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All Flags |
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Ramjallacksingh condemned
... to punishment for life under PNM |
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RAMJOHN ALI |
RAMPEE was in his element last Thursday evening
when the Flagsman entered the old Arouca bar.
Meaning to say, Rampee was revv-ing about how Indians in TnT were
being marginalised everywhere they turned and were being subjected
to the most callous forms of racial discrimination, overt and
covert in TnT.
To say that he was angry was putting it mildly.
The “UNC ’til ah dead” supporter was like canis
furens, with flecks of spittle forming at the corner of his mouth
as he ranted and raved.
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Baldhead
Housing Minister Keith Rowley building houses for all.
Kyah! Kyah! Kyah!
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The Flagsman was somewhat taken aback, because it was quite some
time that I had seen the Indian carrying on so in our regular rumshop
lime.
One time I thought this anger and the grim faces of the Posse may
have had less to do with the subject matter, and more with the fact
that the bottle of Old Oak White rum had finished, which was more
than enough to make any rum drinking man vex too bad.
The whole Posse was brokes, it appeared, after that bottle -- Rudevin,
Rampee, Black Pat, Long Tongue, Gunbelt and Gyatah -- and they were
looking cooshoo mouth and sour. So the Flags immediately rushed
to the bar to rectify the situation by ordering a fresh bottle and
chasers, which brought immediate smiles to glum faces.
Everybody padded up as though they was thirsty for years, including
Rampee, who now seemed to get more fire and brimstone in his tirade.
One time he brought me up to mark with the subject under one-man
discussion. Hear him:
“Flags boy, I telling them that Indians don’t stand
a chance under this PNM government at all.
“Especially in housing.
“Imagine Housing Minister Keith Rowley’s building 10,000
houses and outa that, is only one or two Indians lucky to get house.
“My nephew applying for government housing donkey’s
years now, and all they have him doing is filling applications steadily
and nothing doing. Every African getting government house, but not
he.
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“And
you know why? Because these houses are for voter padding in UNC
constituencies, and to reward PNM fanatics and party hacks, even
though these people don’t like to pay rent or mortgage instalments.
“You see my nephew? He would never get anything, because he
is not a PNM party card holder and worse, his name is Ramjallacksingh,
which name has condemned him to punishment for life under the PNM.
“I am telling allyuh, the only house the PNM have for the
suffering Indians is a Shithouse, and they must say thank God for
that, because it still better than nothing.”
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Lalbeharry
goes job-hunting in Afro wig. Hee! Hee! Hee!
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Black Pat, the PNM for life, tried to interrupt Rampee, and so too
did Rudevin, but the angry Rampee was in too full a flight and brooked
of no interruption.
Hear him ratiraying: “Government housing is one thing Indian
people would never see, no matter how much 20-20 Vision the PNM
talking about.
“All that Rowley is doing is gallerying himself allover the
place with his bald head shining like dogstones, and seeing about
his wife’s Landate housing development.”
Kyah! Kyah! Kyah!
“This glaring racial discrimination against Indians in housing,”
Rampee continued, “is also very rampant in the area of employment.
“Checkout CEPEP and URP. Indians ketching they arse to get
a 10-days. Everything is for the PNM. Dem PNM alone want ah food.
“Indians have to suck salt.
“But the discrimination goes higher up the ladder, too, and
let me tell you where it has become so bad that it is chronic.
“There are certain organisations where Indians does cry blood
before they get a wuk.
And you know who are the leaders in that?
“Unit Trust, Eastern Credit Union and TSTT. Oh god, these
people have no shame.
“And they looking for business from Indian people, on top
of all that.
“I feel that all Indians in this country should never put
their money in Unit Trust and Eastern Credit Union, and let them
feel what is Indian economic power.
“And Indians should totally boycott TSTT, which is PNM Party
Group Number One, and go to Digicel.
If TSTT treats Indians as 10th rate citizens, then go to Digicel.
Simple as that!
“Then you will see how fast these wicked TSTT people will
learn their lesson, including the company’s trade union leader,
who has never acted to stop this discrimination in TSTT’s
hiring policy, by name Lyle Townsend, the Wappia Mouth Man.”
Haar! Haar! Haar!
Space is fast running out on me, so to my few fans -- including
Dr. Deyalsingh at St. Ann’s Hospital (whose services the Flagsman
may yet need, Heh! Heh! Heh!) -- and to my untold detractors, among
whom is sure to be counted this week, the Dogstones Man, Hee! Hee!
Hee! -- I say stay up with Levitra and ’til next week …
Keep those flags flying! |
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