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Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor is India’s Minister of State for Human Resource Development. His most recent book is Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century.


Commentaries by Shashi Tharoor

  • Newsart for The Resurrection of Congress

    The Resurrection of Congress

    NEW DELHI – The overwhelming victory of the Indian National Congress in elections in the important southern state of Karnataka in early May …

  • Newsart for Bangladesh’s Quest for Justice

    Bangladesh’s Quest for Justice

    NEW DELHI – The sea of humanity besieging the Shahbag area in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, for the last two months, has had an unusual de…

  • Newsart for The New Delhi Consensus

    The New Delhi Consensus

    NEW DELHI – One of the more remarkable (though largely unremarked) developments in recent Indian politics has been the startling shift in th…

  • Newsart for Pandora’s Inbox

    Pandora’s Inbox

    NEW DELHI – A half-century before the invention of e-mail, T. S. Eliot asked, “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the k…

  • Newsart for The Global Indian

    The Global Indian

    KOCHI, INDIA – No other country has anything like it – an annual jamboree of its diaspora, conducted with great fanfare by its government. I…

  • Newsart for A World of Schoolgirls

    A World of Schoolgirls

    NEW DELHI – One of the more difficult questions I found myself being asked when I was a United Nations under-secretary-general, especially w…

  • Newsart for Manmohan Singh’s Second Wind

    Manmohan Singh’s Second Wind

    NEW DELHI – In September, India’s mild-mannered prime minister, Manmohan Singh, turned 80. He also turned a page: After months of being pill…

  • Newsart for India’s Hostage Parliament

    India’s Hostage Parliament

    NEW DELHI – The ongoing disruption of the “monsoon session” of the Indian parliament has showcased both the resilience of India’s democracy …

  • Newsart for India’s American Relations

    India’s American Relations

    NEW DELHI – With America’s presidential election looming, perhaps its most striking aspect from an Indian point of view is that no one in Ne…

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  • The Resurrection of Congress

    Prashant Kumar: What i dont agree with in this article is his statement that 'all bets are off'. There is still a clear lean towards other parties for central rule. The one thing about Indian politics, unlike that of…

  • The Resurrection of Congress

    Kaleem Alam: Mr. Tharoor was not honest with his analysis, the Congress victory was not solely due to congress itself, rather it was aided by the infighting within BJP and Mr. Yeddyurappa's spoiler game for BJP. …

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