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Aug 26, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

On Wednesday August 24 and Thursday August 25, 2022, being an avid reader of your newspaper, THE KAIETUER NEWS, I read two well-advocated letters in your Letter to the Editor Column.

One was written by Lelon Saul, a former GDF Officer, printed on August 25, a well argued piece of writing. The other by a youth printed on August 24 who wished to share his evolving employment experiences. That August 24 column letter had canvassed the writer’s recent opportunity gained, which as detailed therein and made mention of the gracious and altruistic procurement by the illustrious Minister of Government, the Honourable Manickchand.  The youthful letter writer portrays a narrative of being given a break in life and has since become a candidate for an appointment as a teacher by the Teaching Service Commission in that person’s journey.

After reading those two letters, I allotted time to do some reflection since I usually do so whenever I think of my fellow Guyanese living at home. I then realised that perhaps thousands of us Guyanese are collectively coming to grips with the hardships of life everyone of us was forced this year, post-COVID-19, to face in the world.

I encourage Guyanese to follow their careers with a strong passion and not to falter whenever faced with any hurdle. Mr. Lelon Saul, possibly given a bad deal after being replaced by Mr. Sherwyn Greaves, should go knocking on doors. I heard that President Ali’s or Minister Parag’s doors are open to Guyanese; so knocking on a fellow Guyanese is a must, for we must place trust in our fellow Guyanese. In Guyana, if the Cabinet has taken a decision, a decision can be reversed. That is also evident elsewhere in the world where democracy is intact. I do not wish to sound like a democratic socialist, as I am certainly not, for my political idealism more merges with liberalism, with a minor amount of coincidence with modern populist beliefs.

If one desires to be a manager in an organisation and to be in a position where one enhances one’s career, one should pursue such desire resolutely and steadfastly until the objective reaches. I would like to share with my fellow Guyanese an occasion I passed through in our socialist democracy. I always felt that whenever one does something, one must do it with one’s full heart in it, and do so in the best manner. I went to the United Kingdom in 1995 and got qualified as a law graduate a couple of years after. And as time progressed to 2004, I could not work as a lawyer, which was my life’s dream despite being a qualified lawyer in Guyana. I had a brief discussion with Mr. Nigel Hughes, who at the time was the most articulate young lawyer at the Bar, in my view, but he said he was compromised since he was the Bar Association’s President.

I approached no one else despite being the head at my home front and with a starving wife and six starving children, as I had returned to Guyana to serve and live in Guyana in whatever manner and way I saw fit but had soon depleted all my resources, since I had spent a few years studying full-time in Trinidad & Tobago, and unemployed, and found I could not put enough food on my table.

So one early morning, I wrote a letter to then President Bharrat Jagdeo. The career politician as he was, and being sincere in all his efforts, saw me in his good offices shortly thereafter. I was provided an opportunity to personally implore him for help. He then, upon listening to me quietly, assisted me in going forward in my professional career as a lawyer. I soon started to earn an income with his help.

Just as the world turns on its axis so does the life of each individual who graces us in this world with their presence, but it is the help that we can provide to each other, whether directly or indirectly that matters, not the hurdles that we place for others to jump over.

A majority of the time, one’s good fortune comes from the deed of our fellow human beings. After all, it is a fellow human being that is there as a witness when we are born, be it a midwife or whoever, and it is a fellow human being who sees us off when we pass, be it a person who lights our pier, digs our graves, or says kind words on our behalves.

Let us be brotherly and sisterly to each other as we grace this earth with our presence. Always say, “Nothing can stop me now!”

Yours faithfully,
Mr. M. Shabeer Zafar (barrister & solicitor retired)
New Brunswick, Canada

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