Chaitra Navratri 2023

Day 5: Maa Skandamata

Skandamata is the fiery form of Mother Parvati.

Story of origin: Once when Mother Parvati got angry and appeared in the form of Adishakti to protect her son Kumar Kartikeya, Indra started trembling with fear. Indra started apologizing to the goddess to save his life. Since one name of Kumar Kartikeya is also Skanda, all the deities started calling her Skandamata to celebrate the form of Maa Durga and started praising her. Since then, the fifth form of Maa Durga Maa came to be known as Skandamata, and she was worshipped as the 5th Adhikshatri. Skanda is the older brother of Lord Ganesh.

misplaced, and incorrect. I am calling on her to state specifically which sections of the ACT preclude or prevent the Government or an entity such as the GFC from engaging in carbon trading for the entire Guyana, including Amerindian communities.

May I ask what would have been the response of Ms. Janki and the other previous commentators had the Government excluded all lands held by Amerindians in the ART TREES Carbon Scheme, and therefore no monies would have been allocated or earned by the villages? You would have heard screams of discrimination and assertions that the Government does not have the interest of Amerindians at heart, and there would have been a plethora of nasty comments in the opposite to what is being said now.

And mind you, Government, using State lands and State forests, would still qualify under jurisdictional scale carbon credit under the ART TREES standard. So, make no mistake, Government can choose to exclude or not exclude Amerindian lands.

But is this the responsible thing to do: to exclude Amerindians? Again, she is misleading the public into thinking there was no consultation among villages. She contends the Village Council must give approval. Can she state which village, and circulate a copy of the village minutes of the communities that have withheld approval or have rejected the carbon trading arrangement? That is the least she can do to back up her article.

This is the same argument APA and others were barking up, and today not one single iota of evidence to the contrary has been provided.

I am thus calling on HE President Dr. Irfaan Ali to reject Ms. Janki’s missive until she and others like the APA can produce the facts.

Sincerely,

Peter Persaud THE AMERINDIAN ACTION MOVEMENT OF GUYANA –TAAMOG