The Guyana Human Rights Association said that “Guyana was carved out of the Atlantic Ocean by former slaves.” So be it. Now finally arrived in British Guiana, Indians were amazed at how Guyana was so highly developed and industrialised.
Roads were paved; there was an abundance of pure running water; adequate hospitals took care of medical needs; many smoke-belching productive factories were obvious; well manicured neighbourhoods existed in pristine landscapes;and a stable electricity supply with close to full employment and almost unheard of honesty reflected close to a zero crime rate.
The descendants of the former slaves had built up the country beyond imagination. The political party which shepherded this unparalled nationwide growth was the PNC/R and the government was packed with hard-working ministers such as Hamilton Green, Eusi Kwayana, David Hinds, Lincoln Lewis, Tacuma Ogunseye,, Kean Gibson,Frederick Kissooon, Rupert Roopnarine, David Granger and many others.

What was even more amazing was the degree of functional democracy. The free and vibrant press with numerous radio stations and a thriving cultural life allowed freedom of expressions in all forms. The former slaves who had graduated to holding political power encouraged all ethnic groups to pursue their own religious and cultural celebrations and all lived in complete harmony, respecting each other and assisting each other. With the advent of the bedazzled Indians, they dutifully worked the rice and sugar fields. They joyfully fed a grateful nation, complementing the cycle of perfect harmony which others had built before their arrival for their benefit.

Then in 1992 a new political PPP party arrived and won the usually free and democratic elections for the first time in the country’s history. The first to lose power was Linden, massive nationwide unemployment and waves after waves of crime soon swept the entire country causing misery and havoc in retaliation. The Indian activists Balram  Singh Rai, Baytoram Ramharack, Ravi Dev,Saluhuddin Mohamed,Sultan Mohamed, Jinnah Rahaman,Vishnu Bisram, Mohamed Insanally and even Anand Boodram, and Malcolm Harripaul  blame the former PNC for all that was bad in the new mudland of Guyana. The country’s disappearing mangroves was not adequate as the PPP/C struggled to run the country over burdened by debt and corruption.

And what does Vassan Ramracha think of all this? Well, I too had a dream. I dreamt that I asked the PPP/C government to dissolve itself and relinquish power back to the PNC/R to rule again as it did in the past. .Oops!  A loud noise wakes me and you up.   So tell me my black bretheren in simple language
1. How will you make Indians inclusive in all that is good for Guyana? Please do not give me a constitutional answer pointing to the preamble. Be concrete and specific.
2.Would you decentralise Guyana so each region can have a serious input in its own development and destiny?
3…How would you reduce people’s dependency on the government as the main employer?
4….How would you make us independent of the United States?
5….Will you find a way to have willing Indians  be integrated and achieve balance in the  armed forces?
6…How will you bring Guyana back to the way the PNC/R had it before?
Finally, can we all get along? Patiently awaiting a response from anyone not necessarily prominent who wants to speak on behalf of black people.