Delhi is jostling for an invite to the Obama banquet

January 19, 2015 12:06

In a city where political power determines social power, ceremonial banquets are the arbiter of your place in the food chain. The president's banquet or the PM's lunch or dinner always has Delhi's Lutyensland working the phones and scurrying to the dry cleaners in case the prized invitation card lands at your doorstep.

Delhi is jostling for an invite to the Obama banquet, writes Sagarika Ghose. Read

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