CAREER diplomats and bankers rarely add glamour to arts events, but they did so at the five-day Jaipur Literature Festival in Rajasthan, India, that ended on January 25th.

职业外交家和银行高管为艺术活动增彩，实属少见；然而在印度拉贾斯坦邦，为期五天的斋浦尔文学节上，他们却留下了光环。

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In January he withdrew from the Jaipur Literature Festival after reports of a death threat.

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