Shashi Tharoor is a politician with great oratorical skills and there are no two ways about it. Especially with his vocabulary (as good as a dictionary) and the eloquence with which he speaks, Shashi Tharoor is a favourite amongst the takers and makers of lit fests.
In fact, the Congressmen has often spoken (cue: tweeted) and gave our vocabularies new words to couch (read: make memes on)! Remember the last time when he took the pain of introducing us to ‘Webaqoof‘? Not to forget ‘Farrago.’
And although he has never been the one to be held for his words, today is a different day! It so happened that Tharoor recently decided to dig dirt and throw shade at BJP. Sounds usual right? Well, it certainly wasn’t because he did so by cracking a pun at the expense of Miss World 2017, Manushi Chhillar.
He took to Twitter and posted,
What a mistake to demonetise our currency! BJP should have realised that Indian cash dominates the globe: look, even our Chhillar has become Miss World!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 19, 2017
And an angry Twitterverse wasted no time in calling him out for the apparent condescending words. See for yourself.
1 ‘Is this the real Sashi Tharoor?’ asked one.
How sexist and disrespectful and misogynistic to compare a woman to chillar…Is this the real @ShashiTharoor ?
— Anjali (@anjalimpm) November 19, 2017
2. In fact, one thought it was imperative to remind him that he is Tharoor and not Thor!
https://twitter.com/trivedianuzzz/status/932207145910542336
3. Loud and clear!
https://twitter.com/rishitamishr/status/932202860233728001
4. Not that a woman who prepares roti in the kitchen deserves less respect but…
She is not someone who prepares Roti in kitchen of 10 Janpath. Have some respect for women Mr. Shashi Tharoor.
— Kisalay Jha (@KJ007_) November 19, 2017
5. A lot of staunch words were fired too!
#TharoorInsultsMissWorld A Fact check by Shashinomics by xposing Himself & His Ideology, Try to Respect Women, Dont mock their Success 👇👇 which is inherent inside your Genes, so if you hv Risen fm Deep Slumber, Accept the fact #Naariashakti
Salutations to Miss Chillar ✌👏 pic.twitter.com/LRlFK1AYuH— GurukulDr.SukanyaSubbannaIyer (@sukanyaiyer2) November 19, 2017
6. I second that.
So school boyish comment… Grow up … U can do better…
— Abhishek Mall (@AbhishekMall) November 19, 2017
7. People even asked him to leave the country!
JUST LEAVE OUR NATION
— Yogesh.Vikram.Singh (@yvsad1) November 19, 2017
8. WORD.
https://twitter.com/Beingdaring1/status/932201474725052417
9. Even fans sighed at the sight of it.
I am a bjp supporter but i respect you i didn't expect this from you !!
— Anubhav Bhatnagar (@abbhatnagar2) November 19, 2017
10. Popular opinion.
Absolute nonsense and shocking statement . ur sense humour or no sense of humour is in bad taste.
— Dr.Susant Pujahari (@susantpujahari) November 19, 2017
And this is just a sample of the tweetstorm that took over everyone’s timeline.
So much so that, Shashi Tharoor had to apologise for his words which looked like this.
Guess the pun IS the lowest form of humour, & the bilingual pun lower still! Apologies to the many who seem to have been righteously offended by a light-hearted tweet today. Certainly no offence was meant to a bright young girl whose answer i've separately praised. Please: Chill!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 19, 2017
Too little, too less?
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