Shobhaa De confuses pongal with idli!

Unaffordable idlis.” The tweet is now going viral, but for all the wrong reasons. Unfortunately for the socialite, though the bill was from an ‘idli’ shop, the purchase was a ghee pongal and coffee! What was more puzzling than her inability to differentiate idli from pongal, was the bill amount. Rs 88.50, inclusive of the new tax, for a Pongal and coffee unaffordable? Twitter, as customary, decided to have a field day with it. Twitter user Bhaavesh Kansaraa wrote, “Shobhaa De went for a brunch/ Ordered some French fries to munch/ Looked at the bill/ Asked with her skill/ “So costly ya, this fruit punch,” while others decided to educate her about the difference between idlis and pongal with photographs. Twitterati also pointed out that GST reduced the tax for small scale restaurants by around two per cent. So many goof ups in one tweet!