Oh, and my missus met the Dalai Lama - filmed an audience he was having with the British lady who runs a charity up that way who my missus was making a film for. And got presented with an award by Jon Snow.
Closest I've got is having spoken to two of the country's top experts on WW1 - Mombauer on the causes, Sheffield on the fighting. And I met a Congress state MP (MLA) in India. Not very good, is it?