Watch: Shashi Tharoor grooves to Taylor Swift's 'The Fate of Ophelia'; wins internet

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor amazed the net successful the astir charming mode imaginable by revealing his interior Swiftie. Showing that adjacent seasoned lawmakers with overflowing schedules person clip for popular culture, Tharoor precocious shared a playful Instagram reel dancing to Taylor Swift’s deed way 'The Fate of Ophelia.'The video, filmed wrong what appears to beryllium his book-lined workroom, offers a uncommon glimpse of the politician’s lighter side. Gently grooving to the music, Tharoor seemed to beryllium enjoying a little flight from his packed routine.

Sharing the reel connected Instagram, Tharoor wrote, “When you person 35,000 unread emails, 5,000 unopened WhatsApp messages and 15 op-eds to write, but the societal media miss decides it’s contented time.”His caption, delivered successful his trademark witty style, said, “Somewhere betwixt bilateral meetings astatine the Speaker’s Conference and the tyranny of my inbox, adjacent a parliamentarian tin go a Swiftie. Do the Swifties agree?” helium wrote, instantly striking a chord online.The comments conception soon turned into a instrumentality fest. Social media users were some amused and impressed, with galore celebrating what they dubbed Tharoor’s “pookie side”.

Swifties, successful particular, delighted successful the improbable crossover, flooding the station with hearts, wrong jokes and lyrical nods.One idiosyncratic commented, “Pookie Tharoor — that societal media miss is simply a rockstar,” portion different joked, “She deserves a rise for turning the pookie into a Swiftie.” A 3rd quipped, “The lone antheral successful the state who tin perceive to her songs without opening a dictionary.” Another wrote, “Tharoor successful his Swiftie epoch wasn’t connected my 2026 bingo card."The opus featured successful the reel 'The Fate of Ophelia' is the pb azygous from Swift’s 2025 medium 'The Life of a Showgirl'. The way has been a planetary sensation, topping charts worldwide and enjoying a record-breaking tally connected the Billboard Hot charts.