India, June 27 -- By Reena Bhardwaj

Washington DC [US], June 28 (ANI): The Indian Embassy's mango tasting event 'Taste the Tropical Magic' in Washington DC drew over eight thousand people.

Indian Ambassador to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, said that they were expecting a footfall of 8,000, but the actual footfall is much higher.

Kwatra, in a conversation with ANI, said that mango has now firmly and squarely embedded in the custom to the American taste buds.

"Look, it's not really a mango diplomacy. It's essentially a very tiny fraction of the taste of India, which we have tried to showcase here. We were expecting about 8000 people at RSVP. Our understanding is that number has far exceeded. It also tells us that mango has now firmly and ...