Meeting Moss
On January 7, I happened to meet Rev Otis Moss. I had not heard of him until January first week. When I discussed the meeting with someone else, he said the name reminded him of a brand of lifts. Anyway, the meeting, I thought, was memorable because I was able to hear Moss, who speaks so well.
To meet Moss, who, I learnt, is a member on the Advisory Council to President Obama on "faith-based partnerships", I drove to the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), along with a photographer.
When we reached the auditorium, Moss was already speaking. He is what he is described as -- an eloquent speaker. After his talk, I got a chance to chat with him for about 10 minutes. When I asked him what brought him to India, he said he had for long wanted to visit "the land of Gandhi", that he was visiting India "for the first time in person but many times in spirit". I thought that was a rather lyrical answer. Of course, that is only part of what he spoke about.
The meet itself was made possible due to Rajmohan Gandhi, who I had spoken to just two days before. Gandhi was on a visit to India to accompany Moss and to help get him get a wide audience here. He was also in India to introduce his latest book "A Tale of Two Revolts : India 1857 and the American Civil War".
To meet Moss, who, I learnt, is a member on the Advisory Council to President Obama on "faith-based partnerships", I drove to the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), along with a photographer.
When we reached the auditorium, Moss was already speaking. He is what he is described as -- an eloquent speaker. After his talk, I got a chance to chat with him for about 10 minutes. When I asked him what brought him to India, he said he had for long wanted to visit "the land of Gandhi", that he was visiting India "for the first time in person but many times in spirit". I thought that was a rather lyrical answer. Of course, that is only part of what he spoke about.
The meet itself was made possible due to Rajmohan Gandhi, who I had spoken to just two days before. Gandhi was on a visit to India to accompany Moss and to help get him get a wide audience here. He was also in India to introduce his latest book "A Tale of Two Revolts : India 1857 and the American Civil War".
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