese, the Amerindians and the East Indians. As the way progress goes, eventually there were more people and of different races competing for the same jobs. The African started to lose ground-the Portuguese honed in on their commercial and farming ventures. About a century later, the PPP challenged the Church ran schools of forcing East Indians to become Christians in order to get a teaching job in their schools. The church was out of education. And the PPP rewarded PYO members with teaching jobs throughout the colony-even if they were poorly qualified. By the time the PNC assumed the government, Afro-Guyanese youths were underemployed. There was a genuine need to address the problem-opportunities were made available to them. Besides the population was increasing and not enough jobs were around.
Another complaint against the People’s National Congress. The banning of food items. Both Afroes and Indoes complained, each with different reasons. For the Indoes, it is the food lines they cannot get out of their minds and the abuses that took place. To stand all day, get to the counter and to be told the supplies were finished when there were supplies clearly visible. That was Prejudice. Heaven knows what other demands were made for special favours from mothers to get a little bit of food to feed their families. The Indoes craved for dhal, potatoes and wheat flour-they complained about not having flour to make puri for their weddings. With the banning of food items, a contraband culture evolved-ran mainly by East Indians. Many became very wealthy from it. The Police and Army deployed to apprehend Contraband Brigades. The Disciplined Forces did many things with items seized, but what they did with wheaten flour remained indelible in the minds of Afro-Guyanese. Bread, somehow has significance in Christianity. And the sized flour was poured out of the sacks on the ground and kicked around. Left over bread was never cast aside, it was soaked into water. In the Caribbean, Guyanese became laughing stock, for some would purchase bread as one would of Duty Free items when travelling abroad.
The People’s National Congress made us look foolish in the eyes of our Caribbean brothers. Today, the People’s Progressive Party does the same with their corrupt practices, forcing citizens to take refuge among those who have lost respect for Guyanese.          
The decision to ban food items wiped out the merchants of the Colonial Era. Yes, today there are plenty of food on the shelves. But not every commodity is for everyone or can be purchased by everyone. If were not for families living abroad many at home could not even afforded the items. But Indoes would remark, “We have food now, the PPP give us food again.”
There are times, politician decree but God turns whatever might have been meant to be bad into good - undo harm. East Indians may have viewed the decisions by L.F.S Burnham as a personal attack on them. Certainly, the Jagans gave the impression it was a personal attack. I think it was more of an attack on the support base of the People’s Progressive Party who happened to be predominantly East Indians. The international decision to keep the PPP out of government due to its Soviet leanings eventually made East Indians into second class citizens in Guyana.  One was either a PPPite or PNCite and a card carrying member.
And East Indians found whichever way to SURVIVE under the decrees of the People’s National Congress.
Many would go to United States of America. The country despised by the People’s Progressive Party, labelled with despicable names. A country that denied equal opportunities to African Americans, yet supports Afro-Guyanese in the suppression of East Indians.
Strange country, this America. Backing suppression of East Indians in Guyana and yet open its doors to them for immigration. And they arrived in large numbers. Parents did whatever they could to get their girl children out of Guyana and into America. There were cases where East Indian young men took advantage of the situation. Many were feted with the false promises of marriage. Some young men even went through the marriages, consummated the marriages but never filed Immigration Papers for their wives. For some young men, this was a regular practice when they made returned visits to Guyana.
Everyone wanted to leave Guyana.
The Portuguese cited their European heritage and the doors were open to them in America, Britain and Canada.
For the Guyanese of African and East Indian decent, it was a struggle to access any type of visa. They religiously tracked every Immigration Policy decision in Canada and the United States with the hope of being able to put in an application for a visa-Permanent or Visitors.   
An entrepreneurial class emerged to meet demands of many of the shortages of commodities the Burnham decrees had imposed. It gave rise to what is referred to as the ‘SUITCASE ECONOMY’. East Indian seamstresses began by sewing clothes, travelled to Caribbean Islands and sold their products. Returning to Guyana with filled suitcases of commodities to meet the demands of the people.
