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'How would you say that in Chetan Bhagat English?': Tharoor, Bhagat engage in Twitter banter

They met each other at ABP Ideas Of India Summit

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and Chetan Bhagat had the Twitterti in splits after the two met each other on Saturday, and got into a hilarious exchange on Twitter on English language.

Sharing a photo of the two, the Bhagat wrote: "India has two kinds of English. 1. The @shashitharoor English. 2. The @chetan_bhagat English."

The Congress leader responded, sharing the same photo, saying: 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?)"

"Shahsi Tharoor English: Reebok.|| Chetan Bhagat English: Rebook," wrote a user, responding to the banter between the two.

"Nooooo. .there's no comparison. In language, in writing, let's not even talk about ideas," wrote another.

"There's a 3rd one too. The one that is not as polished as Shashi Tharoor but is still pretty good," a user pointed out.

A user wrote: “No. Not at all. We have many Englishes. R K Narayan English, Nirad Chaudhary English, Gandhi English,Nehru English, Mulkraj Anand English, Nissim Ezekiel English, Vikram Seth English, Arundhati Roy English etc. Our English is not so poor!”