DIKAN (November 15, 2011)

How small is Zagreb? This morning I walked past Josip Radeljak, known to all as Dikan. Although few people know what he actually does for a living, he is an entrepreneur of renown in Croatia. And a jetsetter, as the term goes. Roughly my age, he has gone through quite a number of women of the same ilk in his career. They were famous actresses, singers, fashion models, and the like. From time to time, I bump into him in the streets and squares of the pedestrian area in the center of the Croatian capital. As we were walking past each other this morning, he gave me a long look, and then he nodded toward me faintly. He could not place me with any precision, but he was sure enough that our paths had already crossed. And so Dikan nodded toward me no matter how faintly, just in case. Well, that is how small Zagreb is.