Kohima Smart City must be disabled-friendly & inclusive
To,
The Administrator
Kohima Municipal Council
With preparation underway to make Kohima Smart City a
reality, I write this on behalf of the disability community to underline the
absolute necessity to make the planned city disabled-friendly and inclusive.
Be a rainbow in someone’s cloud
The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself
so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look
like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at
all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to
somebody. That's what I think.
-
Maya Angelou
In her 2011 appearance on ‘Oprah's Master Class’, Maya
Angelou explained where she first heard the ‘rainbow in the clouds’ metaphor,
which comes from a 19th-century African-American song ‘God put a Rainbow in the
Clouds’. In the video below from the episode, Dr Angelou sang the powerful
lyric that resonated so strongly with her and spoke about her rainbows.
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