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Indian
experts here to boost Guyana’s agriculture
Vegetable
seed expert, Dr. Rajpal Singh Kharb; dairy development expert, Dr.
Appu Murugan, and crop planner and agricultural economist, Dr.
Virendra Mathur, met with Minister Sawh at his Office on Regent and
Vlissengen Roads, Georgetown. The
three specialists are here through Guyana’s Technical Cooperation
Programme with the Government of India. Also
present at yesterday’s meeting were Mr. Meer Bacchus, Director of
the National Dairy Development Programme, and Dr. Oudho Homenauth,
Director of the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI). Guyanese
observe Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi)
today
Throughout
the Indian
world, it is an auspicious day for sisters to tie a
thread on the wrists of their brothers to keep alive their love and
affection towards them. It is a blessing for the welfare of the
brothers and also to remind them of their duty to protect their
sisters. Popular
Indian
cultural promoter, Mr. Parmanand Sukhu yesterday told this
newspaper that the tying of Rakhi brings two hearts together purely
on the basis of brotherly and sisterly love, and it is one of the
significant events of the Indian cultural calendar. He
said such observances and their celebrations are streams of the
culture, which keep alive the community by maintaining the value of
life. Though the source of this tradition lies in the Vedic period
when the Brahmins conferred love and affection on their disciples by
typing the sacred thread, Sukhu said the story in Mediaeval India
also bears similar significance. Police
said yesterday the autopsy on the remains of Jene Boyer, 2, will
determine the exact cause of her death. Boyer,
2, of Lakewood, New Jersey, was found dead or near death shortly
after her relatives discovered her missing and launched a search
along with lifeguards. They
had gone to Splashmin's, a popular fun park nestled approximately 48
kilometers or 30 miles south of Georgetown on the Soesdyke/Linden
Highway, as part of a vacationing schedule. Reports
indicate that Jene strayed from a group of 13 adults and 12 children
and apparently slipped into a creek running through the
resort/entertainment park. After
about 20 minutes of searching and not seeing her, the search party
turned its attention to the artificial creek - and that's where it
came upon and retrieved her seemingly lifeless figure. Police
said Boyer was rushed to a hospital in Georgetown, but was
pronounced dead on arrival. Boyer was vacationing in the country with her Guyana-born mother, Stacy Boyer, and several relatives. They were expected to return to New Jersey later this month.
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