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'It's called 'idli', not 'id-slice': Shashi Tharoor dishes out another culinary lesson
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'It's called 'idli', not 'id-slice': Shashi Tharoor dishes out another culinary lesson

Times of India · Jun 8, 2026, 8:59 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor amused netizens with his witty responses to culinary debates on social media. He humorously critiqued an 'idli pizza' cutting style, attributing it to software engineering logic. Previously, Tharoor also defended the South Indian idli against a comparison to rasgulla,

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