BOOK REVIEW
After an illuminating Interview of Sir Wilson Harris by Professor Michael Gilkes brought to you by THE ARTS FORUM in two parts, we now offer a critical review of Harris’s final novel. We hope that this rich insight will, in some modest measure, serve to dispel prevailing perceptions that Harris’s writings are “difficult” and draw [...]
A Battered Guyanese Citizen
I am a battered Guyanese Citizen. Anyone living in Guyana can understand this. Watch the newscasts, read the newspapers especially over this last week and you will understand what I’m talking about. Imagine – you pay your taxes and yet this week you’ve been drowning in garbage, mosquitoes and coughing people all around – possibly [...]
Despite technology we remain backward
By Adam Harris I crossed the Berbice River Bridge for the first time on Friday and I was surprised that for one, it was so short. I had grown accustomed to the mile-long Demerara Harbour Bridge where the toll was a fraction of what they now charge for the much shorter Berbice River Bridge. As [...]
Women hold up half the sky
At any given time, I am likely to be reading two or three books at a time. I love to read. I read for entertainment, I read for information and sometimes I read just to read because it is so relaxing. However, I recently read a book that I would classify as one of the [...]
Ramesh Bess’ last fight
- his final bout was in a death-battle far from the ring… Anyone who followed boxing during the seventies would remember him. Slightly-built but ferocious. Fighting from light-fly to bantam division. He was Ramesh Bess, an amateur boxing champion who would go on to represent Guyana in Cuba, while turning professional in the latter stages [...]
The gypsy lied: The ghost of yesterday is alive
One of the most hilarious yet tragic moments in the political history of this country involved a dispute between Mr. Ralph Ramkarran in his capacity of Speaker of the National Assembly and Minister Clement Rohee. It occurred in Parliament. Mr. Rohee had a request twice turned down by the Speaker, then said to Mr. Ramkaran [...]
The Baccoo speaks
When some of the notorious gunmen were killed people jumped up and proclaimed that murder would decline. I warned them against such optimism. I told them that people are going to turn on themselves because such is the nature of the beast. Many are alive to testify to this. People are killing each other at [...]
Grassroots View
I had a visit last Friday from two old (not in age) foot-soldiers from the ROAR days. After they had helped to (literally) close up shop back in 2007, we had met sporadically but this time they wanted to have a good, old-fashioned gaff. They were both cane-cutters (I have never heard them, or any [...]
AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT
The purpose of having journalists certified is to ensure that bona fide reporters are not shut out from doing their jobs. Unless there is a process of certification of reporters through the issuance of press passes, you will have a great mob descending on press conferences crowding out regular reporters. For security purposes, also, it [...]