Selling out of suitcases was nothing new for the East Indians in Guyana. Some did that trade in the Negro villages for decades. The conditions imposed by the Burnham decrees simply pushed them beyond the borders of Guyana. The Caribbean Islands became the market place. And the once few became many, operating out of suitcases, traversing the Islands and Guyana.
TRADERS became their name. And it was no longer only East Indians. Many Negro women became involved in the trade. At Timehri Airport, an observant traveller could see the cooperation of these women-Indoes and Afroes.  The decrees of Burnham affected the Afro-Guyanese as well.
As Guyanese continue to immigrate to Canada and the United States, they sought ways of helping family and friends in need. It appeared as if everyone in Guyana needed some sort of assistance. To fill that need, the opportunity of a booming transportation business materialized. BARRELS filled with much needed commodities were shipped to Guyana continuously. That venture made several entrepreneurs very wealthy.
REMITTANCES eventually became a significant component of the Guyanese economy. Millions of dollars sent by Guyanese living in Canada, United States and other parts of the world created a consumer class in Guyanese. And that gave rise to RETAIL BUSINESSESS. The new trend of SUPERMARKETS.
The lives of the people were comfortable again as in the Colonial Period. And the People’s Progressive Party saw the consumerism as part of their program of success. Failing to build on the generosity of the diaspora. And the PPP became complacent.
Why did the American government focused on British Guiana in 1953?
America in the 1930’s had a following of men and women who were Communists.  Rampant poverty, the lack of having a meal and providing for families was an everyday occurrence.  And elites with the Communist agenda saw the deprivations as an opportunity in promoting the ideology. Trade Unions were infiltrated. Democracy was under attack in America. And the Pro-Democracy champions were people of tremendous influences.
There were crack downs.
At the time, Cheddie Jagan was a student in America. It is written, he was introduced to Communist ideology by a young woman he was seeing at the time. Stopped stone cold in America. They would wait for years, returning to British Guiana to pursue their desires upon an unsuspecting impoverished people.
And they came to British Guiana as a married couple.
Immediately, the norms of an influential colonial people were challenged-the Negroes, the East Indians, the Chinese, the Portuguese, the Mixed People. Termed colonial stooges.
There, began the struggles of extremists and moderates in the Guyanese society. Every opportunity was an assault on the sugar industry- the major employer in the colony. Obviously, to control the workers by a Trade Union. Even though one already existed.
Typical of the Communist, lies and deception became their tools.  And the poor began to look at their White employers with suspicions. The Bible states; “Words are a spirit and life.” And the words of the People’s Progressive Party has cursed the country.  After twenty eight years in Opposition, they returned to power to fulfill the curses. Today, after their rule of twenty two years, what has become of the country? Crimes and criminals are unchecked. Law and Order disregarded by government officials and elite citizenry. The Justice System rift with unethical practices. Narcotics and its shipment destroyed the legitimate exporting of local products. The Environment is foul with garbage. The Drainage and Irrigation System in derelict conditions. Cronyism nurtured poor infra-structures of the country. And their sins are responsible for those in despair who take their own lives-just to escape the hardships imposed by the People’s Progressive Party.  
They are simply a VERY BAD group of men and women in the PPP.  
The People’s Progressive Party is void of leadership-it has a lot of devious people in its midst. So, there is no one in authority. BECAUSE, each knows the wretched ways of the other.
The People’s Progressive Party lacked the ethics of governing. And not today, but in fact since 1953.
Why would the British Government suspend the 1953 Constitution? Because the leadership of the PPP had no respect for the laws written in it.
They gained the confidence of the poor by telling them that the British were paying slave wages and do nothing to ease their misery. When in actual fact, the Sugar Welfare Fund was moving people out of the Cottages into Housing Schemes. There it was, a White person telling an entire Indo group of Guyanese that another set of White people were causing the misery in their lives. And they believed.   
