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Dr. Shashi Tharoor is a Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram and former MoS for External Affairs and HRD. He served the UN as an administrator and peacekeeper for three decades. He studied History at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University and International Relations at Tufts University. Tharoor has authored 18 books, both fiction and non-fiction; his most recent book is The Paradoxical Prime Minister. Follow him on Twitter @ShashiTharoor.

‘Fearless, pugnacious’—How 9-year-old Ambedkar rose from depths of caste degradation

Shashi Tharoor - 14 April, 2023

‘Gandhiji, I have no homeland’—When Ambedkar said Dalits can’t depend on Congress

Shashi Tharoor - 12 October, 2022

Hindutva founders did little for azadi. Hijacking history in ICHR poster is what BJP can do

Shashi Tharoor - 30 August, 2021

Indian nationalism works in practice, but not in theory: Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor - 18 November, 2020

Shashi Tharoor: Aarogya Setu fits right in with Modi govt’s push for greater state control

Shashi Tharoor - 7 May, 2020

Shashi Tharoor: Modi govt wasted money on faulty Chinese Covid tests ignoring Indian options

Shashi Tharoor - 25 April, 2020

Beyond speech, Modi must open govt purse for poorer Indians, businesses affected by COVID-19

Shashi Tharoor - 20 March, 2020

MEA’s work hasn’t been judged by Lok Sabha since 2014. Modi must stop selling empty package

Shashi Tharoor - 17 March, 2020

If Rahul Gandhi stays out, Congress must find an active, full-time leader: Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor - 26 February, 2020

Am I a closet Sanghi for mourning demise of an RSS man? Something’s terribly wrong: Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor - 12 February, 2020

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On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

ThePrint Team - 28 May, 2021

Opinion

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar | Reuters

India rising as leader of emerging economies. Now Delhi must ally...

Jose Barrera - 30 May, 2023

An association like the BIMA — Brazil, India, Mexico, Argentina — can help Delhi in 4 ways.

Representative image | Commons

Most Indians think Modi govt has made India Vishwaguru but worsened...

30 May, 2023

Meet ThePrint journalists who don’t use words. Their art speaks—charts, graphs,...

30 May, 2023

Economy

Bhutan - People standing in queue outside ATM

RBI data reveals demonetisation was the epitome of whimsical, illogical policymaking

Praveen Chakravarty - 31 August, 2017

The government wanted demonetisation to combat three problems. None of them seem to have been solved.

Defence

Nirmala Sitharaman being sworn in as defence minister by President Ram Nath Kovind

The biggest challenges Nirmala Sitharaman will face as India’s new Defence...

Manu Pubby - 3 September, 2017

Sitharaman, who is only the second woman defence minister in India's history, is expected to work closely with the Finance Minister to take key industry-related decisions

National Interest

Illustration : Soham Sen

Article 370 to G20, India is in a Kashmir sweet spot....

Shekhar Gupta - 27 May, 2023

It is in the nature of the news cycle that the only aspect of the G20 event (Third Working Group on Tourism) in Srinagar...