Dear Editor,
I WRITE with full recognition of the consternation expressed in a Letter to the Editor signed by Yog Mahadeo and others concerning the Diwali headline error in the Guyana Chronicle (October 24, 2022). I also would like to recognise the “Correction and apology” offered by the Guyana Chronicle (October 25, 2022) and ask Dr Mahadeo “and others” to accept the apology offered by the newspaper. In fact, if I may, I call for understanding, compassion and forgiveness. These are indeed equal qualities of Dharmic philosophy, and now is a propitious moment for all to practise it.

Yours sincerely,
Dr Randolph B. Persaud (Randy)