“I don’t mean to be rude, but couldn’t they find someone more qualified than you who wasn’t retired?”
An “ahem” anonymous vice consul, introducing himself to the new ambassador to India at a reception at the Consul General's house, who has come out of retirement now for the second time to take over the reigns of Mission India while a permanent ambassador is selected/nominated/approved. Ambassador Burleigh sports a bow-tie well. Nearly a septegenarian, he’s still quick with stories and smiles of his career as a diplomat, much of it in South Asia. I would have a pretty good time sitting down for dinner with the ambassador and Professor Joe Elder.
“...he says, with an earnestness that would be laughable in a person who wasn’t from Wisconsin.”
Janani, quoting “A Visit from the Goon Squad.”
“You are not a commoner, sir.”
Raghu, madder than I was, when he wasn’t allowed to drive into the V.I.P. parking area at the airport Sunday morning when we dropped Janani off, catching the next leg of her trip to Bangalore.
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Someone didn't really say that to the Ambassador did they?
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