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Updated On: 16 June, 2009 04:38 PM IST | | S R Ramakrishna
Two recent seminars discussed Bangalore's traffic in two different contexts, and I happened to listen in
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Two recent seminars discussed Bangalore's traffic in two different contexts, and I happened to listen in.
The first was a two-day seminar hosted by the European Commission, and featured distinguished speakers from Europe and India. It had its share of speakers who were erudite and passionate, but not particularly articulate when it came to public speaking.
Daniele Smadja, the European Commission's ambassador, livened up the proceedings with her spontaneity and her delightful disregard for diplomatic gravitas. Two things I learnt about her, and that you're unlikely to hear about elsewhere: she is reading Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi, and she shopped like crazy for clothes when she got some time off during her two-day sojourn in Bangalore.
The first was a two-day seminar hosted by the European Commission, and featured distinguished speakers from Europe and India. It had its share of speakers who were erudite and passionate, but not particularly articulate when it came to public speaking.
Daniele Smadja, the European Commission's ambassador, livened up the proceedings with her spontaneity and her delightful disregard for diplomatic gravitas. Two things I learnt about her, and that you're unlikely to hear about elsewhere: she is reading Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi, and she shopped like crazy for clothes when she got some time off during her two-day sojourn in Bangalore.
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