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In 2013 Sam Deliaert formerly known as Talbot Wood was picked up by compatriots Jorn and Tom – from Other Heights and Curle Recordings respectively – under who’s flag he played multiple showcases and live shows across Europe throughout ’13 & ’14. And as I would like to say, he's just a sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of his own verbosity.Farrago surfaces as a new name on the Belgian techno scene albeit with a familiar face. So, let's allow Tharoor his 'worldly' vanity. But why not take it in our stride and learn what we consider elitist. Tharoor in his flawless English told the Oxford Union as to why Britain owes reparations for colonizing India.Īgreed, that political English or any language for that matter needs to resonate with the target audience and it is unfair to judge an individual based on his knowledge of a particular language.

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Life has come full circle in that sense, and not just for me, it's the case for Great Britain as well.

Shashi Tharoor is bringing back that culture, at least for me he is. I mean in the pre-Internet era, we all remember our parents asking us to read an English newspaper, mark difficult words and look for their meaning in the dictionary. And no, there is no harm in learning new and complex words from the language you love. Not just that English has also been viewed as a language of advancement and aspiration.Īll said and done, I am also a part of the brigade that uses English to express what I feel. It is probably due to the colonial hangover that English has commanded so much respect. Although India is a land of linguistic diversity, there is no language at par with English. In India, if you know English, you have a better chance of being respected over others. Another reason why Tharoorian English impresses us because, the language, in particular, has been held in the highest regard for years together. Decoding the meaning of his words has been equated to solving the crossword puzzle. There have been quiz questions dedicated to guessing the meaning of his words. Like the high calorie 'rodomontade' made it to the Amul butter advertisement. So much so that his words have become a part of pop culture references. What primarily makes the impeccable and complex wordplay charming is the fact that it is antithetical to the post-internet language but still manages to break the internet. They successfully establish themselves as entities and therefore garner praises. Words, per see, don't have a character of their own but his words seem to have an independent existence.

Shashi Tharoor has been consistent with his ease of using complex English words to describe any given situation. Shashi Tharoor's English could have on a layperson.įrom being the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations to venturing into the Indian political scenario, Dr. Later, that day it dawned upon me that I could have easily googled the meaning of 'farrago'. But no, I chose to look it up in the dictionary. Wow, a word with that caliber to describe something that is a mess. Dictionary defined farrago as a confused mixture of a hotchpotch. I carefully pull out the dictionary and try making sense of all the words that the tweet had farrago taking the lead. The Tweet reads: “Exasperating farrago of distortions, misrepresentations & outright lies being broadcast by an unprincipled showman masquerading as a journalist.” In a jiffy I put down my cup of coffee, and leave my phone on the side table I run towards the most under-read section in my library.

Shashi Tharoor's tweet about a journalist. So, while I am ritualistically scrolling through my feed, I come across Dr. The lesser the words, the more objectivity there is in understanding world affairs, especially in this trolling centered world. My inclination towards Twitter is a given because of its precise nature. It's a bright summer morning when I am going through my Twitter feed. Shashi Tharoor's persona and the huge fan following of his English. Remember the times you envied Shashi Tharoor for his vocabulary? He has introduced India to many words and makes us more familiar with English.

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