Ladies and gentlemen,
As the CONgresswealth Games head for disaster in Nude Elly, I thought this song by Leonard Cohen would be inspiring:
Villanelle For Our Time
by
Leonard Cohen
From bitter searching of the heart,
Quickened with passion and with pain
We rise to play a greater part.
This is the faith from which we start:
Men shall know commonwealth again
From bitter searching of the heart.
We loved the easy and the smart,
But now, with keener hand and brain,
We rise to play a greater part.
The lesser loyalties depart,
And neither race nor creed remain
From bitter searching of the heart.
Not steering by the venal chart
That tricked the mass for private gain,
We rise to play a greater part.
Reshaping narrow law and art
Whose symbols are the millions slain,
From bitter searching of the heart
We rise to play a greater part.
However, not related to this topic, I just wanted to share how the corporations are complaining about the roads in Bombay:
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A particular line to take note of:
The government wants corporate entities to shift to the suburbs, but if they can’t provide basic infrastructure it doesn’t help,” said Rakesh Gautam, General Manager (Administration), TCE, adding that they are in the process of raising the issue with the authorities concerned.
this is not a song by cohen, it is a poem by canadian poet, frank scott. cohen recorded a reading of this poem in his latest studio album 'dear heather'.
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