Former US Vice-President Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday at a historic inaugural ceremony. While Biden's running mate Kamala Harris also sworn in as America's first woman Vice President. Harris is also the first Asian-American and African-American to hold the post. Several India Inc giants took to Twitter to express their excitement about the first Indian-American woman taking office as VP.
Chairman of Mahindra Group Ananda Mahindra, who is very active on Twitter, shared a video of Harris raising her right hand and taking the oath of office. "Kamala Devi Harris …. I'm letting that sink in," wrote Mahindra.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Founder of Biocon, also retweeted a video of the oath-taking which was originally shared by Harris herself. Harris wrote, "I'm here today because of the women who came before me."
At the inauguration ceremony young Poet-Laureate Amanda Gorman recited a poem titled 'The Hill We Climb'. The poem called for unity in a time of deep division in the US. The poem struck a chord with Dejani Ghosh, chief of NASSCOM, as he shared a verse from it on his Twitter handle. He quote tweeted WSJ journalist Julie Bykowicz who had earlier shared a verse used by Gorman.
Ghosh was not the only fan of Gorman's poem. Marico Group Chairman Harsh Mariwala was also moved by it. "powerful, moving, inspiring & reflective," he wrote on Twitter.
Another fan of Gorman's poem was Snapdeal Co-Founder and CEO Kunal Bahl, who wrote on Twitter that he will share Gorman's poem with his daughter first thing in the morning/
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