HARRY BISSOON

  SUNDAYS AT THE INDIAN MOVIES Harry Bissoon 6/27/2021 If I were to look back in time to an institution that assumed a life of magnanimous proportions, and became an integral part of Guyanese culture, I would definitely focus on the Cinema. The Cinema in Guyana, especially in the country areas, and in its hay day, touched the lives of most people whom I knew, until it drew its last breath, in the face of competition, rising costs, lack of maintenance, and decaying structures. In my small town, six movie houses - Palladium, Radio City, Star, Metro, Maya, and Novelty, jostled for an audience which was made up of patrons of all ages. The town came alive on Saturdays and Sundays, but I was mostly impressed, and, at times, amused, by the movie goers on Sundays, who flocked to the Indian movies. All the cinemas programmed their shows for either 4:30 pm, or, 5:00 pm, and minutes before showtime, the ladies of the town filled the streets, decked out in colorful dresses and attire that were...

  FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND Harry Bissoon 06/16/2020 It is time to take a pause and step back from our infatuation with life and the tides of our times, and look at ourselves from outside of our bodies, if we could ever muster the resources and ability to do such a thing. We must realize that we are only 'quiet dust', drifting along with purpose, and sometimes not, it would seem, in the face of invisible, deadly threats, that could fatally devastate large swaths of humankind. We have become susceptible and fragile to nature's way of telling us that we are nothing. We need to follow simple, basic principles of love, appreciation, caring, respect, and cleanliness, and to come to the realization that we are more than 'quiet dust' if we are to survive the prevarications of living.If we do not find our real selves, then that is all we will be - dust. We have inherited this dust from those who came before us, and we will pass it on to those who will come after us. Let us pas...