Shashi Tharoor

Change of guard in Bangladesh not a cause for worry for India

Says Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, fears Pakistan and China may 'fish in troubled waters'

The Modi Decade

Dissent is framed as disloyalty, with criticism of government policies labeled “anti-national.”

Shashi Tharoor on India-Russia relations, the Quad, Ambedkar, and more

Shashi Tharoor, a former UN under-secretary-general and former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and Minister of State for Human Resource Development, and an MP for the Indian National Congress, discusses his most recent book, India’s foreign policy, and India’s majoritarian turn in an interview with Project Syndicate. 

PROJECT SYNDICATE / India's looming demographic divide

India’s population is expected to grow over the next four decades to approximately 1.7 billion, before plunging to 1.1 billion by 2100.

Young Bangladeshi couple in London helps Shashi Tharoor, gets shout-out

Indian lawmaker Shashi Tharoor has thanked a young Bangladeshi couple for helping him grab a cab from outside the British Library in London that ended his 45-minute wait.

Hindu Pakistan Remark / Tharoor defiant amid criticism

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor sparked off a controversy with his statement that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is voted to power again, it will rewrite the Constitution that will eventually create a “Hindu Pakistan.”

Senior Indian politician rejects abetment charge in wife's death

A prominent leader of India's opposition Congress party, Shashi Tharoor, rejects police charges against him for abetment in the suicide of his wife in a case that has led to political mudslinging.

AWAKENING INDIA / India's prohibition hypocrisy

Last month, 18 people in the Gopalganj district of India's Bihar state died after consuming illicit alcohol, highlighting – once again – the peculiar relationship between morality and tragedy in India.

August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024

Change of guard in Bangladesh not a cause for worry for India

Says Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, fears Pakistan and China may 'fish in troubled waters'

June 13, 2023
June 13, 2023

The Modi Decade

Dissent is framed as disloyalty, with criticism of government policies labeled “anti-national.”

February 9, 2023
February 9, 2023

Shashi Tharoor on India-Russia relations, the Quad, Ambedkar, and more

Shashi Tharoor, a former UN under-secretary-general and former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and Minister of State for Human Resource Development, and an MP for the Indian National Congress, discusses his most recent book, India’s foreign policy, and India’s majoritarian turn in an interview with Project Syndicate. 

December 17, 2022
December 17, 2022

India's looming demographic divide

India’s population is expected to grow over the next four decades to approximately 1.7 billion, before plunging to 1.1 billion by 2100.

June 13, 2022
June 13, 2022

Young Bangladeshi couple in London helps Shashi Tharoor, gets shout-out

Indian lawmaker Shashi Tharoor has thanked a young Bangladeshi couple for helping him grab a cab from outside the British Library in London that ended his 45-minute wait.

July 14, 2018
July 14, 2018

Tharoor defiant amid criticism

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor sparked off a controversy with his statement that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is voted to power again, it will rewrite the Constitution that will eventually create a “Hindu Pakistan.”

May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018

Senior Indian politician rejects abetment charge in wife's death

A prominent leader of India's opposition Congress party, Shashi Tharoor, rejects police charges against him for abetment in the suicide of his wife in a case that has led to political mudslinging.

September 16, 2016
September 16, 2016

India's prohibition hypocrisy

Last month, 18 people in the Gopalganj district of India's Bihar state died after consuming illicit alcohol, highlighting – once again – the peculiar relationship between morality and tragedy in India.