Congress MP Shashi Tharoor hailed the idli as a sublime creation on Saturday — vehemently defending the popular south Indian creation from criticism on X. The remarks came after an X user insisted that dosa was a delicious treat while its cousin tasted like “steamed regret”.

‘A cloud, a whisper, a perfect dream of…’

“A truly great idli is a cloud, a whisper, a perfect dream of the perfectibility of human civilisation. It’s a sublime creation, a delicate, weightless morsel of rice and lentil, steamed to an ethereal fluffiness that melts on the tongue. With the right accompaniments, it is the culinary equivalent of a Beethoven symphony, a Tagore sangeet, a Husain painting, a Tendulkar century,” the Congress MP wrote on X.

“Poor soul has clearly never had a good one….To call such a thing “

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