Dear Editor,
Humankind and nature have always throughout history maintained an interesting relationship. When I learnt of the movement of a certain friend and erstwhile political colleague to another political party, this recent defection caused me to recall the activity of my wife, Dr. Basdeo who is now an avid gardener. It is necessary on occasion to have weeds plucked out to allow the useful vegetables to flourish.
My second observation is the constant attraction of the filthy lucre.
Third, I ask those in the struggle to be reminded to make Guyana a good and great place that all the great Prophets and Sages had to confront the shortsighted not understanding the nature of our struggle. Let us pity those in that latter category.
One example, Jesus of Nazareth had twelve disciples, one denied knowing him, one doubted him and one betrayed him for thirty pieces of silver. In life, material things alone must not dominate.
Today with the enormous resources available, let us together heal and not peel. Let us not forget the pain of our noble ancestors, Indigenous People, those who were enslaved and those who laboured long hours on the plantation as indentured labourers, all to make the ruling elite richer and richer and offering trinkets and clothing to the house slaves who did not recognise that they were at the end of the day still slaves.
Is this history repeating itself in Guyana today with the emergence of a super-class versed in the techniques and stratagem of the colonial masters who flourished using divide and rule for many generations and part of the master plan to enrich one group and as we see in Guyana, in the fast growing economy, cost of living is increasing everyday and the gap between the very rich and the poor keeps widening and that poor class is mainly among the Indo and Afro Guyanese.
I wish my friends who have abandoned the PNC-ship all the best and to remind them that those of us who know better will always forgive and welcome them back into the foal and help us blow the trumpet for unity and togetherness so that all of us can share equitable in the bounty the Creator has given us and to remind them that history was not kind to those who betrayed the group.
Yours truly,
Hamilton Green
Elder
