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Shashi Tharoor
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Shashi Tharoor, a former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and UN Under-Secretary General, is a member of India’s parliament and the author of a dozen books. |
Recent Articles
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Wednesday May 15
The resurrection of Indian National Congress
The Karnataka state elections mark a decisive step forward in the Indian electorate’s journey from the politics of identity to the politics of performance
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Sunday May 12
Sonia’s ‘inner voice’ guides Congress again
The UPA chairperson has ensured that the government faces upcoming elections with confidence by engineering the resignations of two tainted ministers, but public opinion will not be easily swayed
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Sunday Apr 21
Bangladesh’s quest for justice for massacre victims of 1971
A million people lost their lives in the savagery of the subcontinent’s partition, and 13 million more were displaced. But not one person was ever charged with a crime, much less tried and punished
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Saturday Mar 16
Can Tharoor make the cut as India’s prime minister?
His education and erudition make him the darling of the professional classes, but old Congress warhorses find him too flamboyant
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Wednesday Feb 27
Celebrating LitFest’s fifth birthday
We’re a week away from the fifth annual Emirates Airlines Literature Festival, and director Isobel Abulhoul is planning to celebrate the occasion in style.
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Sunday Feb 24
India: Can six decades of bad habits be broken?
Whether the Indian voter is moved enough by the recent protests against corruption and crime to support clean politicians and rally behind programmes for political reform is the million-rupee question
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Monday Feb 18
Letters: February 19, 2013
Letters: February 19, 2013
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Saturday Feb 16
Email: Opening up Pandora’s Inbox
Email of the species is deadlier than the mail
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Saturday Jan 19
Power of the Indian diaspora
The presence of successful and influential Indians in so many countries is also a source of direct support for the nation, as they influence not just popular attitudes, but also government policies
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Tuesday Dec 18
Modi is his own worst enemy
His prime ministerial ambitions notwithstanding, BJP’s poster boy chief minister comes across as a grumpy head of a patriarchal household
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