Shashi Tharoor – Author, NDTV.com

Opinion: My Latest Exchange With Modi-ji About Clean India

Shashi Tharoor | Wednesday September 16, 2015

Swachh Bharat should not be reduced to one more Modi public-relations gimmick, more visible in the headlines than in the streets.

Opinion: Not Just OROP. Another Grave Injustice For Army.

Shashi Tharoor | Monday September 14, 2015

With all the understandable (and justified) focus on OROP, the media appears to have missed another major development in the Ministry of Defence - a decision to extend Short Service Commissions for 14 years.

Opinion: Hanging Yakub Memon Makes Us Murderers Too

Shashi Tharoor | Thursday July 30, 2015

Should our society be practising the philosophy of 'an eye for an eye'?

Opinion: On My 'Praise' for PM Modi

Shashi Tharoor | Tuesday July 28, 2015

Our media sees every debate in the binary terms made famous by George W. Bush: "are you with us or against us?"

Opinion: A Kerala Port with Adani. Why That's a Good Thing.

Shashi Tharoor | Monday July 13, 2015

It is time we put development ahead of politics and embraced the bid in order to develop the project without any further delay, in the best interests of the people of Trivandrum -- and of India as a whole.

Opinion: Dalai Lama, Anything But "A Simple Buddhist Monk"

Shashi Tharoor | Monday July 06, 2015

The Dalai Lama calls himself "a simple Buddhist monk" bound by 253 different vows, but he has proven himself to be anything but simple and so much more than a monk.

Opinion: BJP's Premature Joy at Third Place in Kerala

Shashi Tharoor | Friday July 03, 2015

A by-election in Kerala has political pundits all excited, because it seems to point to a dramatic new trend in national politics.

Opinion: For Sushma Swaraj, Karmic Points Above Duty

Shashi Tharoor | Thursday June 25, 2015

The BJP's answer to charges of conflict of interest appears simple enough: self-interest will always prevail over the national interest. Then where's the conflict?

Opinion: Why Harvard and Others Must be Allowed Into India

Shashi Tharoor | Tuesday June 23, 2015

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2014-15 are just out, and once again, not a single Indian University features in the top 200 Universities of the world. You can be sure that the gnashing of teeth and beating of breasts will be heard in opinion columns and Presidential speeches for months to come.

Opinion: Every Sign That Kejriwal Won't Last Five Years

Shashi Tharoor | Monday June 15, 2015

The Aam Aadmi Party experience raises serious doubts about whether a party of protest can ever turn itself convincingly into a party of governance.

Opinion: Slogans vs Reality: 12 Simple Facts on Modiji's 12 Months

Shashi Tharoor | Wednesday May 27, 2015

Shashi Tharoor shares his simple recital of bare facts - one for each of Mr Modi's months in office to date, juxtaposed with the related Moditva slogan.

Opinion: The Black Money Bill Is Like A 'Medu Vada'

Shashi Tharoor | Wednesday May 13, 2015

The government has used the extended session of parliament to pass a new bill in the Lok Sabha as part of its efforts to persuade the nation that it is serious about tackling the problem of "black money".

Opinion: Jailing Juveniles for the BJP's Joy

Shashi Tharoor | Friday May 08, 2015

The need of the hour is not this Bill. It is to focus our attention on the effective implementation of the existing Juvenile Justice legislation, says Shashi Tharoor.

Opinion: How Modi Government Is Undermining Indian Education

Shashi Tharoor | Friday May 01, 2015

The Narendra Modi government has embarked on a disastrous course with its education policy and its budgetary allocations, says Shashi Tharoor.

Opinion: With 'Suit-Boot ki Sarkar', Rahul Gandhi Shows He's Back

Shashi Tharoor | Tuesday April 28, 2015

It's perhaps one of the greater ironies of Rahul Gandhi's spectacularly effective return from sabbatical that his almost casual aside during his Lok Sabha speech on the agrarian crisis, dismissing the Modi government as a "suit-boot ki Sarkar", has struck home - and stuck home as well.

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