Death of an Ambassador:
Mr.
Manilal Tripathi, , holds degrees in Political Science from Ravenshaw College
in Cuttack, Orissa, and the University of Delhi. His distinguished diplomatic
career has included appointments at the Indian Missions in Kathmandu, Moscow
and Kabul, as Consul General at the Indian Mission in Karachi, Deputy Chief of
the Indian Mission in Bonn, Ambassador to Romania, Deputy High Commissioner of
the Indian Mission in Ottawa and High Commissioner of India to the Republic of
Mauritius and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. He took up his appointment
as Ambassador to Japan in November 2003.
Monilal as I used to call him at Baripada school was very intelligent and
had a sharp memory. Once he called me to
play foot ball near his house which had a football ground, I was hardly ten
years old then, he was much taller and robust in health compared to me, rickety
and short. He kicked the football straight in to my tummy and I collapsed on the ground
that was the last time I ever played football.
A close friend of mine and became a
relation after my marriage. We
are shocked with the news. May his soul rest in peace. I wish I should have met
him during my last visit to Delhi in 2011.
Posted by.Dr sanjoy Kumar Satpathy.MD
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