Shashi Tharoor, the man of words, has suddenly transformed into a man of muscles. He can take down a boxing champion, pour simmering tea from tumbler to jar from a distance, dance the Bharatanatyam or claim a wicket. Well, he can in certain cleverly created memes, which show Tharoor holding a coconut high in one hand, ready to throw it down with all his might. The original photo of Tharoor in a yellow kurta and mundu was taken in a temple premise in Kerala, where offering coconuts by throwing them down on the ground to split them open is a common ritual.
The Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram has got into the spirit of things and shared two of his favourite memes - the cricket one, where he seems all ready to throw the 'coconut' ball to claim a run-out, and the Bharatanatyam performance where he is in sync with women taking a certain pose, one hand raised in cue.
"There are many of these memes going around using the pic of me ritually smashing a coconut. I don’t know who dreams them up by they are often very funny," he tweeted.
There are many of these memes going around using the pic of me ritually smashing a coconut. I don’t know who dreams them up by they are often very funny. This one is one of my favourites: pic.twitter.com/yGk0LWz1TR
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 25, 2021
And this! pic.twitter.com/3CnxEvyMAU
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 25, 2021
It is to this tweet that another user replied with a third funny meme, which has Tharoor making tea, next to a teashop owner, both of them having their tumblers raised at a distance, pouring hot tea into a jar below. Very professional.
Credits to the editor for showing @ShashiTharoor a powerful muscular man. pic.twitter.com/k2ACadTmg7
— Akul Jaiswal (@akul_jaiswal) August 24, 2021
And this pic.twitter.com/9uEPxal5S1
— Prakashblr (@Prakash2007) August 25, 2021
The original picture was posted by Tharoor on the occasion of Onam when he paid a visit to his hometown in Palakkad and went to the temple nearby. "And then offered a ‘Niramala’ at the Elevanchery Bhagavathy Kshetram a few minutes from my ancestral home (where I also smashed a ritual coconut & prayed to the Naga gods worshipped by all Nairs). #Onam blessings to all especially those suffering in these troubled times," he tweeted.
And then offered a “Niramala” at the Elevanchery Bhagavathy Kshetram a few minutes from my ancestral home (where I also smashed a ritual coconut & prayed to the Naga gods worshipped by all Nairs). #Onam blessings to all especially those suffering in these troubled times. pic.twitter.com/2rJuKVPEHl
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 21, 2021