Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor is an elected member of India's parliament and chairs its Foreign Affairs Committee. He is the prize-winning author of sixteen books, ... including, most recently, Inglorious Empire: What the British Did To India.


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Leg­isla­tive en­deav­ours by the gov­ern­ment may have wide pop­u­lar ap­peal, but skep­ti­cism sug­gests pol­i­tics are at play.

Opinion by Shashi Tharoor
Published On 2 Oct 2013

Re­sults of In­dia’s state as­sem­bly polls con­found­ed poll­sters, sur­prised pun­dits and shook the po­lit­i­cal es­tab­lish­ment.

Opinion by Shashi Tharoor
Published On 18 Mar 2012
polls

As the US and Chi­na rush to take ad­van­tage of Myan­mar’s new open­ness, In­dia plays a qui­eter role sup­port­ing democ­ra­cy.

Opinion by Shashi Tharoor
Published On 12 Jan 2012
india meets burma

In­dia was one of the first coun­tries to es­tab­lish diplo­mat­ic re­la­tions with the ECC, the pre­de­ces­sor to to­day’s EU.

Opinion by Shashi Tharoor
Published On 2 Dec 2011
Indian PM and Sarkozy

Man­mo­han Singh may snub Aus­tralia over a re­fusal to sell ura­ni­um to the south Asian na­tion.

Opinion by Shashi Tharoor
Published On 15 Oct 2011
Manmohan Singh India prime minister

In­dia, which has key in­ter­ests in the war rav­aged na­tion, doesn’t be­lieve Afghanistan is ready for US troops to leave.

Opinion by Shashi Tharoor
Published On 17 Jul 2011
Afghanistan and US

In the re­cent In­dia-Africa sum­mit in Ethiopia, In­dia emerged as a source rather than a re­cip­i­ent of for­eign aid.

Opinion by Shashi Tharoor
Published On 18 Jun 2011
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