– and Regrets by Alfen
Any full-blooded, fair-minded citizen of this Green Land who has made it past fifty-five or sixty-five would have to concede that Guyana has never been allowed to realise its full, powerful “potential” since 1953 to 1964 and 1964 through ’66, ’70, ’80 and 1992 to today. (Those years are significant)
Sorry to begin this weekly miniature feature with an element of negativity. But that is indicative of the “Blues” of my personal reflections as we observe or celebrate fifty years of Independence. The Gold- as in Golden Anniversary- will seek to enumerate what was positive, on a national scale, since May 26, 1966.
Views will be rendered in language and style ranging from serious to humorous, from sublime to restrained levity.