‘Sublime creation’: Shashi Tharoor defends idli; netizens amused by his response

NEW DELHU: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday came to the defence of South Indian cuisine, particularly idli, responding to a critic who dismissed the dish as “steamed regret.” In a post on X, Tharoor described a great idli as “a cloud, a whisper, a perfect dream of the perfectibility of human civilisation.” He likened enjoying idli with its traditional accompaniments to experiencing a "Beethoven symphony", a "Tagore sangeet", or a "Tendulkar century". "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. It's a sublime creation, a delicate, weightless morsel of rice and lentil, steamed to an ethereal fluffiness that melts on the tongue," said Tharoor. "With the right accompaniments