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Re: Shashi Tharoor on The Colbert Report

Samtosh — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:22:59 -0000

May be its the other way round. Why do women in India have man names. I found it amusing that Dharmendra's first wife's name is Prakash.
Niranjana sounds manly to me ;)

Re: Shashi Tharoor on The Colbert Report

Shripriya — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:45:42 -0000

@ Satish - yes, it will be interesting to see what he does.

@ Kalpesh - THAT is a brilliant point! The thing is that I think everyone thinks of him as "Shashi Kapoor" i.e. the whole name and no one thinks of him as just Shashi and that's why the association is not obvious. But still, great point :)

Re: Shashi Tharoor on The Colbert Report

Kalpesh Modi — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:14:23 -0000

There is Shashi Kapoor the bollywood film actor. He is a guy.

Re: Shashi Tharoor on The Colbert Report

satish — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:08:12 -0000

I thought Shashi held his own with Colbert. He was smart, witty, and quick on the take without being pedantic which he is prone to sometimes. I won't be surprised if he becomes a Minister of State.

Re: Shashi Tharoor on The Colbert Report

Shripriya — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:56:56 -0000

Yeah, I didn't know any Shashi-men in India. But I also know of a woman named Trevor! So, it just goes to show... er... something...

Re: Shashi Tharoor on The Colbert Report

Niranjana — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:24:52 -0000

I missed this one; thanks for posting!
The whole Shashi Tharoor = man's name is real funny, esp. because I've always thought of Shashi as a woman's name. Like Shashi Deshpande... Now you can't go wrong with a good manly name like Stephen :-)