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Colin Powell
by Ranga
 "FORGET
it. You will not be able to succeed this time in meeting General Colin
Powell, the U.S. Secretary of State as he has a tight security
cover" is what some officials who were looking after the
engagements of General Powell told me as I approached them for finding a
way out. However, on that day he was addressing a joint press conference
with Jaswant Singh, Minister for External Affairs in a five-star hotel
in Delhi.
I managed to occupy a front seat even
though it was far away from the dais from where General Powell was to
address the audience. As the Press Conference came to a close, I drew
the attention of Mr Jaswant Singh by holding high the picture I had
drawn of General Powell. He responded with a gesture which helped me to
rush towards him before the security could intervene and passed on the
sketch to General Powell for giving his autograph over it. It all
happened in a flash of a second. General Powell signed over it before he
took leave of the gathering. He, quite happy to receive a similar copy
of his picture, said "Thank you", with a smile.
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