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FM
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REFERENCE is made to letters by Mr. Neil Adams (GC June 17) and Dr. David Hinds (SN Jun 17) on the banning of basic foods by the PNC dictatorship.  Not many writers understand the devastating effects the ban on basic foods had on Guyanese, especially those who depended on them for their religious practices and cultural or ethnic diets. What is disappointing from most non-Indian writers is a refusal to condemn the ban. So it is refreshing to read the two commentaries in which the writers accept that banning flour (wheat), dhal, channa, alou, etc. had a telling effect on the cultural lifestyles of Indians and hurt Indians more than other groups.

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Originally Posted by GT Stingaa:
REFERENCE is made to letters by Mr. Neil Adams (GC June 17) and Dr. David Hinds (SN Jun 17) on the banning of basic foods by the PNC dictatorship.  Not many writers understand the devastating effects the ban on basic foods had on Guyanese, especially those who depended on them for their religious practices and cultural or ethnic diets. What is disappointing from most non-Indian writers is a refusal to condemn the ban. So it is refreshing to read the two commentaries in which the writers accept that banning flour (wheat), dhal, channa, alou, etc. had a telling effect on the cultural lifestyles of Indians and hurt Indians more than other groups.

 

Yes, I recall how daily I had to choke down dhall, rice, channa, aloo, sardines, etc etc during the terrible terrible PNC dictatorship. I must have missed how effective this ban was for me and my coolie family and other coolie families in the tri-village area.

 

It was soooooooooooooooooo terrible.

FM

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