Harry Belafonte was a barrier-breaking legend who used his platform to lift others up. He lived a good life – transforming the arts while also standing up for civil rights. And he did it all with his signature smile and style. Michelle and I send our love to his wife, kids, and fans.
All 8 billion human beings alive today are brothers and sisters. We’re physically, mentally and emotionally the same. We all want to live a happy life and avoid suffering and we all have a right to fulfil that wish. So, it's important to acknowledge the oneness of humanity.
These days it’s realistic to work for co-existence on global level. It’s no longer appropriate to thinking only of ‘my country’. We must educate the young in the ways to achieve genuine world peace, taking the entire world, the whole of humanity, into account on a global level.
Spent the last couple of hours listening to an enthralling talk on the Indian economy by Arvind Subramanian. It was richly researched (he should put up all the charts online) and expertly presented. The discussion that followed was most interesting too:
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OPINION | Three remarkable Indians influenced by Gandhi, each expresseing his ‘Gandhism’ in different ways, died in a single week in May. So while we mourn their deaths we must also celebrate their lives, writes @Ram_Guha
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