The plan of the People’s Progressive Party was to rid the colony of the Brits and hand its administrations over to the Soviets. How they ever hoped to achieve that-only the Almighty would know. The PPP leadership had to be naive as to what the Americans and British would do to prevent such an event from happening. There had to be something wrong to even think up a plan like that.  Especially, since the Cubans entertained the Soviets in their country. Guatemala was in turmoil-orchestrated by the Central Intelligence Agency. Arbenz had to flee to Mexico. Allende in Chile was monitored by the Americans. And Mousadeh of Iran was ousted.
What was the leadership of PPP thinking when they sent the photograph of Josef Stalin to PPP cells in the villages? Grown men hung the huge photograph of Stalin around their necks and paraded themselves in the presence of the Governor of the Colony-as a form of protest. Less than ten years had passed since Josef Stalin sat with Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman as an axis for defeating Adolph Hitler.  Western nations witnessed the maneuvers of the Soviets as they raced to occupy Germany. In the end, occupying East Germany.  The world watched as the Soviets dominated the lives of the Eastern Europeans.
Who in their right mind would think that the PPP would have been allowed to hand Guyana over to the Soviets?
Just as a today, the PPP of 1953 abandoned their Ministerial duties in pursuit of another agenda. The Legislature descended into upheaval – chaos. Diplomacy and respect for Higher Authority trampled, replaced by anger and plain stubbornness. A line dawn in the Guyanese society, either one was a PPP or a Colonial Stooge. The situation became as historians compare the civilizations of the Greeks and Romans. The Greeks, cultured and diplomatic. The Romans, barbaric and uncouth.
The PPP was never an organization of calmness – always confrontational. Just as today, propaganda was their stock and trade. Justice, diplomacy, good reasoning and decency escaped and escapes their minds. A barbaric group of individuals.  For those of a cultured disposition, the path to Independence was going to be one of observing all the protocols of a matured society capable of being Independent.  Such a path was to be scorned by the People’s Progressive Party-their objections simply dismissed as, “Colonial Stooges.”
With charged rhetoric coming from the People’s Progressive Party, a concerned Governor of the Colony called in the Premier for dialogue. The Governor disclosed, “It appears the Premier is not thinking on his own-someone else is directing his decisions.”
Who is directing Donald Ramotar?
PROROGUE of parliament is to empower a group of individuals who do not have to answer for their actions. The PPP tried the same things in 1953-to do whatever they wanted. But there was a Higher Power then to curb their excessive behaviour. The Constitution was suspended.
Until the Governor read the reasons for the Suspension Order on the radio. Rural peoples never knew the leadership of the PPP made several trips to the Soviet block for indoctrinations. They transported and disseminate subversive literature throughout the colony. Encouraged sabotage and civil disorder.  
 Unfortunate for the citizens. In the rural areas, the voice of the Colonials was drown out by the PPP. Their message to the Indoes, “We Care.” Similar to the present day, “We Care.”
Back in the fifties, the “We Care” was to empower the PPP whose deceitful plan was to take the people into the Soviet sphere.
Today’s, “We Care” is to empower the PPP to continue their reckless administration of the country-disrespect for parliament, corruption, cronyism and list could go on and on.
Those “We Care” had and has a price. Jim Jones cared too. And his followers committed mass suicide.
I ask the voters who willingly give their votes to the PPP. Do you see the pattern of despair and suicides in the rural areas-your communities?
Do you really believe that the People’s Progressive Party cares?      
STUBBORNNESS-a natural trait of the leadership of the People’s Progressive Party. Unwilling to change ideology. Unwilling to provide good governance. Unwilling to call Local Government Elections. Unwilling to call General Elections. Unwilling to replace corrupt ministers. Unwilling to re-convene parliament in a timely manner. Unwilling to lift the prorogue decree.
Stubbornness.
East Indians must understand why the People’s Progressive Party has to go. If East Indians are part of the PPP stubbornness, then what will emerge as the Alternative? There is no Linden Forbes Samson Burnham this time around. He was the lesser of two evils imposed by the British. For we are truly witnessing an evil and corrupt People’s Progressive Party. The British cannot choose for us anymore. It is Guyanese who will have to determine the Change.     
The PPP have boasted of not ever lost an election. But this time around, they could. That depends entirely on the People’s National Congress, Mr. Granger and Mr. Nagamoottoo. Each, separately must weigh their choices. Either to seek personal ambitions or place Guyana foremost.
Sincerely,
Velutha Kuttapen.

