A recent letter by Ms. Ryhaan Shah sparked a series of responses in the letter columns, causing it to be juxtaposed with another letter by the bright young economics student, Saieed Khalil. Ms. Shah makes the point that youths should have knowledge of history as they decide to vote. No specific time period was given, just history in general. Just to recap, Ms. Shah once headed a serious group known as the Guyanese Indian Heritage Association (GIHA). The PPP was uncomfortable with this group as it was focusing on the serious matter of how to make Indo-Guyanese share equally in a multi-ethnic society. The PPP felt that she was intruding on their human property, the East Indians of Guyana and diaspora.
The PPP eventually displaced her group with the milder Indian Arrival Committee (IAC). The latter focuses more on mimicry as the conformist leaders of that outfit seem to think East Indians of Guyana – long separated from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and South India – should mimic Bollywood culture. Business folks were
