Chetan Bhagat asks Shashi Tharoor to use big words to praise him, netizens love MP’s reply

Superb piece by @chetan_bhagat on all that ails our country & what we should do about it. Chetan’s great virtue is the simplicity and directness of his writing. His message is clear & I hope his fans in the government act on it. https://t.co/j6vDHCe0SS

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 13, 2020

Bhagat then put forward a special request: “Just one request, sir, next time can you use some big words to praise me, like ones that only you can do? Superb is nice but a big one would really make my day.”

Ok I still can’t get over this. The @ShashiTharoor has praised @chetanbhagat. I am floating.

Just one request sir, next time can you use some big words to praise me, like ones that only you can do. Superb is nice but a big one would really make my day! https://t.co/UuRBwxEMYJ

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) September 13, 2020

The Thiruvananthapuram MP happily complied.

Sure, @chetan_bhagat! It’s clear you are not sesquipedalian nor given to rodomontade. Your ideas are unembellished with tortuous convolutions & expressed without ostentation. I appreciate the limpid perspicacity of today’s column. https://t.co/GI3mbnlion

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 13, 2020

The exchange between the duo amused many. Here’s how people reacted:

That's fine Shashi but what about the abnegation of camaraderie in the egregious enfranchise that comes from the fatuous of the grandiloquent at the behest of impecunious and insidious semaphore?

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) September 13, 2020

Trying to read the message correctly a few times.. pic.twitter.com/PvOQURW2Yo

— Kandome (@Kandome1) September 13, 2020

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— karanbir singh (@karanbirtinna) September 13, 2020

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— Pooja Sangwan ❁ (@ThePerilousGirl) September 13, 2020

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— Aishthetic?? (@Badassgirlll) September 13, 2020

(Maine bhi dictionary post kiya) pic.twitter.com/zXfSITNryg

— Platonic (@Platonic_Saket) September 13, 2020

Even Google cannot. 🤐 pic.twitter.com/kAY96qc1ln

— Kanhaiya Zade (@zade_kanhaiya) September 13, 2020

I Neither Chetan nor his fans can understand this sir. How can we know whether you praised him or rubbished his writing? People in “2 states” will need more than a “night at the call centre” to decode this

— Monica Jasuja (@jasuja) September 13, 2020

Hahaha this is hilarious

— Amit Mathur (@amitmathur31) September 14, 2020

Can you please translate it for us? 😳

— Piyu 👩⚕️ 🇮🇳 (@Piyu_Nair) September 13, 2020

I hope dictionary can help@me to decode this message pic.twitter.com/mWfgzbTVfa

— Nick 🕺 (@travel7soul) September 13, 2020