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Sunday, August 3, 2025
TopicShashi Tharoor

Topic: Shashi Tharoor

The good, the bad and the idli

Idlis are only as good as their accompaniments. They swim unabashedly in a pool of sambar and take all the credit.

Mohsina Kidwai book launch was all about Shashi Tharoor and Congress coterie

My Life in Politics glides over some hard facts about Indian politics at the turn of the century, discussing the rise of Sangh Parivar, Babri Masjid demolition.

‘Revival of Congress has begun,’ says Shashi Tharoor as Kharge takes charge as president

The MP, who lost to the senior Karnataka politician, thanked the Gandhi family for ‘doing their bit’ to ensure free and neutral internal elections.

How BJP plans to attack Kharge’s Congress, now that ‘dynasts’ aren’t the face of the party

Focus still on Gandhis, BJP leaders say they'll deploy the 'remote-controlled' narrative used during Manmohan Singh's tenure as PM, but will be 'careful' due to Kharge's Dalit identity.

With Kharge win, Congress has just shown us how democracy is subverted

Tharoor is the casualty of a deep-seated prejudice against outsiders. And it was never a free and fair election with Kharge.

Shashi Tharoor camp wants UP votes to be deemed invalid as Congress gears for new president

Tharoor’s election agent Salman Soz shot a letter to party poll committee chief, alleging several malpractices in the UP voting, which ‘favoured’ opponent Mallikarjun Kharge.

9,500 Congress delegates vote for 1st non-Gandhi prez in 25 yrs. Waited for this day, says Sonia

Mallikarjun Kharge & Shashi Tharoor vote in their states. Central Election Authority chair Madhusudan Mistry says 96% turnout registered for polls deciding next Congress chief.

Shashi Tharoor’s book launch made him forget dates, and called Ambedkar an Indian James Madison

The panel had SC advocate Karuna Nundy, Justice Madan Lokur, and economist Bhalchandra Mungekar. They discussed ideas of fraternity, public memory, and dignity.

Hijab has bench in a tangle & why aloo paratha fans are fretting over GST

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

India is an election away from becoming Hindu Pakistan. But Kharge wants Congress status quo

I am not an unabashed admirer of Tharoor—I criticised his book on Hinduism—but he is the only Congress candidate with skill, stamina, principle to dynamise opposition.

On Camera

People of Assam, we’ll fight to the end until it’s victory for us: Nehru during Chinese invasion

On 19 November 1962, PM Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the people of Assam in a radio address and spoke of the resolve against Chinese attack, saying India won't tolerate this invasion.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

What’s standing between Modi & Trump? India’s contradictions

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.