Episode 3: Fussy Zaroor arrives.

 Click for Previous Episode 2

 


Episode 3: Fussy Zaroor arrives.

In response to my recent digital broadcast (dated 15/6/2026) concerning the US-Iran diplomatic tango, I received a curious transmission from one Ms. Fussy Zaroor.

Ms. Zaroor appears to belong to that baffling “Zillennial” cohort, and her response has left me entirely at sea. I submit her words to you, dear readers, for I cannot, for the life of me, discern the truth:

Is this a standing ovation, or an exquisite, slow-burn roast?

Dear Mr. Pankaj Khanna,

I must confess to a certain amused admiration for your exuberant deployment of sesquipedalian¹ artillery. To marshal expressions such as “diplomatic metaphysics,” “kakistocracy,” and “parturient” into a single paragraph requires either remarkable lexical confidence or a touching disregard for the welfare of unsuspecting dictionaries and readers.

Vocabulary, however recherché², is but the embroidery upon the fabric of prose; the true elegance of expression resides in precision of thought, felicity of construction, and the quiet confidence that words need not perpetually announce their own sophistication. One sprinkles seasoning upon a meal; it is seldom advisable to serve the seasoning as the meal itself.

Your imagined communiqué on the Iran-US understanding possesses undeniable wit and an almost operatic delight in irony. I particularly appreciated the notion that both protagonists had “simultaneously conceded nothing and secured everything,” for that is, on occasion, the very quintessence of modern diplomacy as preached and practised by Shashi Tharoor Saar, my mentor: a truly delightful dandy, an accomplished deipnosophist³, and a diplomat whose conversational dexterity is matched only by his flair for elegant expression.

Despite being Fussy Surely for correct and proper Tharoorian English, I still applaud the evident enthusiasm that animates your prose.


With warm regards and an appreciative Tharoorian smile,

Fussy Zaroor


BTech (IIT-M), PGDM (IIM-A).
Intern at Ministry of Grandiloquance.
A devoted Fan and Mentee of Shashi Tharoor Saar.
Aspiring to be an Editor and a World-Class Author.

******************************

Click here the Episode 4.

Click here for The Lexicomedy Line-Up: (The list of all Episodes published till date for your binge reading.)

(My  Blogs on diverse subjects: Eclectic Blogs.)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Finally a Web Series to read

Image
Web Series with a difference. For People Who Still Read. If your brain cells are currently begging for mercy after the daily barrage of Good Morning roses and lotuses, hyperactive reels, forwarded wisdom, unsolicited—but invariably very important—political/ religious sermons and  formulaic web series' ; you have finally found your sanctuary. Welcome ! This is a place for word-nerds, language lovers, compulsive punsters, anagram addicts , and anyone who occasionally feels that words are being wasted on serious things. Here, they will be put to completely unnecessary use. And that brings us to the rather misleading name of this enterprise:  A Web Series . The great advantage of this only kind of Web Series is that you can read it . You can sneak into it almost anywhere, anytime. While waiting at Jantar Mantar for your free Burger-Pizzas to be delivered. While getting bored in a mundane one hundred and fourteenth meeting in a year on educational reforms. While being ...
Read more

Episode 1: What is Lexicomedy!?

Image
(Click on the link for Previous Introductory Episode ) Episode 1 :   What is Lexicomedy? If you search for Lexicomedy in a dictionary, or even on the internet; you are likely to be disappointed. You won't find it there. Not yet. The word has been suggested by this humble blogger, who has spent a lifetime borrowing thousands of words, quite shamelessly, from dictionaries of every persuasion. It seemed only fair, before bidding farewell to the world of blogging—or perhaps merely to good sense—to return the favour by gifting at least one word back. So, dear Oxford, Cambridge, et al., are you reading this? Perhaps not. You are, after all, engaged in the solemn business of recording language , whereas Lexicomedy concerns itself with the far more frivolous business of making language laugh . The Etymology Lexicomedy is a modern compound coined from the Greek léxis (λέξις), meaning word, speech, or style of expression, and comedy , from Greek kōmōidía (κωμῳδία...
Read more

Episode 5: Cattle Class

Image
(Click  for previous  Episode 4 ) Episode 5 : Cattle Class Dear Mr. Pankaj Khanna, As you are no doubt cognisant, the venerable Saar has, for many years, maintained an unwavering philosophical reservation about conversing with, or indeed travelling alongside, the so-called “Cattle Class.” That memorable doctrinal proclamation of 2009 has long since entered the annals of public discourse.  We humble Generation-Z interns at the Ministry of Grandiloquance have therefore taken upon ourselves the solemn responsibility of engaging with the hoi polloi, thereby insulating Saar from the logistical and conversational exigencies of terrestrial democracy. Should any lingering uncertainty afflict you regarding your own taxonomical placement within this grand social menagerie, may I respectfully recommend a leisurely perusal of your own blogs? Their bucolic ambience, redolent with the unmistakable perfume of freshly consecrated cow dung and pa...
Read more