Written by RAJESH GEER
WE saw a recent event which evoked many thoughts, opinions and much speculation. This case may go down in the history of the police force. Many young men may now fear to join the force; at least the soldiers in the armies do not have to fight any wars these days or go at the borders to protect against terrorism.They can sit very comfortably for the time being. If the army had Intervened, maybe the outcome would have been better.
Maybe Mr. Deryck Kanhai, the deceased, might have been saved through rational analysis and psychological maturity on the part of the army. They are trained in strategic manoeuvres and psychological analysis.
i can say, judging from the reactions , offensive behaviours and reactions of the common everyday man. Mr. Kanhai superceded culture, tradition and ethics which have kept Hindus subservient and docile over the ages. This showed a cultural declination and possibly social revolution in the society. We must now expect anything and everything as things are going ‘modern’ now!

If a psychological analysis was done, maybe Mr. Kanhai would have been spared an untimely death by mature law-enforcers!!Good people are usually over pressured and often forced into deviant life- styles by local leaders, peers, culture, family, business and society.
It is a pity that things turned so sour and had to reach this point. What were others doing before words were spoken and action taken? Could not there have been a timely intervention? Someone should have felt uncomfortable enough to report a potential explosive to the nearest social worker or councellor.
People need to care for each other. There are moments when love cannot be given and has to be taken. People need to recognise these sensitive moments and react timely. Maybe, as a nation, we are too concerned about  urvival to think about each other. Survival has reached to such an extent that our finer sentiments seem to have evaporated. The police were doing their duty and Mr. Kanhai was taking things into his own hands. Where was his mom and dad then? The whole nation pinned him down. It seemed like one man stood against a nation and they gave him the respect he deserved. This sounds like real mafia-style affairs!

As I said, this was a case for psychologists and the nearby hospital, and their medical students to do a timely follow-up and give some startling psychological deductions by way of analysis. As for the good people and religious folk, they can start praying that they do not reach to this explosive level like the deceased.
Happy Christmas Guyana! Keep things soft and well for the next few weeks.