It was a perfect evening for a book launch, with an impressive list of panelists and high tea at a five-star hotel. Only the author was left red-faced by the chief guest, Tourism Minister Kumari Selja, who didn’t have much to say!
Walking up to the microphone after launching ITDC chairman and managing director Parvez Dewan’s book formally, Selja said: “Generally, authors send a copy of the book to the chief guest who is going to launch it…but Parvez seems to have forgotten to send me one. So I don’t have much to say about the book, although I wish I could.”
An embarrased Dewan, trying to do some damage control, quickly got a copy of the book, “Tibet: 50 years after”, and signed it along with his co-author Siddharth Srivastava before presenting it to Selja. She just smiled!
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