Thought Provoking Entropy | 23 Jan 2009
In connection with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. re-administered the oath to Mr. Obama on Wednesday evening, one day after the two men stumbled over each other’s words during the inauguration ceremony at the Capitol. This is a fascinating article by Steven Pinker a Harvard Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. He also conducts [...]
I was moved by sublime music performance , Air & Simple Gifts..during inauguration, to an extent, due to the fact that I ve always loved Yo YoMa’s music Excerpts form NYT captivating review reproduced here.. The cellist Yo-YoMa, who was asked by the inauguration committee to organize the performance, invited three illustrious colleagues to join [...]
On the eve of Barack Obama’s inauguration, I write this post with the contradictory feelings of hope and cynicism. These are unprecedented and extraordinary times as The World seems to have collapsed economically & socially and we also have lost our moral compass. I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States [...]
News &Poetry Entropy | 21 Dec 2008
Poet Chosen for Inauguration Is Aiming for a Work That Transcends the Moment. Barack Obama has commissioned Elizabeth Alexander to compose and read a poem for his inauguration, making her only the fourth poet in American history to read at one. This heart warming news in N.Y.Times led me to explore about her and I [...]
“You campaign in poetry, but you govern in prose.” Mario Cuomo, the Democratic governor of New York from 1983 to 1995 The First responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between two , the leader becomes servant and a debtor. Leader do not inflict pain; they [...]