Stabroek Weekend

Ever since she was a girl, Devi Mulai loved eating desserts and she drew as much delight from making them.

Lately I’ve been overrun with old memories, some of them going back decades, like my Mom passing away and my sister Celia, both in Toronto, and my first wife, Dorothy, who was from Scotland.

By Alim Hosein Arts On Sunday this week presents a study on the art of photography in Guyana by Alim Hosein, Coordinator of the Guyana Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition, linguist, artist, literary and art critic, and English lecturer at the University of Guyana. 

In my last column I remembered my old friend H.L. `Bertie’ Taitt, one of a group of us who regularly met for rum, curry lunch and unending talk more than 60 years ago.

“The first time I really get to experience it is when I was at this police function and the driver of the officer come to me and was giving me some keys.

The decision of Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire (CJ) is a bold, compelling and erudite analysis of the law relating to the interpretation of what the public now knows as Section 22 and Order 60.

By Nigel Westmaas Described as the “lean man with the jerky gait”, Alfred Athiel Thorne straddled the political and social life of Guyana for more than 60 years, in a career spanning from the late 19th to mid-20th century.

So, I finally did it. I had my first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, the Sputnik V from Russia.

The Lucas Stock Index remained unchanged during the fourth period of trading in April, 2021.

There’s a recurring scene in “The Disciple” that presents a critical window into its desolate world.

The past three columns explored the government’s overdraft at the BoG.

Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi won the acclaimed World Champion-ship Candidates Chess Tournament in Yekaterinburg, Russia, last week with a round to spare and claimed the right to challenge world champion Magnus Carlsen for his title.

Introduction Today’s column offers a few general reflections on the experiences of the 2020 crisis and its impact on Guyana’s newly established petroleum sector, now that we are into Q2, 2021 and, temporally at   least, that year is firmly in the rear-view mirror.

One of the things that is selling cheap at the market for the past few weeks is cucumbers.

I remember my first brush with Islamophobic sentiments like it was yesterday.

Psychologist Anju Vivekanandaraj and her family have made Guyana their home and for the first time she has been able to practically utilize her area of study by attending to the mental health of others; she relishes the freedom women are allowed and that is one of the many reasons she is happy here.

While the boats load at the Supenaam Stelling, some of the operators and bowmen await their turn by playing cards under one of the sheds overlooking the water.

New Generation Clothing began by accident in 2017 but is today one of the go-to local businesses for t-shirt and other designs.

Later tonight the Academy Awards will – finally – close the curtain on the strange year in movies that was 2020.

By Nikita Blair Last Thursday, 87 countries – including Guyana and many of the CARICOM Member States – celebrated International Girls in ICT Day under the theme “Connected Girls, Creating Brighter Futures”.