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Beware The slippery Road to Fascism!

I have long resisted the temptation to see in ...
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7 min
Jun 1, 2023 #shashi tharoor mp

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Double engine misfires; Karnataka offers hope for India

The results of the Assembly elections in Karnataka ...
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4 min
May 14, 2023 #shashi tharoor

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Population Surge: What Awaits India

India has embarked on a tumultuous 2023 on a note ...
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5 min
May 1, 2023 #shashi tharoor i mean what i say

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CMs must unite to save federalism

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin made public ...
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5 min
Apr 16, 2023 #shashi tharoor i mean what i say

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Rahul's disqualification: Democracy at stake

The disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Parliament, ...
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5 min
Apr 2, 2023 #i ean what i say

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Ambedkar And Equality

This newspaper, Mathrubhumi, celebrates its centennial ...
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5 min
Mar 19, 2023 #shashi tharoor

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ChatGPT: No substitute for originality

Two recent pieces of news point to both the promise ...
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4 min
Mar 5, 2023 #shashi tharoor

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Modi Misses a Trick

So the long-rumoured Cabinet reshuffle didn't ...
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6 min
Feb 13, 2023 #modi government

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Gandhi in the post truth world

As we contemplate the 75th anniversary of Mahatma ...
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5 min
Jan 30, 2023 #shashi tharoor

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Modi government: from minimum to maximum

As Delhi is abuzz with rumours of an impending ...
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5 min
Jan 15, 2023 #shashi tharoor

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Unpredictability, the new normal

As a turbulent year comes to an end -- with the ...
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4 min
Dec 28, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Vizhinjam port: Anguish of fisherfolk must be addressed

At a time when the agitation of the fishing community ...
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5 min
Dec 4, 2022 #vizhinjam protest

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Governor VS CM: What is the way out? | Part Two

In my previous column, I examined the vexed question ...
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5 min
Nov 7, 2022 #governor vs kerala government

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Governor VS CM: What is the way out?

The recent and continuing spat between Kerala ...
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3 min
Nov 5, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Self Respect is key to Ambedkarism

On October 1st, the publication day of my new ...
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4 min
Oct 23, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Dakshin Dialogue: North–South Divide, Part Two

In my last column, I wrote about some issues that ...
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4 min
Oct 14, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Dakshin Dialogue: The North–South Divide

Last weekend in Hyderabad an interesting and unusual ...
Shashi Tharoor,KT Rama Rao,PTR ThiagaRajan, Buggana Rajendranath Reddy

4 min
Sep 24, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Queen Elizabeth: A symbol of everything British

The death of Queen Elizabeth has been the top ...
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4 min
Sep 9, 2022 #queen elizabeth ii

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We need an effective Congress to challenge BJP

In the aftermath of the resignation of respected ...
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi

5 min
Aug 29, 2022 #indian national congress

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India: Dream and Vision

At midnight on 15 August 1947, independent India ...
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5 min
Aug 14, 2022 #i mean what i say

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The lessons from Kashmir

Later this week we mark the third anniversary ...
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5 min
Aug 1, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Oh, those unparliamentary words

The recent controversy over 'unparliamentary expressions' ...
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4 min
Jul 17, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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India can't afford the blind zeal for Hindu Rashtra

The fallout of the offensive statements about ...
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4 min
Jul 4, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Dividing India into 'us' and 'them'

The recent backlash in Muslim countries to the ...
Carts set on fire by miscreants during a protest over controversial remarks made by two now-suspended BJP leaders about Prophet Mohammad, in Ranchi,

4 min
Jun 19, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Neo-liberalism and Sri Lanka

The economic crises being undergone by a number ...
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4 min
Jun 6, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Chintan Shivir: the proof of the pudding is in the eating

The recently-concluded "Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir"of ...
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4 min
May 20, 2022 #chintan shivir

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New India, Old Europe

Prime Minister's Modi's trip to Europe this week, ...
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4 min
May 8, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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What the BJP Govt is doing to liberal democracy

One of the most striking contrasts between the ...
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5 min
Apr 24, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Time for a Change

My colleague Pradyut Bordoloi, the Congress MP ...
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4 min
Apr 11, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Recalling JS

With the plethora of entertainment choices available ...
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6 min
Mar 28, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Congress must rise to the challenge

In the wake of the stunning electoral rout of ...
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6 min
Mar 12, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Invasion is Invasion; we should tell our friend Russia

India's decision to abstain in the United Nations ...
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5 min
Feb 26, 2022 #sashi tharoor

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No vision, no philosophy, this is an announcement Govt

I have long argued that the annual affair of our ...
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4 min
Feb 14, 2022 #i mean what i say

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Indices of Misfortune

In a recent book, the journalist and former chief ...
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5 min
Jan 31, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Ansar Khan, the Pakistani, who embraced India

As Republic Day looms, I find myself thinking ...
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4 min
Jan 17, 2022 #ansar hussain khan

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Vaccines, Innovation and Climate Change: 2022 is an year to watch for
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4 min
Jan 3, 2022 #shashi tharoor

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Repeal of farm laws: A lesson learnt too late

The Modi government's announcement of its intention ...
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5 min
Nov 21, 2021 #i mean what i say

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Pegasus: A verdict for democracy

The Supreme Court's decision to set up a committee ...
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4 min
Oct 29, 2021 #i mean what i say

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Rains, Climate Change and Kerala

As I write these words, heavy rains are again ...
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5 min
Oct 17, 2021 #i mean what i say

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What Indian Politics does to women

Many of us in Kerala politics felt anguished to ...
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5 min
Oct 3, 2021 #i mean what i say

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Diaspora Nationalism: The Myth and the Reality

One of the more welcome developments of recent ...
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4 min
Sep 19, 2021 #shashi tharoor

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The Australian Who Wanted to be Indian

Some years ago, a fresh-faced young man told me ...
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4 min
Sep 6, 2021 #shashi tharoor

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Of frying Pakoras and thinking out of the box

As an MP, I have found myself dealing daily with ...
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5 min
Aug 23, 2021 #shashi tharoor

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Remembering Roberto Calasso

The death on July 28, at the age of 80, of Roberto ...
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5 min
Aug 9, 2021 #roberto calasso

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Stan Swamy - A Requiem for Justice | Shashi Tharoor

This weekend came news that a judge of the Bombay ...
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4 min
Jul 26, 2021 #shashi tharoor
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