Shashi Tharoor and Chetan Bhagat's witty exchange has netizens say 'one is English with dictionary and other without it'

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Updated At : 05:43 PM Mar 31, 2022 IST

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Chandigarh, March 31

It was a witty banter between Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and author Chetan Bhagat on Twitter that left many social media users “absolutely dumbfounded”.

Bhagat shared a selfie with him on the micro-blogging platform after he met Shashi Tharoor and wrote: “India has two kinds of English.1. The @shashitharoor English. 2. The @chetan_bhagat English.”

Tharoor responded back: “My dear @chetan_bhagat, it was a pleasure catching up with you at the #ABPIdeasOfIndiaSummit. (Now how would you say that in Chetan Bhagat English?).”

The conversation between the two had netizens intrigued and they too started discussing the vocabulary of Tharoor and Bhagat.

Below are a few reactions:

Earlier, too, the two have had a hilarious Twitter conversion.

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