How to handle diplomacy, literacy?

How to handle diplomacy, literacy?

JAKARTA: Can diplomacy and writing go hand in hand?
T.S. Tirumurti, the new counselor at the Indian Embassy in
Jakarta, said confidently that there would not be any problem in
dealing with diplomacy and writing.

"By profession, I am a diplomat. But my hobby is writing. I
will pursue my hobby during my leisure time," Tirumurti, who
wrote the famous novel Civil Avenue (Penguin India, 2002) and the
travelogue Kissing the Heavens (The Anand Publications, 1999),
told The Jakarta Post.

Prior to his posting in Jakarta, the 43-year-old diplomat who
has a degree in law from Delhi University served in Indian
missions in Cairo, Geneva, Gaza and Washington.

Though there is no relation to his literary skills, in fact
Tirumurti is a nephew of famous Indian literary figure R.K.
Narayanan as well as cartoonist R.K. Laxman.

Tirumurti is not the only person at Indian embassy in Jakarta
with multi-faceted talents. Indian Ambassador H.K. Singh's wife
Mrinalini Singh is a well-known painter. The present director of
Jawaharlal Nehru Indian Cultural Center in Jakarta, Arup Kumar
Dutta, is an internationally acclaimed writer who has written
more than two dozen books. -- JP