Former career diplomat at the UN and current member of the pro-reform G-23 grouping in the Congress Shashi Tharoor is all set to run in the upcoming election for the post of Congress president.

Last year, Tharoor contested the election for party president against senior party leader Mallikarjun Kharge. “There are people who have expressed strong views and disagreements. In my own case, I have conducted a presidential election and lost but at least the party offers scope for that.

Why Caste Won't Disappear From India We aren't supposed to admit to caste feeling even if, in some cases, it lurks somewhere beneath the surface. By Shashi Tharoor, Contributor Former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs; Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs Dec 8, 2014, 06:15 PM EST | Updated Feb 7, 2015

Tharoor recently divorced his second wife, Canadian Christa Giles. Sunanda was overwhelmed by emotion for a moment as the wedding ceremony got over. A Kashmiri, Sunanda holds a Canadian.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sundy slammed the makers of the The Kerala Story, hours after the state’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the film takes up the Sangh Parivar propaganda of projecting the state as a centre of religious extremism by raising the issue of ‘love jihad’, a concept rejected by the courts, probe.

Tharoor's book "Ambedkar: A Life, a biography of Dr B R Ambedkar, was launched during the program. Ambedkar wanted to completely destroy the caste system and he will probably be horrified to realize that, if anything, the caste system is more and more entrenched in the political parties, he said.

It is Mallikarjun Kharge versus Shashi Tharoor as the Congress picks its first non-Gandhi president in 25 years. Mr Kharge, 80, is the candidate backed by th.

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday reacted to the ongoing 'The Kerala Story' controversy on Twitter. Taking to the microblogging site he shared the poster of the film and wrote, "It.

Ambedkar: A Life is a book about B. R. Ambedkar written by the senior leader of the Indian National Congress, Shashi Tharoor. The book is divided into two parts, first part containing the initial phases of his life and Second part explains his life in Indian politics. It was published on 1 October 2022 by Aleph Book Company.

Shashi Tharoor, (born March 9, 1956, London, England), prominent Indian diplomat and politician who, after long service in the international diplomatic corps, became an official in the government of India. He was also a highly regarded author of both nonfiction and fiction books.