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Shashi Tharoor’s witty video with nephew leads to fans asking about entering the Tharoor family, while others compare his laughter with Shakespeare.
Shashi Tharoor gets awkward and struggles to answer his nephew’s hard question. (Photo Credits: Instagram)
Shashi Tharoor is known for his sharp answers and rarely makes mistakes on the global stage. But recently, his nephew Avinash caught him in an awkward moment. Tharoor shared a video where Avinash asked him quick questions. At first, the politician answered easily and confidently. But things changed when his nephew asked why he didn’t give him a gift on his 10th birthday, while his brother got an expensive present. This question made Tharoor pause and find it hard to answer.
In the clip shared by Tharoor on Instagram, his nephew asked, “I’m in a pretty fancy hotel room here with my uncle. I feel like the public doesn’t know enough about all the weird stuff going on in his mind.”
Avinash starts the session by asking, “If you had to be an animal, which one would you be?” Shashi Tharoor replied, “A lion because of its strength, its majesty, its sense of command and power, but that’s almost a typical political answer.”
Avinash then asked Tharoor, “Which city do you think has the best food?” Tharoor replied, “Tough one, Thiruvananthapuram, I think is the answer.” Avinash smiled and said he expected that, then added, “Which city has the second-best food?” Tharoor said, “No 2 in many ways is Delhi. My years in New York gave me a variety of cuisine you can’t see anywhere else on the planet.”
Avinash reminded him, “Come on, we’re in London right now. Doesn’t London get a special little shout-out?” Tharoor laughed and replied, “Yeah, I mean, British colonialism and all that makes me slightly biased on the subject, but they’re not too bad either.”
For the next question, Shashi Tharoor was not prepared at all. His nephew Avinash asked, “For my 10th birthday, you didn’t give me anything, but you gave my brother a Game Boy. Why?” Tharoor was seen laughing. While trying to handle the awkward moment, he replied, “I guess he must have been with me on his birthday and you weren’t. I certainly got you so many years, young man, and I’ll make up for it next time.”
In the caption, the politician wrote, “My regular London morning of tea and the newspaper came with an unexpected addition: a quiz from my nephew Avinash.”
Reacting to the post, a user wrote, “The man is a masterclass of grace: ‘I’ll make up for it the next time.’ Only Shashi Tharoor knows how to win hearts in response to the pettiest questions.”
Another shared, “Guy laughs in Shakespeare.”
“What is the procedure to come into the Tharoor family?” a comment read.
An individual stated, “First time I hear Dr.Tharoor stammer a little when grilled by his nephew on having missed his gift on the 10th Birthday.”
Another mentioned, “Mr Tharoor again enchanting us by his eloquence, exuberantly flabbergasted.”
Shashi Tharoor’s nephew also asked about hangover cures, but the politician smoothly dodged it, saying he doesn’t know such things.
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