[53], Tharoor has written nineteen books in English. KANISHK THAROOR: Yes, I mentioned the experience in a recent column for the Hindustan Times. In May 2014 Tharoor won his re-election from Thiruvananthapuram, defeating O. Rajagopal of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of around 15,700 votes, and became a member of the 16th Lok Sabha, sitting in Opposition.
[64], Tharoor has lectured widely on India,[65] and is often quoted for his observations,[citation needed] including, "India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay. In January 2001, Tharoor was appointed as Interim Head[2] of the Department of Public Information (DPI) at the Assistant-Secretary-General level. Half-Bengali, half-Kashmiri, Tilottama (nee Mukherji) is a couple of years older than Tharoor. Every single aunt, uncle, cousin (&his baby niece) attended! But the two split after they "grew apart", as Tharoor put it in an interview recently. pic.twitter.com/lb3lrX8TLC — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 16, 2015, Both of Kanishk's grandmothers were there to bless him.
His paternal uncle was Tharoor Parameshwaran, the founder of Reader's Digest in India. [61] His World War II adventure novel Operation Bellows, inspired by the Biggles books, was serialised in the Junior Statesman starting a week before his 11th birthday.
For reprint rights: Syndications Today. In February 2007, amidst speculation about his post-UN future, the Indian press reported that Tharoor might be inducted into Council of Ministers of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as Minister of State for External Affairs. As both a refugee and a wife, Forough learnt new customs. [50][51], Additionally, Tharoor is known for his views on a number of topics including economics, history, governance, and geopolitics due to both his well-regarded educational attainment and his broad experience while at the United Nations. Those close to Tharoor fear that media reports of his "friendship" with Sunanda Pushkar will worsen his strained ties with Giles.
His articles have been published in some leading dailies, including The National, The Guardian, The Caravan and The Hindu. He reformed the arrangements relating to the conduct of the Haj pilgrimage. The two married young and had twins, Kanishk and Ishaan - the first is an associate with the e-magazine, Open Democracy, and the second is a Hong Kong-based journalist with Timemagazine. ", Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scholarly Literature, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue, Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha, Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum, State Institute of Encyclopaedic Publications, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shashi_Tharoor&oldid=987031835, Under-Secretaries-General of the United Nations, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy alumni, Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala, All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2012, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2020, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 1990 – Federation of Indian Publishers' Hindustan Times Literary Award for the Best Book of the Year for.
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