THIS MUST BE MORE OF THAT “SMART DIPLOMACY” WE WERE PROMISED: US apologises for diplomat’s ‘dirty’ Indians comment. “The United States has apologised for controversial remarks made by a US diplomat who spoke of ‘dark and dirty’ Indians, calling the comments ‘inappropriate’.”

The Indians remain unmollified. “The apology failed to satisfy the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalitha, who called Chao’s remarks ‘highly condemnable’, according to the Press Trust of India.”