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The lone Indian voice in the wilderness

Jul 06, 2008 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
Freddie Kissoon once made the call for an Indian Walter Rodney to rise up in Rodney-like manner against the wrongs of the Jagdeo PPP Government.

I am in full agreement with him, since I’m convinced that Indians generally, and especially leading influential ones, are reluctant and not as outspoken and forceful against the Government whenever wrong, unjust or prejudiced acts are committed; or against just plain bad governance, as blacks and many leading black personalities had done against Burnham/PNC Government.

But I must say, for my own part, regardless of who may disagree, that Freddie Kissoon himself has been a controversial, persistent and outstanding Indian personality who has been throwing “bombs” at this Government without fear.

My friend Norman Brown is right when he says that the pen of Freddie Kissoon “is unmatched in this context.”

Not only the Government, but he also flies in the face of all whom he perceives to be in the wrong.
Kissoon’s constant microscopic observation of the affairs of this country, its institutions and top  functionaries who guide them, is indeed a thorn to many and reminds me much of elder Brother Eusi Kwayana, (except for hunger strikes and solo vigils in front of Government buildings), who had in similar fashion left no stone unturned in highlighting and castigating Government failings, wrongdoings, and public officials.

He was, until the advent of Walter Rodney, the most outspoken and fearless African critic of the Burnham/PNC regime. No one can deny that Kissoon performs a similar function.

He does come over to me in some ways like an Indian Eusi Kwayana; the main, constant, lone Indian voice in the wilderness, jabbing at and berating the Jagdeo PPP Administration.
Frank Fyffe

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