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Jan 19, 2015 Letters
Dear Editor,
I read with dismay and disgust the letter published by Frederick Kissoon in your papers on Sunday January 18, 2015. Freddie has shown himself to be a complete coward and of truly despicable nature to write this story when my father, Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud is no longer alive to defend himself or to file a defamation action against Freddie for printing blatant lies clearly aimed at destroying his reputation and character; the reputation and character of someone who has been a dedicated servant of Guyana and the Hindu community for decades.
Freddie’s allegations are shown to be patently false from the first line. My father never had a Secretary named Shanti. His Secretary who committed suicide was Ramona. She was not petite and, during the time I knew her, which was many years, I never saw her “flowing black tresses”. She always had her hair tied up in a bun on top her head. Further, she was not from Cornelia Ida, but had lived her whole life in Leonora. Ramona and another Secretary, Rosanne, worked together in my father’s office for years. Ramona worked with him up to the time she died and she was never replaced during her lifetime.
Ramona was a decent and hardworking girl who got married to a Trinidadian man in a midnight ceremony at her parent’s home in Leonora. She subsequently found out that the man had another wife with children and had fooled her. She was devastated by this betrayal and the relationship ended. Prior to this marriage, and during her teenage years, Ramona had loved a boy from her village but this relationship was not allowed to progress because of disapproval by the boy’s parents. When she took her life, dressed in bridal clothes, this boy was getting married to another girl that same weekend. It was his matikor night.
It is clear that Freddie has manufactured this story for his own malicious purposes. It is obvious from his letter that he had a long standing dislike for my father. With regard to the land, my father told me that Freddie was annoyed with him and abusive to him because he told him that he needed to apply for land like everyone else.
I trust that Kaieteur News would not continue to be party to this one man campaign which is clearly aimed at destroying the memory of a person who was very much loved and respected in Guyana and further afield.
Vindhya Vasini Persaud
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