Harry Narine Nawbatt should use the media to heal our wounds and not add salt

Feb 19, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

I was extremely upset after reading a letter titled, ‘A reminder of a bit of history,” written by Harry Narine Nawbatt, Kaieteur News, February 17, 2022.

His letter is a disastrous and dangerous recollection of our history.

Typical of the propaganda gurus, he notes that PNC supporters and by extension, Afro Guyanese destroyed stores owned by Indians. Absolute nonsense.

In 1962, when the businesses were burnt, the majority were not, I repeat were not, owned by Indians. Is he aware of the rape and arson committed at the home of the Ishamel’s family at Tain Settlement on the Corentyne. Investigations confirmed that this murder/rape/arson was perpetrated by Indo Guyanese.

An investigation pointed an accusing finger to an Indo Guyanese, known as “Paddy man”. To the Sun Chapman tragedy, which took the lives of over forty odd Guyanese of one ethnic group was travelling in a launch owned by an Afro Guyanese, named Norman Yacoob Chapman, at Hurudaia, Demerara River.

Permanent Secretary, Arthur Abraham and seven of his children perished in an explosion and fire, set to their homes in Hadfield Street. The Abrahams were basically of European stock. Young Godfrey Texeira was killed in an Estate School Bus by trained terrorist. Teixeira was of Portuguese stock, and the Afro Guyanese young men who were slaughtered also countless non-Indians who perished during our several communal conflicts.

Today, the likes of Harry Narine Nawbatt should do the proper thing of using the media to heal our wounds and not to put salt on our wounds, and worst of all avoid this nonsense of painting this picture that only Indians were victims of strife and stupidity.

Let us heal, not hurt.

Regards
Eric Moseley, MS

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