What a little man he turned out to be.
was he ever a "big" man? No wonder he like little girls.
He was one of the first Indians involved in Guyanese politics I met who had some ideas, principles, and a basic understanding of the real situation. Not some mudhead pie in the sky foreign-centered theories like Jagan and Burnham to foist on the Guyanese people.
And for me, he put a simple proposition on the national agenda. Beat, rob, rape, and/or kill coolies shouldn't be a political strategy. And the Indians needed to find solutions to their political problems outside the PPP logie.
Prior to that, no one cared beyond using it as an issue to propagate PPP-dominance of Indians. And no Indian really called a spade a spade.
don't you wish there was some belief system being it to prevent his easy passage into becoming a PPP tool?
I thought there was. I am the kind of man who readily admits when he is wrong. I was wrong.
The Ravi Dev I thought I knew would (reluctantly for emotional reasons) but then strongly support the Coalition for the Indian, the Black, and the National Interests.
Actually Ravi Dev was involved in secret negotiations presided over by Western diplomats to establish a Joint PPP/PNC/ROAR Government of National Unity during the Buxton Rebellion.