Manushi Chhilar won the Miss World crown for India after 2017 and while the country is elated that we’ve ended the dry spell at the beauty pageant contest, there were some jokes cracked on the Internet too. One of the said jokes came from author and politician Shashi Tharoor who made a pun with Chhilar’s surname.
What a mistake to demonetise our currency! BJP should have realised that Indian cash dominates the globe: look, even our Chhillar has become Miss World!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 19, 2017
He also tweeted his congratulations to Manushi –
What a terrific answer by this bright young woman — a real credit to Indian values! #missworldmanushi https://t.co/0gCQxlqD5L
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 19, 2017
But people were angry at his remark –
Absolute nonsense and shocking statement . ur sense humour or no sense of humour is in bad taste.
— Susant Pujahari (@susantpujahari) November 19, 2017
Really!!! This is your argument @ShashiTharoor ?
— Ravijot Singh (@NationalistRavi) November 20, 2017
Really!!! This is your argument @ShashiTharoor ?
— Ravijot Singh (@NationalistRavi) November 20, 2017
Strongly condemn such statements ! @INCIndia @OfficeOfRG @vinitgoenka
— Sumitra V Goenka (@sumitragoenka) November 20, 2017
Why do you make such weird statements Mr @ShashiTharoor ? Why to make fun of some ones Name ?? #RespectWomen2017 #RespectWomen
— Binu Kumar (@v2bikum) November 19, 2017
Tharoor asked the Internet to calm down –
Guess the pun IS the lowest form of humour, & the bilingual pun lower still! Apologies to the many who seem to have been righteously offended by a light-hearted tweet today. Certainly no offence was meant to a bright young girl whose answer i’ve separately praised. Please: Chill!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 19, 2017
And so did the lady in question –
Exactly @vineetjaintimes agree with you on this. A girl who has just won the World isn’t going to be upset over a tongue-in-cheek remark. ‘Chillar’ talk is just small change – let’s not forget the ‘chill’ within Chhillar ? @ShashiTharoor https://t.co/L5gqMf8hfi
— Manushi Chhillar (@ManushiChhillar) November 20, 2017