Congress MP Shashi Tharoor reacted in his characteristic style after a user on X dismissed idli as “steamed regret.” His lyrical reply, paired with an AI-generated image of himself making idlis, soon became the talking point online.

It all began when the user questioned the limited breakfast options in Kerala, writing, “Why it has to be always Idli and Dosa man. Vere breakfast onnu ee naattil ille (Very little breakfast menu).”

Another user stepped in to share a sharper opinion: “Dosa? No words, just respect. It's idli that tastes like steamed regret.”

That remark prompted Tharoor to offer a poetic defence of the South Indian staple. “Poor soul has clearly never had a good one. A truly great idli is a cloud, a whisper, a perfect dream of the perfectibility of human civilisation,” he wro

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