"Sarkozy takes trip to India's monument to love, minus Bruni"- AFP
India's monument to love, the Taj Mahal, was sealed off to tourists for a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy -- minus his supermodel-turned-popstar girlfriend Carla Bruni.
Sad. Shah Jahan would have loved it.
French officials confirmed she would not be joining him for the visit to the white-marbled 17th-century monument in Agra just south of New Delhi.
The Indian Babus! Spoilsports!
The 40-year-old Bruni herself told the Liberation paper earlier this week that she would not be accompanying the president as they were not yet married.
So what? We would not have minded. We have been prudes long enough; hypocritical prudes, I mean.
Foreign ministry sources in conservative India had raised eyebrows over the prospect of Bruni attending as first lady due to protocol issues.
Indian bureaucracy spares no one. Not even Sarkozy. I am sure it is worse than the French bureaucracy. The French President will vouch for that.
The jet-setting romance with Bruni has raised eyebrows in France, with many worried their president is neglecting his election pledges to slash unemployment and boost growth.
Love is blind. Another Caesar blinded by Cleopatra?
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Sad. Shah Jahan would have loved it.
French officials confirmed she would not be joining him for the visit to the white-marbled 17th-century monument in Agra just south of New Delhi.
The Indian Babus! Spoilsports!
The 40-year-old Bruni herself told the Liberation paper earlier this week that she would not be accompanying the president as they were not yet married.
So what? We would not have minded. We have been prudes long enough; hypocritical prudes, I mean.
Foreign ministry sources in conservative India had raised eyebrows over the prospect of Bruni attending as first lady due to protocol issues.
Indian bureaucracy spares no one. Not even Sarkozy. I am sure it is worse than the French bureaucracy. The French President will vouch for that.
The jet-setting romance with Bruni has raised eyebrows in France, with many worried their president is neglecting his election pledges to slash unemployment and boost growth.
Love is blind. Another Caesar blinded by Cleopatra?
Image credits 1 2
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