India, Feb. 22 -- Diplomacy is decidedly having a day out. Twitterverse couldn't have asked for a more dashing diplomatic distraction in the midst of not-so-pleasant dramas, a la Rajpal Yadav. French President Emmanuel Macron's visit has come as Cannes in reverse. From Macron rubbing shoulders with B-town biggies to a dash of spiritual diplomacy of paying obeisance at the Bangla Sahib gurdwara, the social media is lapping up diplomatic diversions.

The French red carpet unrolled in Bollywood, as it were, as Shabana Azmi, Anil Kapoor and Richa Chadha's selfie-ism with the French President turned tinsel town into a mini French Riviera.

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