Year: 2017

By Lakhram Bhagirat For artist, Raimund Angelo Rausch, every time he dips his brush it is as if he is dipping it deep within his soul, painting his own nature into his paintings while exposing his vulnerability for the entire world to see. Raimund is a self-taught Guyanese artist who have always been intrigued by the arts from a very young age and it was something he was born to do. The 29-year- old spent his early years in Kingston, Georgetown and later moved to Campbellvile. Raimund spent his adolescent…

After weeks of tantalising previews of what is in store for the local entertainment and tourism industry come next year, the anticipation came to an end on Saturday evening as Guyana Carnival was officially launched. Mirroring the festivities of traditional Carnival in the Caribbean, the parking lot of the Guyana Marriott Hotel was abuzz with a grand explosion of rhythms and colours, as models took to the stage, one after the other, to showcase an exquisite line-up of costumes that will be on display in the streets come May 2018,…

By Dr. Odeen Ishmael The 1856 one-cent “Black on Magenta” of British Guiana is regarded as the rarest stamp in the world, and the most expensive. It is a rectangular stamp of black ink printed on magenta paper with the corners snipped off. With the corners clipped off, the stamp actually has an octagonal shape. In the nineteenth century, the stamps of British Guiana were printed by a British printer, Waterlow & Sons. In early 1856, the stock of stamps was sold out before the fresh shipment from England arrived.…

Reviewed by Rudy R. Jadoopat By Petamber Persaud One hundred pages, 15 short stories with vivid description of encounters among people of varying backgrounds are enough to awaken numerous questions and rife speculation about the objectives of this book. “Stories Set in Two Countries” fascinates the reader by bringing multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-national fragrance into the fathomless pit of provocative relationships. The Guyanese author’s personal experiences in Guyana, Canada and Fiji have obviously left indelible impressions which influence these stories. There is an abundance of evidence of this subjective aspect. In…

– Serving the less fortunate for over 26 years By Lakhram Bhagirat Children are said to be the reason for all the happiness in the world and when one gives the gift of time to a child, then you are forever happy. This may have been the intention of the late Marie Dookun when she began inviting the children of her community into her yard to feed them and read stories with them. While we may never know her true intentions, it did give birth to a life changing idea-…