"With the benefit of hindsight, a plethora of wise words surrounds us on how the Khobragade case should have been handled by the government '" our embassy included '" and how, once the case surfaced, Ms Khobragade should have been immediately posted out of the US. While this seems to be an easily administered solution, it was not seen as necessary at the time of the advent of the case."

Nirupama Rao, former Indian envoy to the US, writes in the Indian Express on the Khobragade case.  Read