Shashi Tharoor shares '80s pic with sons, makes a correction after 12 years

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor gave the viral '80s trend a personal twist by resharing an old photograph with his sons and correcting a detail from the caption he had written 12 years ago.Shashi Tharoor shares ’80s pic with sons (Photo: Shashi Tharoor/X)Amid the viral 80s AI trend, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has shared a real photograph of himself from the decade with his two sons, Ishaan and Kanishk, correcting a detail from the original caption he posted with the picture 12 years ago.The photograph features Tharoor dressed in a suit, holding his two sons as babies in his arms. When he first shared the picture in 2014, he had captioned it, “Found an old photograph with my sons @ishaantharoor and @kanishktharoor many years ago in New York!”Resharing the post on Wednesday night, Tharoor clarified that the photograph was actually taken in Geneva, not New York.“That was me in the ‘80s too - but in Geneva, not New York, as the old caption wrongly had it! #80sTrend,” he said. And then, there was this:Tharoor had also joined the viral trend a day earlier as he shared an Instagram post with the caption: “The ’80s seem to be back, courtesy of AI. I thought I’d join the trend the old-fashioned way. A few photographs from the actual decade.” The ’80s trend has taken social media by storm, with users using AI tools such as ChatGPT to recreate themselves in the fashion and visual style of the decade.- EndsPublished On: Sep 10, 2026 12:37 IST