Think on That

Children in COVID-19

Children can astonish and inspire us with their insight. When unspoiled by the inevitable afflictions of life, they are a reflection of the divine within all of us.

Awakening

A short trip downtown the day after the curfew was implemented a couple of weeks ago, was gloomy.

Lockdown

This week the voices calling for a lockdown in Guyana because of COVID-19 multiplied.

A Dark Time

Thoughts about the end of the world have troubled my mind over the last couple of weeks.

Cyber stains

The release and wide distribution of videos involving sexual activity on social media has become somewhat of a norm in Guyana.

We are exposed

Temporary rifts are instigated by factors like distrust stemming from history and prejudice; promises that have been unfulfilled and loyalty embedded in skin.

Venezuelan fever

I have never obsessively compared myself to other women. Since my teenage years, I have never been interested in conforming to the accepted beauty standards.

Road Crisis

The macabre results of Guyana’s vehicular accidents have created enough trauma to impact a few generations.

A culture of begging

In the midst of the bustle along Regent Street in this season of abundance and overindulgence, an old woman stood on the pavement and pleaded, “Please for a help.”

The decline

A mini-bus conductor hung his body outside the open door of a moving bus, gyrated as the music played loudly, while passengers cackled and filmed.

#mentoo

I have attended various events celebrating the achievements of women, empowerment forums and the establishment of movements for the advancement of women.

A song and a prayer

Dear… God… Dear God, I am thankful for life… I wonder if the vagrants pray and stop before their prayers are verses.

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