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Indian minister strip-searched in US
London Guardian | July 12 2004
India's former defence minister was twice strip-searched at Washington airport while on official business, according to the former US deputy secretary of state, Strobe Talbott.
George Fernandes appears to have quietly swallowed the post-9/11 humiliation, recounting his experiences only in New Delhi this February to a private US group that included Mr Talbott, who tells the tale in a new book.
On an official US visit in 2002, and en route to Brazil in 2003 - the ageing politician, who likes to wear a kurta (baggy long shirt ), was strip-searched by US immigration.
"He seemed to enjoy our stupefaction at this tale," writes Mr Talbott. "He and other Indians who later referred to the incident clearly regarded it as more than merely a lapse of protocol or just another example of the post-9/11 excesses for the sake of security.
"They saw it as a symptom of a deep-rooted condescension, or worse, on the part of the west toward the east."