Shashi Tharoor and saga of Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar; these tweets will prove he is a word wizard

Shashi Tharoor, the Congress Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram had on Sunday posted a tweet which purportedly targeted demonetization mentioning the newly-crowned Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar's surname.

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

Following the backlash from several quarters, he tweeted, “What a terrific answer by this bright young woman -- a real credit to Indian values!” as a supposed damage control. 

What a terrific answer by this bright young woman -- a real credit to Indian values! #missworldmanushi https://t.co/0gCQxlqD5L

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 19, 2017

Addressing Manushi he tweeted, “You're a class act, @ManushiChhillar! Beautiful, smart & uncommonly gracious too. Still, if any offense was caused to any member of your family, sincere apologies. Like every Indian, I'm proud of you.”

You're a class act, @ManushiChhillar! Beautiful, smart & uncommonly gracious too. Still, if any offence was caused to any member of your family, sincere apologies. Like every Indian, I'm proud of you. https://t.co/42wdOqV0wZ

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 20, 2017

In a tweet supposedly directed at his hecklers, he further added, “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!”  

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

Followed by:

Guess the people offended by one tweet never saw the other. Just reminding.... https://t.co/K4m05QkWMI

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 19, 2017

“From the Bhumi Sukta (Hymn to the Earth), Atharva Veda XII.1.58:

The words that I speak are sweet as honey!

My glances meet with fair glances in return;

Vehement am I, swift and impetuous!

Those who gnash their teeth I utterly vanquish!

From the Bhumi Sukta (Hymn to the Earth), Atharva Veda XII.1.58:

The words that I speak are sweet as honey!
My glances meet with fair glances in return;
Vehement am I, swift and impetuous!
Those who gnash their teeth I utterly vanquish!

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

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 19, 2017

To recall, back in May Tharoor had slammed a TV channel and its anchor who reportedly slandered his late wife Sunanda Pushkar in his own unique style and verbosity. 

The man who could have been the UN Secretary-General drafted a tweet that had the best of learned maddened.

He tweeted, “Exasperating farrago of distortions, misrepresentations and outright lies being broadcast by an unprincipled showman masquerading as a journalist.”

Exasperating farrago of distortions, misrepresentations&outright lies being broadcast by an unprincipled showman masquerading as a journalst

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 8, 2017

This is the tweet that started the Word War!

"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!," Tharoor tweeted.

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