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Saturday 15 November 2014

Those Who Vote People’s Progressive Party.
I have decided write to you a simple letter.  I appeal to you. Please take into considerations the decisions and actions of the men and women you have empowered to govern the country for all the peoples of this land.
Just in case you don’t fully understand what is going on. Then let me explain. Simply. The PPP/Civic has 32 seats in Parliament. The Combined Opposition, that is the APNU and AFC has 33 seats. Everyone, in and outside the country says the PPP/Civic support is mainly East Indians with a few votes coming from the other races. So, APNU and AFC votes came mainly from the five other races. We say Guyana, is a country of Six Peoples. But you know, only Indoes and Afroes seems to matter. The Amerindians, the Europeans, the Chinese if any can be found and the Admixture of the Races are at a lost for the last 64 years because the politicians cannot move beyond racial prejudices.   
By now, you may have been hearing about how the President close down Parliament for six months. It is called Prorogue. In other words, he just told the Combined Opposition to go home-they are not needed. 
Now, the whole Prorogue thing looks like Indoes denying Afroes their rights to be in Parliament to discuss all the wrong things the PPP/Civic been doing with the money and the natural resources. YOU GAVE THESE MEN AND WOMEN the power to manage the country well.
They were doing bad things and still plan on doing bad things. So, President Ramotar just close the Parliament down. He says, the Constitution gave him the rights to do it. All because, he want to carry on with bad government and do not have to answer to anyone about it.  
I ASK, isn’t that disrespecting YOU?
Did your vote gave the President the right to have Ministers squander your wealth? You may think, it is not your wealth. But it is. Those men and women the President been protecting have been chosen by the President himself. YOU do not know them-they are like gods, living among the clouds. Lacking all forms of discipline.
The gold and timber deals should bring in money to solve the country’s problem of great number of suicides, fighting crimes, the drug issues in villages, towns and city and a lot of other things to make life of all people pleasurable.   
You are responsible for good governance.
You are responsible for the civil rights of every citizen.
Because you determine the government, YOU must demand answers from them. Empowered by you.
In the absence of sound solutions, even the ridiculous can be a plausible on.  So, now, I humbly ask of every Guyanese wherever you live on this planet.
1)      Get an envelope. On the back, sign your name. Do not write your address.
2)      On the front, write the address: Freedom House, Robb Street, Georgetown, Guyana. 
3)      Place the correct amount of stamps.
4)      Mail the envelope.
By doing this, you are asking President Ramotar to restore Parliament by December 10, 2014. Failure of him doing this,  should be understood that you will never vote PPP/Civic again or lend any type of support to the People’s Progressive Party.
Please do all you can in support of this appeal, by encouraging and assisting others to mail an envelope. Perhaps, many in the villages would have liked to protest in the city. But cannot. By mailing the envelope, it is your way of registering your disapproval.
Changes demands Participation.
For lives, made miserable by the acts of powerful men and women-and those who stand on the WRONG side of this false Pride, I quote St. Gregory of Nyssa from The Ethiopian Orthodox Church. “Have you ever witnessed the mysteries of the cemetery? Have you seen the heaps of bones tossed hither and tither? Skulls without flesh on them, fearful and ugly, the sockets empty. The grinning jaws and limbs strewn (scattered) about. Look at these things: there you will find yourself. Where, then, is the flower of youth?...Where, in all these bones, are the things that make you proud?”   

Sincerely,
Velutha Kuttapen.

