Deodat Ramsukh is the Corentyne’s twenty-first century Bell Crier

Deodat Ramsukh preparing to do his advertising ‘run.’

But for the fact that he has infused a measure of contemporary communication technology into the service that he provides, the pursuits of Deodat Ramsukh bear a conspicuous resemblance to those of the traditional Bell Crier.

If you want to disseminate a piece of important information – anything ranging from a birth, death, wedding or christening to the availability on the market of some new consumer item – Ramsukh will get it done for you, utilising media which, in this contemporary era would be considered outdated.

However, old habits die hard and Ramsukh is taking full advantage of a