Dear Editor,
Freddie Kissoon once made the call for an Indian Walter Rodney to rise up in a Rodney-like manner against the wrongdoings of the Jagdeo-PPP government. I am in full agreement with him, since I’m convinced that Indians generally, and especially the leading influential ones, are not as outspoken and forceful against the government whenever wrongs and unjust acts of prejudice are committed, or in cases of plain bad governance, as Blacks and many leading black personalities were against the Burnham-PNC government.
But for my own part, I must say that regardless of who may disagree that Freddie Kissoon himself has been a controversial, persistent and outstanding Indian personality who has been throwing ‘bombs’ at this government without fear, my friend Norman Brown is right when he says that his pen “is unmatched in this context.” He flies in the face not just of the government but of all those whom he perceives to be in the wrong.
Kissoon’s constant microscopic observation of the affairs of this country, its institutions and top functionaries is indeed a thorn to many and reminds me much of elder brother Eusi Kwayana, (except for hunger strikes and solo vigils in front of government buildings), who had in similar fashion left no stone unturned in highlighting government fallings and wrongdoings and castigating public officials.
He was, until the advent of Walter Rodney, the most outspoken and fearless African critic of the Burnham-PNC regime.
No one can deny that Kissoon does not perform a similar function. He comes over to me in some ways like an Indian Eusi Kwayana, the main constant lone Indian voice in the wilderness jabbing at and berating the Jadgeo-PPP administration.
Yours faithfully,
Frank Fyffe