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Tuesday 28 October 2014

JUSTICE

My Countrymen.
Justice!
Is that possible for the poor in Guyana?
I was moved some months ago as I read a commentary of a letter writer in the Kaieteur News. “A man with a placard stood in front of the office of the Minister of Home Affairs.”
He was wronged in some way. I do not what was his bereavement. Whatever it was, he felt compelled to take up the injustice in the public’s eye. His lone demonstration probably did not move anyone.
I was touched by his effort in trying to correct a wrong that was done to him. And there was no one who could help him. For my country has lost the pulse of its heart. Dead. Dead to Justice.
Even the government of the people disrespected him.
That Sunday, I went to church. There I was going to hear a sermon, which can only be grasped as a revelation.
“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ For some time he refused……………”  It is a parable taken from the Book of Luke, Chapter 18.  
Dead to Justice. We were never this way as a colony. Our Justices, Judges, Magistrates and Lawyers were citizens who prided themselves in the practices of the rule of law.  Well organized courts, a place where citizens appeared for justice – the poor and the wealthy. Our judges knew the laws of the land as if committed to memory. And they ruled with a conscience guided by the statutes of God.
Politics of the fifties, assaulted that pillar of society. The Pillar of the Law. First, they demanded the police force refused the commands of the Colonial Powers. That simple request. At a time in our troubled history placed us squarely on the avenue of recklessness. Those who watched over our communities were compromised. And a thing like the Wismar Massacre did happen. 
Indiscretions made it easier for President Burnham to control the Police Force to suit his agenda. And the country spiralled into criminal acts on a large scale. Thieves designated their categories –Kitchen Thieves, Clothes Line Thieves, and so on and so on.  Like the people were psychologically damaged. The lack of the basic necessities forced the impoverished to do wrong to their fellow villagers.
Under the watch of President Hoyte, the society gained some grounds on fighting crime. It was like a breath of fresh air.  Excellent but short lived.
And once again, we are bombarded with crimes. But this time, much more horrendous. All of this took place under the watch of Presidents Cheddie Jagan, Samuel Hinds, Janet Jagan, Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar. Today, even government officials flaunt the laws of the land.
The guardians of the Laws which is the government have become lawless themselves. They compromised the laws of the land. Their subordinates who are the judges, the magistrates and the lawyers acts as if their decisions are final. Who dare to question them? Don’t ever wait for a written response to an enquiry, the citizen will grow old. There are no recourses for the citizens.
The government doan care.
When there is no justice, anarchy waits round the bend. Fear and vindictiveness in the courts will hurry it along even quicker.
Such unfair practices upon the poor must come to an end. It has been said, “The arm of God is long and moves very slow, but eventually He will take hold of the ungodly.”  That is a promise of the Parable in Luke 18.
A change of those faces that govern is necessary. Guyana needs God fearing individuals to govern. Mediocre governance breathes contempt in all facets of a society.
It is important the social malaise not be viewed as an epidemic in ethnic groups but rather in the wider scope of all Guyanese.
Citizens are never to be powerless.
Be cognizant of your collective might.
And, at the end of days of this regime, just as the one they replaced, their faces will only be images of bad governances.
Future is in the hands of the beholder.  My countrymen behold your future.
Sincerely,
Velutha Kuttapen.

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Sunday 12 October 2014

On The No-confidence


My Fellow Countrymen.

Once upon a time there were countries with names as Nyasaland, Gold Coast, Rhodesia, Tanganyika, and others with familiar names of Nigeria and Kenya. Embroiled in the struggles for self-determination in Africa. We, also was a colony then –British Guiana. I was much younger then. Full of hope as many others for our independence. And if your house was a house with a political activist – the father, it was demanded of the son of that house to show every person in the village where to and how to place the X on the ballot paper. It was the 1953 Adult Suffrage elections.  The right to vote.

Politics was in the air. No one could miss the excitement. We knew of Africa. We knew the names of their leaders. Teachers spoke of them in Primary schools.

Across the Atlantic Ocean, there was Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and few other islands seeking self-determination as well. And British Guiana was there as well in the quest.

Unlike Africa with its confrontations, the Caribbean choose a civil and ordered path to independence.

My country chose the destructive path. It shook every pillar of our society. Threatened American Foreign interests. And the separation of the moderates and extremists resulted in the division of the society-racism.

We need our country back.

The upcoming election must be as the one of 1953.  A nation fired up to end all nonsense. It is our independence from those who pride themselves better than the citizens of this land.

It is my wish to inspire you. It is my wish to motive you. It is my wish to congregate every person who opposes bad governance.

It is my wish to convince the opposition parties to free their blocks of voters. Let the people choose their leaders for the much anticipated elections. In the words of Martin Luther King, “Free at last, free at last.” You would give this country back its purpose - one people, one nation with one destiny. We are communities with in a community. This must end. 

