Royal couple lunch with Indian PM
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge joined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a private lunch Tuesday at a former palace in New Delhi.
Before going indoors, Prince William and his wife, the former Kate Middleton, strolled on either side of Modi, chatting and posing for cameras.
The four-course meal, including vegetarian dishes as well as meat, was served as Indian classical musician Rahul Sharma played the santoor, similar to a dulcimer. Sharma performed a rendition of the Beatles’ “Let It Be.”
The British royal couple is in India for a weeklong tour. They will wind up their tour with a visit to the Taj Mahal, retracing the steps of a 1992 visit to the monument of love by William’s mother, the late Princess Diana.
Hemingway items on display
Ernest Hemingway penned 47 possible endings to “Farewell to Arms,” eight of which are on display at a new exhibition on the famed American writer at the John F. Kennedy presidential library in Boston — along with the one that actually concluded the classic World War I novel.
“If a person wants to make their mark as a writer they have to work very hard, and this exhibit really shows how hard he worked,” said Patrick Hemingway, 87, the author’s only surviving child, who on Tuesday toured the exhibition that opened Monday.
The collection includes Hemingway’s first short story, published in 1917 in a high school literary magazine, and correspondence with other literary figures from his time as a member of the so-called “lost generation” in Paris.
Bollywood actress wins award
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who has won global acclaim for her role as an FBI agent on ABC’s “Quantico,” received a prestigious award from India’s president on Tuesday for her contribution to the Indian cinema.
Chopra, 33, a former Miss World, received India’s fourth-highest civilian honor from President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi.