Pink turban and a matching pink tie that Navroop Mitter wore at White House function spark frenzy
Until last week he was a virtual unknown. But now everyone is tweeting about the "Man in the pink turban" who nearly overshadowed world's two most powerful men — President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden.
What launched a thousand tweets, and still counting was the striking pink turban and a matching pink tie that Navroop Mitter chose to wear to a White House function last Tuesday and as luck would have it he found himself standing between Obama and Biden.
The picture on the White House site sent newsmen hunting for the man who had been invited to give a "real people" feel about Obama's announcement on the payroll tax cut extension.
Tweets haven't stopped since. And the traffic on the technology start-up GryphCo, co-founded by him has spiked many fold.
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