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Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor

An author, politician, and former diplomat, Shashi Tharoor is a Lok Sabha MP. Former Minister of State for Human Resource Development in the Government of India, Tharoor has also served as the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information.

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Stay with Kochi Biennale

Kochi-Muziris Biennale has enriched Kerala's cultural fabric

By Shashi Tharoor December 15, 2024

Be proud of accomplishments of our ancestors without hindutva delusions

The Indians are the essence of wisdom, says Dalrymple in his latest book

By Shashi Tharoor November 17, 2024

I, Shashi Tharoor, coined the term 'multi-alignment'

What matters is not the word, but who gives it currency

By Shashi Tharoor October 20, 2024

How I became India’s Mr Difficult Words

My enthusiastic approaches to life and learning are inherited from my father

By Shashi Tharoor September 22, 2024

Tax the rich till they invest more

If direct taxes worked fairly, the rich would pay more

By Shashi Tharoor August 25, 2024

All Indians don't understand how our democracy works

Scale of MP's development projects dwarfed by comparison with MLAs

By Shashi Tharoor July 28, 2024

I played twice against Hollywood Cricket Club

Cricket undoubtedly has a future in the US

By Shashi Tharoor June 30, 2024

Some political vocabulary with Shashi Tharoor

Word to describe misrule of the last 10 years? Kakistocracy!

By Shashi Tharoor June 02, 2024

Let us not surrender the 'idea of India'

The Preamble is the most eloquent enumeration of the 'idea of India'

By Shashi Tharoor May 05, 2024

Hard work a way of life for Indians

As world becomes interconnected, Indian ethos of hard work beacon of inspiration

By Shashi Tharoor April 07, 2024

Why I have profound respect for French democracy

Art of deliberation and discussion is on daily display in France

By Shashi Tharoor March 10, 2024

Newspeak seems to be back in today’s world

In geopolitical conflicts, are countries misusing language?

By Shashi Tharoor February 11, 2024

Death or debt is the question

People are poor because they have ill-health

By Shashi Tharoor January 14, 2024

Don’t snub the dollar

De-dollarisation is no panacea. As long as no US sanctions

By Shashi Tharoor December 17, 2023

I plead that you read

Those who read very little are the ones vulnerable to manipulation

By Shashi Tharoor November 19, 2023
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