Trust the man to come up with big news, on the day of launch on May 8, he attacked our superstar politician for his involvement in the death of his wife. So Arnab’s new channel was being launched, called as Republic and he wanted to leave no stone unturned to get maximum TRPs. Yes, another star in the story the entire nation wants to know about. For those unaware of the gossip doing the rounds, it all started with Arnab Goswami. Allow me to digress a bit to explain this story. Lately, Mr Tharoor has brought back the attention to him with his famous tweet. The speech caught the attention of the entire nation and surely made him a national hero. Sometime in 2015, he garnered much limelight when he debated in Oxford Union debate critiquing Britain’s role in India. Tharoor is an eloquent man with fine words, an author of several books and has always managed to represent his thoughts with well-weighed words. Thus, it was a welcoming change to see Shashi Tharoor and Sachin Pilot (another heartthrob, later) bringing in some exceptions. This is what they represent and that is what I see. Those white kurta clad men in their 60s, carrying around their belly fat and gratuitous advice everywhere and finding reasons to blame the opposition for nefarious reasons. A minister with an Indian political party seems to portray a specific image for itself. Smart, dashing and killing with his looks, some would even dismiss him off for being too smart for his job. This former UN under-secretary general and Congress MP the heartthrob for many. This is Mr Shashi Tharoor, our former Union minister and diplomat who has been representing our country at various forums. There’s another Indian who has been a source of much pride to me, since ever. We Indians seem to have a knack for such talents. This makes me raise my head higher with pride because to me, there is nothing smarter than finding smart ways of doing your work. Much of the credit goes to the fact that we are a lazy bunch, always on the look-out for ways to simplifying matters.

To my understanding, one of the reasons Indians are spread across the world bringing laurels to our country is not just because we are brainy or hardworking. That’s how we Indians are and we take huge pride in it. In layman term, it means making arrangements, looking for shortcuts, finding loopholes or simply searching for easier ways to get things done. The most Indian word on the top of my mind right now which was recently added to the Oxford dictionary is Jugaad. These words are usually much spoken about, it’s a wonder they were not present in the oxford dictionary in the first place. Every year Oxford dictionary adds a new word to its lexicon.

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