India, Jan. 16 -- If there is one crossover the internet did not see coming, it is Shashi Tharoor stepping into his Swiftie era. Performing the hook steps of pop star Taylor Swift's Fate of Ophelia (The Life of a Showgirl, 2025), the senior political leader's Reel broke Instagram, garnering over 15 million views within hours of posting. The video was accompanied by the overlay text: "When you have 35,000 unread emails, 5,000 unopened WhatsApp messages and 15 op-eds to write, but the social media girl decides it's content time." Showing off his witty side, Tharoor captioned the Reel, "Somewhere between bilateral meetings at the Speaker's Conference and the tyranny of my inbox, even a parliamentarian can become a Swiftie. Do the Swifties agree?" Social media users swiftly flooded the comments section with hearts, dubbing him "Pookie Tharoor" and "Sassy Tharoor". "Witnessing Tharoor in his Swiftie era wasn't in my 2026 list," wrote one Instagram user, as another joked, "Only man in the country who can listen to her songs without opening a dictionary."htc...