Shashi Tharoor

Indian politician, diplomat, author · India · Politicians · Born 1956 · age 70

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2024Named Member of the 18th Lok SabhaOfficefrom 1 June 2024“No government has the right to inject religion into questions of citizenship. Citizenship is a privilege of people of all religions, all castes, all languages, if you're Indian.”In their words3 May 2024Prudent Media Goa, May 3, 2024Read the whole statement

2021“In India, history was pressed into the nation-building project.”In their wordsQuoted from "History of invaders being used to demonise Indian Muslims, says Shashi Tharoor | India Today Conclave 2021", India Today,Read the whole statement

2019Named Member of the 17th Lok SabhaOffice1 June 2019 to 1 June 2024Sahitya Akademi Award in EnglishAward2014Named Member of the 16th Lok SabhaOffice1 May 20142009Named Member of the 15th Lok SabhaOffice23 May 2009 to 18 April 20142006“The pluralism and the linguistic diversity of India is something of which we can truly be proud.”In their words13 August 2006Sunday, Aug 13, 2006Read the whole statement

2005“Does NRI (Non-Resident Indian) stand for Not Really Indian or Never Relinquished India? I believe a little of both!”In their wordsMedia, Culture & Society, Vol. 27, No. 3, 371-390 (2005)DOI: 10.1177/0163443705051749, © 2005 SAGE Publications, "Creating immigrantRead the whole statement

2004“In building an Indian nation that takes account of the country's true Hindu heritage, we have to return to the pluralism of the national movement.”In their words15 August 2004Sunday, Aug 15, 2004Read the whole statement

2002“I was not blinded by faith, but the encounter was indeed astonishing at several levels.”In their words10 November 2002Nov 10, Nov 10, 2002Read the whole statement

1956Born9 March 1956

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13th President of India Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State to Shashi Tharoor at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 2012.

13th prime minister of India Manmohan Singh with Shashi Tharoor and Chief Minister Oommen Chandy unveiling the commemoration plaque of the offsite Campus of Central University of Kerala at Thiruvananthapuram, in Kerala.

Shashi Tharoor at a march parade with NSUI President Hibi Eden and other Congress workers in Ernakulam, Kerala.

Tharoor is swarmed by media after voting in the 2009 general election.

Ambassador of Spain to India Gustavo de Aristégui conferring Civilian Honour by Government of Spain on the occasion of the National Day of Spain to Tharoor and Farooq Abdullah.

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Shashi Tharoor

10 statements, newest first

...It seems to me that this allegation should have been seriously investigated. And it is not too late.
May 6, 2024, Tharoor on the 2008 Mumbai attacks, May 6, 2024 ANI, Own words
No government has the right to inject religion into questions of citizenship. Citizenship is a privilege of people of all religions, all castes, all languages, if you're Indian.
May 3, 2024, Prudent Media Goa, May 3, 2024, Own words
In India, history was pressed into the nation-building project.
2021, Quoted from "History of invaders being used to demonise Indian Muslims, says Shashi Tharoor | India Today Conclave 2021", India Today,, Own words

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Awards

Sahitya Akademi Award in English2019

Canada India Foundation ("CIF") Chanchlani Global Indian Award

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Spouse: Sunanda Pushkar

About this person

Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician, author, public intellectual, and diplomat. A member of the Indian National Congress, he has represented Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, in the Lok Sabha since 2009. He was formerly an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and ran for the office of Secretary-General in 2006, coming second.

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