Right from the “Exasperating farrago of distortions“, he has always been the epitome of trolls and memes on social media. It might be his English or the logical things he perpetuates on the rivals, Tharoor is always a winner in this space of wisdom and fun. Well, he is the only hope for the UPS in terms of re-integrating the lost charm. But, this time, his tweet went otherwise, a little-tweaked post on his twitter drew in huge criticism.
Earlier, Shashi Tharoor’s picture has come out on social media roping in crazy captions replicating his slang and sense of humor. In the picture he is seen staring at the family portrait of Gandhi family (old picture), the picture has Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, their pet dog and Sonia Gandhi.
Now, again after a while, the politician is trending on the social media for his absolute wrong-gone tweet. It looks like his sense of humor has just flown beyond the verge hurting people’s emotions.
All this has started with his ill-attempted wit on the newly-crowned Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar’s surname, comparing it to ‘loose change’. He wrote, “What a mistake to demonetize our currency! BJP should have realized that Indian cash dominates the globe: look, even our Chhillar has become Miss World!,” Tharoor tweeted.
It must be observed that Tharoor here refers ‘Chillar’ to ‘loose change.’
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
While many went slamming him black and blue for the insensitive tweet, even Anupam Kher has come forward reacting to the post.
आपका स्तर इतना क्यों गिर गया है। https://t.co/ozVLFrBs0r
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) November 19, 2017
Worried with the ongoing havoc created by his tweet, Tharoor has come forward clarifying his side, Within a few hours of his first tweet, Tharoor took to Twitter again, this time to clarify that “no offense was meant” to Manushi. He also asked people to “chill.”
His tweet read, “Guess the pun IS the lowest form of humor, & the bilingual pun lower still! Apologies to the many who seem to have been righteously offended by a light-hearted tweet today. Certainly, no offense was meant to a bright young girl whose answer I’ve separately praised. Please Chill!,”
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
Amidst the ongoing chaos on the social media, Manushi Chhillar finally became aware of the news, she responded to Tharoor’s tweet in the most possibly better way. She added that she isn’t worried or affected by his tweet.
The 20-Year-Old Miss World wrote, “A girl who has just won the World isn’t going to be upset over a tongue-in-cheek remark. ‘Chillar’ talk is just small change – let’s not forget the ‘chill’ within Chhillar ???? @ShashiTharoor”.
Exactly @vineetjaintimes agree with you on this. A girl who has just won the World isn’t going to be upset over a tongue-in-cheek remark. ‘Chillar’ talk is just small change – let’s not forget the ‘chill’ within Chhillar 🙂 @ShashiTharoor https://t.co/L5gqMf8hfi
— Manushi Chhillar (@ManushiChhillar) November 20, 2017
That is definitely a chill reply from her, and people couldn’t stop loving it more. Moreover, it would have been better if Tharoor was more careful with his words from the inception itself.