These columns I produce every week for Stabroek News are fun to write and fun, also, for the feedback they generate. Sometimes with a column that I expect to raise hackles – the “Our Habits Divide Us” piece for instance – I get the opposite response. On the other hand, the reverse often happens: an apparently “safe” topic causes an uproar. (I should make clear that apart from the online comments, I hear from a lot of readers directly, although the latter responses are usually complimentary.)
Last week, for instance, I expected that “Scant Hope For Our Cricket”, would bring protests for my emphasizing our woeful record in regional unity as reflected in the West Indies Cricket Board,
