Unmade in America

Cabinet ministers from India visiting Washington DC for sundry official programmes usually stay at the Willard, a historic hotel next to the White House, that originated the term lobbying. It was to the lobby of Willard that President Ulysses Grant (1869-1877) repaired for R&R to escape the vexing issues of office, only to be besieged by favour-seekers stalking him.

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