In today's Washington Post is a fairly long article by Reporter Scott Wilson on President Obama taking questions from students at Saint Xavier's College in Mumbai, India. I checked a couple of other newspapers and found no mention, except for this at the The Guardian, where we have this mention of the visit to Saint Xavier's College.
Here is some video of President Obama in India and in the last 40 seconds you can see him at the college.This is from al Jazeera, which has some accompanying text. I would note that the TOTUS is there, but in the video the President is using a hand held microphone and walking around as he answers a question.
I thought that this visit to a college showed the President at his best. He is out with the young, showing energy and engaging in open discussion. I found the fact that it didn't get more play puzzling. You don't think it was because the place had the name Saint Xavier's College, do you?
Regards — Cliff
A response worth pondering.
ReplyDeleteAnother student pressed him on enforcing selfishness and brotherhood over materialism. Obama defended what he called the "healthy materialism" of economic growth and corporate investment that can lift people out of poverty. "If all you're thinking about is material wealth," Obama said, "then I think that shows a poverty of ambition."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_asia
And that seems right. Money isn't everything.
ReplyDeleteRegards — Cliff