after accepting tumultuous reception in MSG by 18,000 plus Indian Americans including 40 US Congressmen and Senators chanting Modi Modi, doing some plain speaking at CFR in New York (publicly advising Obama not to withdraw from Afghanistan in hurry) rubbing shoulders with Hollywood Rock stars like Hugh Jackman at the Global Citizens Festival in the Central park before 64,000 strong audience, making a style statement by donning different colours of Jackets and Bandgalas, Modi arrived in Washington like a triumphant Knight on a white horse who needed no US Visa.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Surendra Kumar
Footloose for the last three decades in different parts of the world, have used Indian films as a potent tool of cultural diplomacy and organized retrospectives in 10 countries, most recently, three of them at the Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago: retrospective on Raj Kapoor, retrospective on Guru Dutt and a retrospective of contemporary Classics of Indian Cinema. In recent years Surendra Kumar has served as a Minister (Press, Information and Culture) at the High Commission of India in London and Ambassador of India in Mozambique and Libya. He also served as the Consul General of India in Chicago from February 2003. Presently, he is serving as the High Commissioner of India to Kenya in Nairobi.
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