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Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor is a political leader and member of Indian National Congress. He currently serves as a Member of Parliament and represents Thiruvananthpuran in Kerala. Tharoor has also served as the Minister of State for External Affairs and Human Resource Minister in the past. Apart from that, he is also a former diplomat who worked with United Nations for 29 years. Tharoor is also an acclaimed author and has written over 15 books about India's culture, history, etc.
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Vaccines should be free and for allSubscriber Only
April 29, 2021 03:02 IST
The Centre’s vaccination policy is a maze of confusion that could doom India’s future prospects.
Thu, Apr 29, 2021
Law promises people with disabilities equality of opportunity and accessibility, but our practices deny them thatSubscriber Only
December 03, 2020 03:00 IST
It is critical that the government work with civil society and individuals with disabilities to craft an India where everyone feels welcome and treated with respect, regardless of their disabilities.
Thu, Dec 03, 2020
Life has triumphed over death in Hiroshima, but memories and stories remainSubscriber Only
August 07, 2020 03:04 IST
Shashi Tharoor writes: When the museum commemorates its 65th anniversary this year, 75 years to the day after the A-bomb fell, it will help the world to keep its own memories intact — so that humankind can, through these searing reminders, ensure it never suffers or witnesses the horror of nuclear bombing again.
Fri, Aug 07, 2020
Changing to a presidential system is the best way of ensuring a democracy that worksSubscriber Only
July 25, 2020 04:00 IST
Shashi Tharoor writes: It has never been clearer. The disrepute into which the political process has fallen in India, and the cynicism about the motives of politicians, can be traced to the workings of the parliamentary system.
Sat, Jul 25, 2020
Sharp fall in oil prices is opportunity for India to increase stockpileSubscriber Only
April 28, 2020 04:05 IST
While prices are low, we should fill up our reserve tanks and rent space abroad. The oil will come in handy when prices have gone up — and more importantly, when we need it.
Tue, Apr 28, 2020
Let’s seize opportunity to drive economy forward without driving air pollution upSubscriber Only
April 16, 2020 01:27 IST
Let’s defeat COVID, and let’s also make cleaner air an indispensable part of our defence against the next deadly contagion.
Thu, Apr 16, 2020
COVID pandemic has exposed fragility of global society, governance — and pointed to the way forwardSubscriber Only
March 28, 2020 04:00 IST
Shashi Tharoor, Samir Saran write: Many will find in this pandemic an opportunity to close themselves off to the international community. India must defy such impulses. If anything, Indian leadership in these times — and a new resolve for global governance — may be just the vaccine that the international community needs to navigate a new decade.
Sat, Mar 28, 2020
A new, fractured global order is upon us. India’s response must evolve accordinglySubscriber Only
January 09, 2020 03:54 IST
As political ideologies fail to provide purpose and meaning to individuals, they are increasingly finding refuge in identity and religion. The thin line separating church and state is collapsing rapidly.
Thu, Jan 09, 2020
To plug the data spillSubscriber Only
August 25, 2018 00:30 IST
Data flows away from ordinary citizens, to those who collect and may misuse it. My Data Privacy and Protection Bill, unlike the govt's, places the individual at the core.
Sat, Aug 25, 2018
What Congress stands forSubscriber Only
June 02, 2018 00:19 IST
The Congress offers the nation a far more credible ideology than BJP’s, tried and tested, not just anti-BJPism
Sat, Jun 02, 2018
Mountain of Light
January 07, 2017 00:39 IST
There is only one argument for letting the Kohinoor remain where it doesn’t belong, in the Tower of London: it is a shining example of colonial loot
Sat, Jan 07, 2017
Not easy to stop lies about Rahul Gandhi, says Shashi TharoorSubscriber Only
May 18, 2016 02:30 IST
The Congress MP was in the city to speak to party workers about effective use of social media to stay ahead of “Twitter-savvy BJP”.
Wed, May 18, 2016
Intolerance debate: The full speech that Shashi Tharoor was to deliver but could notSubscriber Only
December 01, 2015 23:12 IST
Our democracy, in the last 70 years, has been built on the idea that a nation may celebrate differences of caste, creed, conviction, colour, culture, cuisine, costume and custom, and still rally around a democratic consensus.
Thu, Dec 03, 2015Note to UPA-bashersSubscriber Only
July 23, 2013 00:49 IST
There are problems and challenges. But we are on course to overcome them
Tue, Jul 23, 2013Our diplomatic deficitSubscriber Only
August 24, 2012 03:15 IST
IFS must be enlarged and renovated. It needs diplomats,not bureaucrats
Fri, Aug 24, 2012
The UN at 60Subscriber Only
June 26, 2005 00:07 IST
Sixty years ago today, in the aftermath of the most devastating war in human history, a group of world leaders met in San Francisco to sign ...
Sun, Jun 26, 2005History has been made, now overcome itSubscriber Only
January 17, 2004 00:00 IST
Handshakes are not often termed ‘‘historic’’, but the one between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakista...
Sat, Jan 17, 2004A View of the World — Nation of HolidaysSubscriber Only
May 11, 1997 00:00 IST
Of all the various ways of measuring the relative under-development of nations, from GNP tables to the Human Development Index, the one tha...
Sun, May 11, 1997Journalism of Courage
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