Have lost track of new movies and/or new songs.
From a population of millions, no new actors coming forward.
Happy Labor Day to allof u wonderful folks.
wht’s on the agenda for today??
For me it is just a relaxing. Day..hubby golfing, lil daughter off to DR n older 1 going to visit her gf ..
PS..i tried some cassava pone!!
US Vice President Kamala Harris, got emotional in PM Modi's presence, remembering her Indian roots and her childhood days. Harris narrated how her Indian mother took her to India for trips. Watch what she said
Indian doctors across the country have struck work in protest against the rape and murder of a 31-year-old medic in Kolkata. The incident has exposed the woefully inadequate safety measures in medical colleges and hospitals. Palki Sharma tells you what is ailing India's medical infrastructure.
Please see below for upcoming events being hosted by our incredible Diaspora here in the GTA.
The Guyana Consulate is pleased to share the attached flyers for upcoming events:
Please note, that these email blasts for upcoming diaspora events are done in service to our community and will be sent out on the 1st and 15th of every month or the subsequent Business Day.
Kindly ensure your events are submitted before the dates to be included and must state your permission to share with the Diaspora.
Additionally, the upcoming event must be within 90 days for us to share.
The next “Upcoming Diaspora Events” EMAIL BLAST will be sent out on September 3rd, 2024.
PS: For Information, Tickets, or questions regarding any of the events, please contact the organizers directly as stated on the flyers.
Best Regards,
Devina Richmond (Ms.)
Executive Assistant to Honorary Consul
The Consulate General of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
505 Consumers Rd. Suite #707
Toronto, Ontario
M2J 4V8
Bus: 416-494-6040 Ex. #29
Toronto grand parade on Yonge Street | Festival of India |
Bringing a splash of spiritual culture to Toronto. Celebrating 52 years of the Toronto India Festival as the annual India Festival returns to Toronto with its beloved parade through downtown core and a full weekend of celebrations on Center Island. Join us for a colorful parade on Yonge Street and continue with us to the scenic Toronto Center Islands for more fun-filled adventures. Celebrate all things India with a two-day celebration, including a parade down Yonge Street featuring three 40-foot-tall decorated floats hand-pulled by participants, singing, drumming and dancing. Celebrations are also being held on Center Island with a free vegetarian feast. The Toronto India Festival features a parade featuring 40-foot floats and a free feast The procession begins at the intersection of Yonge and Dundas Square and proceeds along Yonge Street, ending at Queen's Quay. This parade, which takes place on Yonge Street, is an annual parade that has been held for centuries in the ancient city of Puri, India. Three giant chariots, known as 'rathas', are transported in a ceremonial procession called 'yatra'. Hence, the festival is also known as 'ratha yatra' or 'chariot procession'. And in Puri, this ancient “ratha yatra” procession continues to attract more than a million people every year!
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Anyone has like these..
the sml fine bird peppers?
i love these..looking for seeds ..or a plant 
Never seen these before..?? Peppers
hubby saw them at Cdn tire ..marked as wiriwiri n bought them..$3
never seen thiskind of pepper ..
the leaves r very strange
How d gardens coming??
wht r yr crops this yr??
well d damn squirrels at it this yr..
fuss time dem eating our tomatoes..
that used to be the only thing they didnt touch..now dem biting all the green ones n leaving them 1/2 way
man if dem eat out 1 is ok..but dem bit all..lil lil piece!!
dem dig out 1 of the 2 squash vines i had n killed it completely
now they started on the 2nd buti already reaped 5 from the vine 
A blesssed Sat
enjoy the long weekend
any plans??
who going to caribana?/Cainsta??
Grazing causes resistance and a serious problem to technology like the grazing of cows.
By Red Thread, Guyana
A recent regional hearing on corporal punishment and its impact on the rights of children in the Caribbean was organized by the Inter American Commission on Human Rights. Speakers included Blossom Inc.; ChildLink Inc.; Jamaicans for Justice; Red Thread; Simon Springett, the UN Resident Coordinator Barbados & Eastern Caribbean; Ms. Najat Maalla, United Nations Special Representative on Violence against Children. Guyana’s participation was coordinated by Danuta Radzik and Vidyaratha Kissoon. In this week’s diaspora column, we share Red Thread’s submission.
Violence against children is unacceptable, yet corporal punishment, in the name of correction and discipline, is allowed in the schools.
Corporal punishment is the infliction of physical pain such as beating, bracing, mutilation, blinding. For us in Guyana, it shows up in such acts as placing children to kneel on graters, flogging for the public (fellow students, parents, passerby) to witness, peppering vaginas, beating to burst skin, and beating with a whip from tree branch or a tool from household items such as pot spoons, wooden mortar-sticks, pot covers, extension cords, curtain rods, and the list can go on. At the end of these disciplining strategies of corporal punishment, there are intended and unintended negative impacts left on that child, on our children. These show up as mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, inability to process conflict or difference in opinions, insecure attachments, poor relationship and distrust of adults (whether parental or not), bullying in schools and more.
