The President's granddaughters
The President's daughter came and joined us, and his two granddaughters also came.Before I went to Russia, I spoke to the older granddaughter, Ksenia, on the telephone. Irina’s secretary had given me the private number of their house because she knew how eagerly they were expecting me. The secretary said, “If anything happens because you are calling their house, you just say that I gave you the phone number.”
Ksenia answered and I spoke to her. When I told her that I was coming, she was very happy.
At the party, the granddaughters were very gorgeously dressed. I asked Ksenia where she had learned such good English. She said, “At the university.”
The younger granddaughter, Anastasia, felt very shy or timid. She said hello to me and then the two sisters went to greet some other guests.
Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy in Russia, Agni Press, 2001
