HERE'S a question: What's bigger and far more important than Facebook? Hint? It's very low-tech and doesn't need a smartphone or even an Internet connection. Got it yet? It's SMS! Text messaging to you and me!

IT IS somewhat difficult to comprehend how a fruit as amazing as the soursop can be overlooked by so many persons seeking a cure from dangerous debilitating diseases  like cancer or heart diseases , when incontrovertible medical evidence exists regarding the fruit’s  track record as a medical panacea for a variety of illnesses.

THIS week, we certainly did not have to search high and low for a village to feature, since, over time, the somewhat alluring village of Versailles, located on the West Bank of Demerara about one mile north of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, had always beckoned with its distinct aura of contentment and ethnic harmony.

The following is an overview by Vake Parsram of the book, ‘Guyanese Finding Roots in India’, authored by Dr Parsram S. Thakur, a Psychology Emeritus Professor from the United States, and more recently Director of the University of Guyana’s Berbice Campus.