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By David Hinds The long tenure of the PPP in office brought home a salient fact that we knew before that party took power— the rules of our democracy do not throw up fair ethnic outcomes. The ethnic group with a larger population is the guaranteed “winner” and the ones…
Continue readingJan 20, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds A little-known calypso by Kelvin Pope aka the Mighty Duke titled “Teach the Children” is fresh on my mind. It is part of a module on historical memory for a course on Black Political Music that I am currently teaching….
Continue readingA reporter recently asked for my views on the PPP’s choice of Mr. Irfan Ali as its presidential candidate for the upcoming elections. The news outfit subsequently carried a very small part of my response. I would like to share the totality of my response with the wider public. First,…
Continue readingJan 06, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds Guyana is once again at the political crossroads. How many times have we been here in the last seven decades? Is it that we are incapable of moving beyond our limitations—the limitations of post-plantationhood? From the high of May 2015,…
Continue readingJan 13, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds The much-awaited meeting between the two maximum leaders has come and gone, but nothing has qualitatively changed. The country is still unsure about the immediate future. The joint statement which followed the meeting was anything but joint—it was really two…
Continue readingDec 30, 2018 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds This is the last column of the year. I want to wish all readers a happy new year and urge you to continue reading. The objective of this column is to offer a perspective on Guyanese politics and society that…
Continue readingDec 23, 2018 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds The APNU+AFC Coalition Government has fallen. At a personal level, I am disappointed that the government that I helped to bring to power, that I sacrificed for, that I voted for, that I supported, was not given the opportunity to…
Continue readingDec 16, 2018 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds This past week I have been asked by a few people for my view on the prospects of the Coalition at the next election. They were all supporters who voted for the collection of parties, but the results of the…
Continue readingDec 09, 2018 Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds So, Minister Lawrence has apologized for words “attributed” to her. I am not sure whether she meant the words that she uttered or that she was hinting that she was misquoted. But the fact is that she apologized to those who felt…
Continue readingDec 02, 2018 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds First, Minister Lawrence’s comments must be contextualized. They come in the wake of the massive defeat of the PNC at the Local Government elections, which I have dubbed a mini-general election. The PNC used the APNU label, but it fought…
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