State dinner is like Broadway play

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle will host their first state dinner on Tuesday evening, almost a year into their White House tenure, and it is shaping up to be the US power capital’s most glittering party. Hollywood, Bollywood, stuffed shirts, fancy pants and political top dogs will converge for a glittering party in honour of prime minister Manmohan Singh on the White House lawns. The White House kitchen garden, Michelle’s much-discussed vegetable patch, which h…