Are Tweeple stealing Shashi Tharoor’s thunder? We know words too, Sir. They might not be big ones but we also have a way with them. In a hilarious thread, Tweeple shared the most common word associations people had with the place they lived in. Like “ I say Delhi. They hear Pollution’’ and ‘’I say Kashmir. They hear Pashmina’’. That soon became a telling sign of our stereotyped times, what with “ I say Cashless. They Say PayTM’’. And then of course a predictable segue into politics. Word lovers, knock yourself out.
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And Now In The Foreign Tourist Dictionary The Word Pashmina Has Come To Stand for Just About Any Shawl
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The Delhi Equals Pollution Association Applies To Every Soon To Be Non Resident Delhi-ite
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The thread of course soon became a stream of contemporary political commentary and a bleak satire of our times
And if you are ever wondering how to start a start up here’s a business model...People Say Problem. I hear Opportunity
And If You Are Starting A Business You May As Well Go Cashless i.e...
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