Yesu Persaud was a friend for more than 50 years. He was always helpful, and thoughtful in his help and advice, to my wife and myself. My heart as well as my mind is full of what I could say about this man so widely and rightly praised as a great patriot who made numberless contributions to Guyana during a long and full life.
I pay my own respects and praise to Yesu by using my column this week to reproduce the Foreword I wrote for his book – Reaching For The Stars, the first volume of his memoirs. The second volume is still to be published.
Given the title of Yesu’s book, I find it very appropriate that that other great and reliable patriot, Joe Singh, tells me that in the Hinterland of Guyana when a revered shaman dies his “transition” is referred to as his journey through the Milky Way…