As members of Red Thread, we advocate against violence against children and do not support corporal punishment – the term used to institutionalise violence against children. Violence is an intentional inflicted harm for a desired outcome for the person using it, but what about the recipient of that violence? What do we know about the impact on them? On our children who we are depending on to carry this nation forward, to construct or devise problem-solving strategies? How does violence reduce a child’s ability to be non-violent, creative and innovative? How does corporal punishment reproduce individuals who only know how to utilize violence or inflict harm to get what they want?
We are not going to pretend that we are innocent of beating children. Most of us are guilty of this, but we have come to acknowledge and accept that this behaviour is about stamping authority and nothing more. All of us can also attest to the fact that we did not like being beaten as children. Beating is not a corrective method; it drives fear into a child and sometimes causes the child to be dishonest ((rather than risk being beaten if telling the truth leads to punishment).
Corporal punishment teaches a child to become violent, , as this recollection from one of the Red Thread members illustrates:
“As a child, I remember being beaten by my grade 6 class teacher because I spelt one word wrong. Four lashes in my hand with a locally made ruler resulted in my hand being swollen and painful. I still had to endure the pain to complete my work that day, for fear that I would be beaten again. I went home showed my brother and cousins my hand and told them who did that to me. Later that afternoon, we lay in wait for the teacher in a clump of bushes with some bricks in our hands and as she passed, we pelted her. The place was hilly so she fell and rolled down the hill, causing her to incur injuries. She was absent from school for three days and I was at peace. Today I am not proud of my reaction but it felt right at the time.”
Today, we see a lot of violence among teachers and students and in some cases, parents get involved. While most parents give the teachers consent to beat their children, some don’t agree with the manner in which they are being beaten. A grade 1 student was unable to write for over three months because he was beaten by his teacher for not doing his work. Upon enquiry, it turned out that the child simply didn’t understand the assignment. Many of these matters never reach the Ministry of Education or the police because headteachers often sweep the issue under the carpet, including threatening the parent that the child will be put out of the school.
Children are beaten for not doing homework, for arriving at school late, for hitting another child, for not understanding the work/ instructions, for getting an answer wrong, for being rude, and the list can go on and on; but who is taking the time to find out what is really happening to the child?
We know of cases in which teachers neglect children in class with the excuse that they are rude and disruptive and since the teacher is not allowed to beat, they pay the children no mind. In the absence of beating, some teachers would implement other forms of punishment like having the child stand at the back of the class or even in the sun for the entire subject period. Some even refuse giving the child a bathroom break, all in the name of disciplinary action. Apart from beating, some teachers say mean and horrible things to students, including things about their family members. How do we expect children to act in the face of this treatment? We know of children cutting classes because they fear the teacher.
We agree that there are some difficult children, but have we really stopped to take the time to examine why that is so? Children were not born as difficult beings, they are influenced by their environment: home, community, school, religion, social media and yes, they need to be given boundaries so that they can soar, but beating cannot be the solution or the shortcut to a problem. Beating a child in the name of correcting them is a way of abusing power. It’s not doing our children any good but rather more harm.
As adults, we step out of line from time to time. Do we want to be beaten for our shortcomings? Do teachers want to be beaten when they fail to perform their duties efficiently? Why should physical violence ever be acceptable?
The time is long overdue when we cannot accept the complaint by teachers that the only way to maintain order or control is to beat. It is time parents stop giving teachers permission to beat their children with the claim that they themselves were beaten and it didn’t kill them. More importantly, it is time society abolishes corporal punishment as our disciplining strategy and stops justifying it as something we have always done (this is the Guyanese or Caribbean way), and do the work of finding meaningful and long term strategies instilling respect, care and discipline among students, ways in which we relate to each others that do not involve an unending cycle of violence. We are tired hearing the saying “if I didn’t get the beating then, I wouldn’t be the person I am today”. This is all an excuse for not being willing to learn other useful and effective ways of discipline. It is time we move away from the, dare we say, purposeful misinterpretation of the Bible that relies on the scripture Proverbs 13: 24 which says “ Those who spare the rod hate their children but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.”
It is our hope that the information shared at this hearing will be able to influence educators/policy makers in the Caribbean that the rod of correction was never a cane or whip. Those belonged to the plantation and they should find no place in our society. Otherwise we have simply internalized the violence that tried to teach us to know our place. There are numerous other most effective and safe ways to apply discipline. Now is the time to explore those ways. Let’s not forget violence begets violence, and resorting to corporal punishment continues to violate the Rights of Children. Doing right by them, means we are guaranteeing a different future with less violence.
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Musical extravaganza. 
Magical..!!! AR Rahman and Shreya Goshal performing at together 
Piya Tose Naina Laage Re - Dance
Presenting an excellent dance song of Waheeda Rehman "Piya Tose Naina Laage Re" sung by Lata Mangeshkar.
Enjoy!
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