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Now I have been meaning to do this for a long time but just haven't found the time to write about it . I'm referring to the preposterous way poor shashi Tharoor was attacked for his tongue in cheek reply to a journo's enquiry whether he'll be travelling in cattle class to which he wittily replies 'absolutely in cattle class in solidarity with all our holy cows.' Another ludicrous thing which was happening at that time was the congress party's so called 'austerity drive' . Now I blame Shashi Tharoor for the tweet because he ought to know that when it comes to sense of humour , Indians and particularily Indian politicians figure somewhere in the bottom of the list . He ought to know that humour is a non - existent word in our typical Indian politician's dictionary . I suppose none of the party people ever realized that while portraying their 'holier than thou' attitude they were making perfect idiots of themselves not only in front of the Indian media who can forgive them by saying 'yeh log tho aise hi hain , inka kuch nahin ho sakta' but also in front of foreign media who probably are confounded by the ridiculous behaviour of us Indians . As for anybody saying that he ought to have been working towards solving constitutional problems instead of tweeting , well this two way communication of a politician towards the 'aam junta' is by far a unique and great idea . Assuredly his methods are unconventional but they are for the best , he does not wear a hypocritical plastic veneer but replies straightforward enough which is far more appealing than the standard oh so predictable replies of the Indian politician . Addressing the austerity drive I want to say that austerity is a sort of dead concept in our society , no wonder the congress gave it up so soon . A perfect example to prove that is our Great Indian middle class , a family having a maruti suzuki will strive to get a Lexus or an audi , those having an Audi will want a BMW or a mercedes Benz - s class and those having the mercedes benz will try getting a rolls royce . That's the way things are going nowdays . Nobody is putting up a facade of 'simple living , high thinking.' Everybody wants to buy luxury with their hard earned money and there is nothing wrong with that because all of us are entitled to some amount of pampering and leisure and if we can afford it then why not?? . Of course if Shashi Tharoor was using the Tax payer's money to live in a 5 star hotel or travel first class then that is something else , but he claims it's out of his own pocket and come on guys having been the author of so many successful novels and serving the UN for so many years , we can safely assume that he's sufficiently well off to afford his own accomodation . So the point being if he wants to live comfortably , then what's all the hue and cry about??? At lease he's not putting up a pretense like 90% of our politicians do !!