Diplomacy the loser in case of ‘offensive’ doormats

Amazon, eyeing India for expansion, was quick to remove doormats from its website that bore the Indian flag, due largely to one offended Twitter user, writes Shashi Tharoor.

DIPLOMACY often witnesses unusual spats.

There was the Pig and Potato War of 1859, the Affair of the Dancing Lamas in 1924, and the Bogotá Bracelet incident of 1970, to name just a few. But few were more surprising than the just- concluded Episode of the Offensive Doormats.