Dear Editor,
I HAVE seen a very short letter by Krishna Nand Prasad (KNP), in the Stabroek News of September 27, 2022.

In it he was urging people, I suppose mainly young people, to study poetry and literature in addition to the other important subjects, example math’s etc.

First of all I am glad to have heard from KNP and hope he is doing well. He is obviously keeping abreast of things.

KNP is indeed a fabulous poet. He wrote a lot of good poems in the 1970s and 1980s when we were fighting to put Guyana back on the democratic path.

At that time only the ‘Mirror’ published his poems. Mrs. Jagan had a high regard for his talent. I dare say that he is one of the persons who lifted our spirits and gave courage to freedom fighters. He produced some of the best poems in that period. A good theme for his poems of those times could be “Poems for Freedom and Democracy” “Poems against Dictatorship.”

I write this to recognise a man who made a sterling contribution as a genuine freedom fighter. He did it at a time when just writing poems was dangerous and could have caused him physical harm. He was courageous. He never sought recognition or thanks in doing what he thought was his duty.

KNP faced the wrath of the period here and stood tall.

Yours sincerely,
Donald Ramotar
Former President