I read, “A young Amerindian woman was gang raped.” It appears, no one cared about her plight.  Bullied and threatened, she had to leave her livelihood.

Where are those who govern and are paid to uphold the laws of the country?  There is no remorse.

Entrenched evil ways and deeds. One can only turn to divine interventions. And Psalm 109 adequately spells out.

For APNU and AFC, soon you will be voting on the no-confidence motion set before you. It is imperative that you seriously consider your obligations to the citizens of Guyana –not personal. Do not be swayed from your duty. Pass the motion when the time is right for it.

Your country is hurting too much to let this important milestone of our history to be swept under the rug.

Your responsibility to the country as representatives in its parliament asks that you examine your conscience.

Look around you, there is neglect and human suffering. You are also responsible for the least in our society. The aim is to have a government that cares about the alarming rate of suicides, intimidation of dissenting citizens and many more transgressions upon the nation.

I would hope there is participation of the citizens while you deliberate. It is like a vigil. There should be quiet assembly of citizens outside the Parliament Building for you to know that they await your decision.

It is their emancipation that you are considering. The same determination is needed to form a new government. This is not a job for the leaders of individual political parties. It is a concerted effort to end the history of bad governance.

 

Sincerely,

Velutha Kuttapen.


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Sunday 5 October 2014

The PLEDGE

Fellow Citizens.
It is time we take issues with the Indo thing –the Afro thing – and the Amerind thing.  Governments we’ve had, failed miserably in taking the country in the direction of Nationalism –the pride of belonging to a country. Every government fostered their relationship with the citizens as communities within a community. Be it race or religion. They played the game of quiet division – priding themselves with photo opportunities giving meager handouts – house lots, boat, gifts for cultural events, etc, etc, etc,. The citizens of this country own all the lands and all the resources on it.
Why must we grovel for what is ours?
Guyanese of every race whether at home or abroad would say, “If only the people could see beyond race, Guyana could be a paradise to live in.” One would believe that we never in our life or history ever transcend racism. But we have. Seldom, but we have for moments forgotten our racism.  Think of the times at Bourda, where together, we cheered our cricketing heroes throughout the decades when the scourge of divisional politics came upon us. Similar to the curses of Pandora’s Chest.
In this decade, think of the times when Shivnarine Chandrapaul - at the wicket with his bat. Strokes and blows to the leather chasing a century at a fast pace. The crowds roar with excitement, swept away in the magic of the moment. Everyone at the stadium, television or radio knows, that’s a Guyanese on glory’s trail. The proud moment exclaimed in chants of his name. Not, “Shivnarine Chandrapaul”, instead it is “Chanders”. A name coined by all races of Guyana for their cricketing hero.
For an on-looker, familiar with the reasons of our hatefulness, moistness must come to his or her eyes. Not so much for Chanders’ glory, but to actually see our countrymen and women, for a brief moment forget about their difference.
I want to capture that moment with you. I want to get you to listen to the promise of the future - a glorious future of a better standard of living. And a just society.
I call on all who want to voice, but are quiet. I call on all those who have religiously written in the letter columns of the newsprint – GHK Lall, Leon Suseran, Maxwell, Kissoon, Chris Ram, Golsarran and the many others who have etched their pains, sorrows and dismays with ink on paper. I have read many of my countrymen comments over decades. I call on Tacuma Ogunseye. I call on ACDA.  Mr. Norton you cannot be idle. Karen De Souza and Clarissa Reihl your previous efforts must not be discounted in a movement that seeks a unified opposition. Many of you have been there in the past. Clinton Urling and the Blue Caps movement. The women whose works are beneficial to the abused in our society. Your desires for a better country that cares.
It is time again.
Our country needs a turning back. It has been heading the wrong way since 1953.
I am extending my hand to you, I ask you to take it. When you take it, I will not walk ahead of you. I shall join your ranks. Side by side we will walk – together we will forge our future. And you will be an active part of it.  It is not impossible for such an effort.
 And the deliverer of the Israelites enquired from God and He answered, “Is there anything too hard for Me to do.”      
