If I Were Shashi Tharoor: Sesquipedalian Confessions

What if eloquence wasn’t a gift — but a habit?

If I Were Shashi Tharoor: Sesquipedalian Confessions is a sharp, witty, and deeply self-aware satire that explores language as performance, intelligence as identity, and the quiet absurdity of sounding “too articulate” for your own good.

Written as a fictionalized introspection, the book follows a narrator obsessed with long words, elegant sentences, and verbal polish — only to slowly realize how fluency can create distance, misunderstandings, and emotional isolation.

From awkward social interactions and overexplained conversations to online debates and the loneliness of sounding composed, this book humorously dissects modern communication culture while offering surprising emotional depth.

This is not a parody of a person.
It is a satire of a tendency.

If you’ve ever been told you “talk too much,”
If you’ve ever explained when silence would have worked better,
If you’ve ever confused articulation with clarity —
this book will feel uncomfortably familiar.

Smart, funny, reflective, and refreshingly honest — this is a literary mirror disguised as humour.