A tribute to the letter "T"
By Sashi Tharoor
The tongue’s terrible tendency to tell tall tales totally tarnishes traditional transcommunication theories. The tempestuous tirades traceable to the tongue testify to the traumatic tactics of this tiny tab of tissue. Thousands that take the time to think, try to tame the tumultuous torrent of the too talkative tongue. Temporarily, the tide turns. Towering tempers turn to tenderness. Then, tragically, the trend tapers. The tongue trips, teeters, then takes a tumble; the temptation to trifling twaddle triumphs.
Take time to tabulate this timeless truth: to train the tongue takes the tremendous talent of trust. Theology teaches that trust thrives through toil. Therefore, throttle the testy tongue! Terminate the trivial topics that tinge the tenor of talk! Trim the trashy, tasteless terms that transgress traditions of truth! Trounce the trite themes that toady to thoughtless tattling!
Theoretically, the tantalizing target of a true, tactful, temperate tongue torments and teases those that tackle the task. To tell the truth, thrilling triumph throngs the tracks of the tough, tenacious thwarter of tawdry talk !!!!!
Terrific Tharoor Thiruvananthapuram!
Truly tremendous.
Talented, thoughtful, thrilling, transformative, thoroughly terrific!
ReplyDeleteTerrifically taxing! The tongue trembles and the typist taps out a tacit surrender. One applauds the tenacity, though suspects the tongue itself demanded this tour de force as terminal revenge.
ReplyDeleteThat said, this towering torrent tempts a troubling thought: was the tongue truly tamed—or merely thoroughly entertained? For while truth, tact and temperance were triumphantly trumpeted, the text itself tottered tantalisingly close to triumphant self-indulgence.
Still, to traverse such treacherous terrain without tripping too terribly is a talent few possess. I thank Tharoor for this titillating tongue-twister, though humbly suggest that the letter “T” may now take a temporary timeout to recover.