We cannot escape the Racism that exists in this country. And to say, it is not there, is to fool one self. In particular, we have Guyanese who write continually on the marginalization of Afro-Guyanese. At the current trend, I cannot predict when this nation will be able to embrace itself with the races of people we proudly say we have in our midst. But we must do what we must do to develop a country for all.  We have seen political parties that have trampled on the civil rights of ethnic groups in our history. And we never know when again such men would come out of the woodwork and receive approval of their constituents.
If you have no political affiliations or disillusioned with the current state of this country or you have abandoned a current political party because of indifference to its leadership. This is an invitation to you.
This is a call to every Guyanese.
At no time in our history has this country been so ready for a change. Our representatives still toy with communism, socialism and cronyism or whatever suits their fancies. Failing miserably at providing a system of government that do good for the citizens. Instead of speaking to the needs of the citizens, these Guyanese international speakers glorify the achievements of other nations-not realizing that it was men and women with vision that charted the rise of such countries. In Guyana, our government on all occasions do everything possible to drown out the voices of citizens who want to make their country a better place. Perhaps, it is only lip service they peddle at home and abroad.
Two question needs to be asked. Is there anyone coming to rescue Guyana from the sixty four years of divisional and opportunistic politics? The other question. Will you the multitude of impoverished citizens be willing to change from the inside? Setting aside physical appearance. Choosing the correct path for a country that you will leave behind for your children and the children yet to come after you have departed this life. Our lives are interwoven, yet as Guyanese we live as communities within a community. It is the culture we fashioned for ourselves and culture is in the mind.  When the mind is changed, then the culture will change.
This is your moment to stop the wholesale giving away of your inheritance. Our own takes advantage of our indifferences.
Choose well.
For we are a people given the blessed inheritance of fertile ground- rich with minerals, vast forests and water ways teeming with life. Our forefathers had arrived here by different boats from continents and cultures we can only read about. But today, we are all in this boat we proudly call Guyana - the same boat. Unknowingly, a unique culture was fashioned for us and every verse of our National Anthem reminds us of it. The colours on our national flag display our diversity.
And from time to time, we are told by those who govern us, we are One People, One Nation with One Destiny. Those who say so, have not demonstrated the true meaning of those words. As an impoverished people, you are busy trying to survive in a country that cares less about poverty and caring of the aged. Lacking the desires of offering a better standard of living to the citizens.
For five of the races - our presence on this land is fairly recent in comparison to the Native People-first to arrive out of the Old World into this New World. Living uninterrupted for thousands of years before adventurous Europeans imposed themselves among them. Later, Gold, Greed and God mingled in their midst-inflicting severe hardships for those who were brought here from West Africa, The Azores, China, Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
As a nation, you overcame adversities by conscientious action-Slave Rebellions, Emancipation, Labour Unrest, Independence and many more trials.
Political Independence was never about the end of adversities - instead of foreign, we now have to contend with our own homebred elites.
So, my fellow countrymen.
This is just another adversity we have to overcome. Remove an old political system riddled with careless and doan care individuals.
Once, not so many years ago I boarded a flight out of Timehri. Thirty thousand feet in the air, I opened the BWIA magazine. There, I read of a man who lived in England that had travelled the Hinterlands of British Guiana. I did not read twice. For it is true for every Guyanese, no matter where we live. I would learn the meaning of the Amerindian word “Timehri”-the mark of the hand. The writer reflected on the drawings etched into the rocks, depicting the way of life of the native people of Guiana. Our history is incomplete without theirs - for they have treasured these lands for thousands of years. They are not a culture. They are a civilization.
The writer continued, “For the produce of the ground (Guyana) nourished my body and my thirst quenched by its streams.”
Reflections on that article caused me to be grateful for growing up in Guyana.
I remembered the countless individuals of my village, they were role models with encouraging words.
Many gone from this life.
I cannot drown that article out of my head. Neither can I surrender the goodness and kindness of those who have invested in me and others like me in the multitudes of village that make up Guyana. That was a time in Guyana when we had something of value.
It is time to care again.

Sincerely,
Velutha Kuttapen.

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