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Article: P.M. Seems at Ease in International Diplomacy
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- India Abroad
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- November 22, 1996
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Tarun Basu
India Abroad
11-22-1996
P.M. Seems at Ease in International Diplomacy.
Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, on his first trip abroad after five months in power, played the nationalist card, dozed off during meeting and was hard put to douse a controversy over taking along 15 family members with him to Harare.
Travelling with Gowda provided a different kind of experience compared to being with P.V. Narasimha Rao - Gowda was more accessible and mixed easily with journalists.
The first surprise and story came immediately after the 36-strong media party (which included India Abroad) boarded Air-India One at the Air Force Station, Palam, the VVIP airport in New Delhi. Journalists couldn't ...