Guyanese-Canadian among Who’s Who in the World

Guyanese-Canadian among Who’s Who in the World

Narine Dat Sookram, who was born in Berbice, Guyana, now living in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada has beaten the odds of
being listed in the Who’s Who in the World in the 2014, 31st edition.
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When Sookram was ask what it feels like to be included in the Who’s Who in the World, he said: “I feel like I am on top of the world, it’s always nice to be recognised in the mainstream.”
Sookram, who has been involved in ‘everything’, from a business owner, non-profit charity, to producing a weekly community West Indian Radio programme and the prestigious Caribbean Dream Concert has become a role model among his peers.
Sookram said that the thing that keeps him going is his passion to maximise his potential. “It’s not always about winning, but doing your very best every time is what matters.  Crossing the finishing line is the key,” he said.
When he was asked what keeps him grounded, he said, “I have a family, a wife and daughter that is.
“Though I wear many hats in my professional career, I am a family man.  I have always been that way.  I like the role of being a father and a husband.  That’s where I ‘shine’ the most I think.  What a lot of people don’t know about me is that I do spend a lot of time in the kitchen and I love to shop for groceries, because it gives me the opportunity to make a healthy choice.”
When he was asked to give some tips to others who may want to make the most of their lives, he said, “The key point in life is to have a goal, but most importantly working towards that goal will be something to keep an eye on.
“It’s like living for a purpose, because when we do, life becomes more meaningful.  And when we don’t have a goal we are like a chicken without head, we are running around, but don’t know where we are going.”
Sookram is the recipient of over 100 awards, including some of the most prestigious: The TIAW World of Difference Award, 2013; The Governor General Caring Canadian Award; Canada’s Top 25 Immigrant, 2013; The Denny Statue for the Arts; Mohawk College Alumni of Distinction; Famous People of Guyanese Heritage Inclusion; Encyclopaedia Inclusion and many more.
Sookram’s writes a weekly column in the Berbice edition of the Guyana Times on Mondays.