INC. MP for Thiruvananthapuram. Author of 25 books. Founder
@ProfCong
. ExMinister ofState, Govt.of India. Former UnderSecretaryGeneral,
@UN
. Cricket fan.
My extensive interview last week with
@PTI_News
’ video show
@4ParliamentSt
, extracts of which have already appeared in the media. Pleased that reports coming in of yesterday’s third phase of voting confirm my assessment of trends emerging from the first two. We are looking…
@ 𝟒 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 | "400 paar a joke; INDIA bloc PM will be first among equals, all opposition parties will join hands after polls": Shashi Tharoor (
@ShashiTharoor
) to PTI (
@PTI_News
)
WATCH:
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COMING UP AT 5:15 PM | With the first three phases of the LS elections done, more than half of India has already cast its vote, but the high-decibel campaign is only getting louder. So where do we stand in the fight for Lok Sabha?
@Parikshitl
speaks to Congress MP
@ShashiTharoor
…
Since April 13th, the Indian National Congress has lodged 59 complaints with the Election Commission against the BJP for serious violations of the EC’s Model Code of Conduct, Representation of People’s Act 1951, and of various verdicts of the Supreme Court. Here is a link to the…
A brilliant, heartfelt, searing “open letter” to
@narendramodi
from an outstanding Indian writer whom the PM would consider an “infiltrator”, since he is Muslim:
Mourning the tragic passing of film-maker
@sangeethsivan
in Mumbai. A versatile genius, famous for his visual imagery, whose films (like "Yoddha") attained cult status among Malayalam movie-goers, Sangeeth Sivan also worked in Hindi cinema and leaves behind a rich legacy. My…
His
#Tagore
was a voice of freedom;but it was more important to him that every individual be free to pursue his destiny. “Give me the strength never to…bend my knees before insolent might,”he prayed in Gitanjali-
@ShashiTharoor
@Openthemag
#rabindrajayanti
The universality of Tagore’s thoughts and ideas seem to me beyond cavil, and his fears for the direction of the modern world as prescient then, and as applicable today.-
@ShashiTharoor
#RabindraJayanti
One indulgence during a hectic election campaign season : took my sister
@SmitaTharoor
to the IPL to support
@IamSanjuSamson
’s
@rajasthanroyals
. Sanju played an innings for the ages that ended in controversial circumstances. But it was a sublime performance, even though RR lost…
My dear brothers and sisters…
Today in every corner of the country, youth are facing unemployment, women are facing atrocities, Dalits, tribals, backward classes and minorities are facing terrible discrimination.
This atmosphere is due to the intentions of Prime Minister…
Since the BJP spinmeisters have been busy distorting what I said in Pune yesterday on the tragic killing of the heroic Hemant Karkare, here are the actual words I spoke (just over four minutes):
On terrorism, I took care to stress that the UPA government…
@ 𝟒 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 | "400 paar a joke; INDIA bloc PM will be first among equals, all opposition parties will join hands after polls": Shashi Tharoor (
@ShashiTharoor
) to PTI (
@PTI_News
)
WATCH:
@ 𝟒 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭…
Coming soon! A new episode of @ 𝟒 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭, a show where newsmakers engage in a candid conversation with PTI (
@PTI_News
) editors in its HQ.
Watch this space as
@ShashiTharoor
(Senior Congress leader and party candidate from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram)…
@KanchanGupta
. No question of a clean chit to Kasab or any compromise on terrorism. Listen to what I said. I reiterated that I am proud that the UPA government dealt with the attackers in an exemplary fashion. Kasab was tried, found guilty of multiple murders and executed. No one is letting…
After a few smaller meetings, addressed a bilingual press conference at Congress Bhavan, Pune. Spoke of why this election is important for India’s future and took questions on a wide range of issues.
Met with a number of first-time voters at the home of Vishal Chordia, whose son Vishwa is among them. A successful businessman whose Suhana spice empire straddles the globe, Vishal turned out to be a reader of my books — a welcome reminder that there’s more than one way to touch…