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I am deeply honoured to meet my role model the person my beloved Dr @ShashiTharoor at the launch of launch Bird/Dog, a book co-authored by Shobha ma'am and Mrinalini. Dr Tharoor u r maverick most inspiring leader, man who always embolden us to grow and achieve our fullest potential meeting u again was an extraordinary special feeling that also one day after Guru Purnima. Thank u for that wonderful selfie even though u were in hurry to leave I will cherish this moment throughout my live wish could have spend more time with u. My deepest regards sir hope to meet u soon again.
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A well-deserved recognition for a truly remarkable mind.
Congratulations, Dr @ShashiTharoor on Imperial Receipts winning Best Talk Show at the Asian Television Awards. Indeed Imperial Receipts was one of bestest shows I ever watched so insightful, intellectually stimulating and captivating.
Dr Tharoor Your unparalleled eloquence, intellectual depth and ability to make history and politics captivating for audiences across the world are truly exceptional.
May your words continue to enlighten, inspire and challenge minds. A proud moment for Tharoorians we r blessed to have leader like u.
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🏆 Air We Win: RT India's 'Imperial Receipts' With Dr. Shashi Tharoor Crowned Best Talk Show In Asia-Pacific At The 31st Asian Television Awards!
RT India Head of News @Runjhunsharmas joins @ShashiTharoor in tracing Britain's colonial plunder, from the wealth extracted from India to its lasting political and economic consequences.
📺 Watch the award-winning show here: rt-english.com/shows/shashit…
📺 Air We Go: RT India Picks Up Three Major Nominations At Asia’s Leading TV Awards
Best Current Affairs Presenter or Talk Show Host: RT India Head of News @Runjhunsharmas
Best Talk Show: “India, Russia, and the World”
Best Talk Show: “The Price of Empire,” featuring Shashi Tharoor on the history of British colonialism
All three nominations come at the 31st Asian Television Awards, before RT India has even completed its first year on air.
This is why Dr @ShashiTharoor remains unmatched on foreign policy.
In one sharp, clear intervention, he reminds us that multilateralism must stay at the heart of any credible new international order but it cannot mean defending institutions still shaped by the power structures of 1945. The UN Security Council, with no permanent African representation and an inadequate voice for much of the developing world, faces fundamental questions of legitimacy. An equitable world order cannot be built on the permanent inequality of its participants.
For India, this connects directly to the enduring importance of strategic autonomy. Our experience of colonial subjugation gave us an acute understanding of the dangers of letting others determine our choices. But autonomy today cannot be secured simply by declining to join opposing camps. It must be sustained through economic resilience, technological capability, institutional strength, and a diversity of international relationships.
Two decades ago, he coined the term “multi-alignment” precisely for this reality cultivating productive partnerships with different countries and groupings according to the interests and principles at stake, without allowing any single relationship to affect any other. The partners with whom we cooperate on maritime security need not be the ones with whom we advance climate finance, technological innovation, or institutional reform.
Multi-alignment is not diplomatic equivocation or geopolitical promiscuity. It is an assertion that independent judgment and international cooperation are not opposing principles but mutually reinforcing ones with implications far beyond India, across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe.
Brilliant clarity, as always.
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Elections can change who holds power. The real test is whether that power improves the lives of those who have the least of it.
Dr @ShashiTharoor: Democracy must mean more than the ballot box trusted institutions, protected dissent, respect for diversity, and a genuine stake for every citizen.
Progress is measured not by the acquisition of power, but by what it makes possible for the young, for women, and for those long excluded.
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“A new world order is taking shape. The question is whose interests will it serve? Whose voices will it hear? Whose rights will it protect?
Dr @ShashiTharoor reminds us that multipolarity alone is not enough. Power must be redefined so that the rise of new centres of influence also means wider opportunity, stronger institutions and a more generous idea of our common humanity.
Echoing Nehru’s spirit of independent judgment, he calls on us to treat independence not as an end, but as the beginning of a larger responsibility.
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At Bharat submit Dr @ShashiTharoor recalls Nehru’s view that political independence is incomplete if nations must surrender their freedom of judgment to great powers.
He shares the (apocryphal) exchange with John Foster Dulles: “Are you with us or against us?” to which Nehru ji replied “Yes.” Meaning: we decide when we agree and when we disagree.
Non-alignment was not an abdication of responsibility but an assertion that sovereign nations have both the right and the duty to think for themselves. India’s freedom also carried a responsibility for the freedom and dignity of others.
Though the world has changed, the core questions Nehru faced sovereignty, equality, cooperation, and the moral responsibilities of power remain urgent. The paradox of our age is that the world is more interconnected than ever, yet the political will to sustain that interconnection is increasingly fragile.
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Democracy is not merely the right to vote once every five years. It is the daily right to question power and hold it accountable.
As Dr @ShashiTharoor has often emphasised, “The true strength of a democracy lies not just in elections, but in the continuous protection of constitutional values, independent institutions, and the citizen’s right to dissent.”
In an era where power often seeks to normalise its permanence, remembering this simple truth becomes even more important: democracy survives only when citizens remain vigilant, informed, and unafraid to question. The vote is not the end of democratic participation; it is the beginning of accountability.
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At the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters Dr @ShashiTharoor articulates on question whether oppressed have right to use violence.
His clear answer: No.
While some extreme left ideologies justify violence as a response to deep injustice when people have no other recourse, Dr Tharoor calls this profoundly misguided. His practical reason:
“Violence never builds anything lasting.”
Violence can damage, hurt and destroy, but it cannot create, build, or produce institutions that endure. He concludes that nothing justifies violence ,it is unproductive, causes great harm and achieves nothing of lasting value.
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Nehru ji famously asked: “Who lives if India dies? Who dies if India lives?”
Dr @ShashiTharoor builds on that timeless question to argue that a united India is not just a political slogan ,it is a prerequisite for our own progress and for global leadership.
In a rapidly changing world, this is not a moment for retreat. It is a moment for strategic ambition guided by principle and conviction, not opportunism ,while always keeping the interest of all Indians paramount.
When we are united, we are far more than the sum of our parts. We don’t just respond to the world; we can shape it.
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Dr @ShashiTharoor on being a Nehruvian: “I’m not an uncritical hagiographer.”
He fully affirms Nehru’s towering contribution to India’s democratic institutions, pluralism and inclusion , things that need reaffirming today. But he is also clear-eyed about later economic policies that didn’t serve India well.
And then the powerful contrast: Atal Bihari Vajpayee had deep respect for Nehru even restored his picture in the PM’s office after an overzealous official removed it. The current dispensation, he says, has no such appreciation and continues to demonise Nehru.
A nuanced, thoughtful defence of what is valuable in the Nehruvian inheritance
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Dr @ShashiTharoor on Nehru’s greatest legacy , not power, but a democracy strong enough that the nation didn’t convulse when he died and open enough that any Indian, even a chaiwala, could rise to the highest office.
“Three hundred and thirty million people capable of governing themselves.” That was Nehru’s answer when asked what he wanted as his legacy. While other post-colonial leaders drifted toward authoritarianism, Nehru built institutions that still stand.
A powerful reminder of why democracy in India is not an accident.
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Dr @ShashiTharoor articulates that Nehru was not clinging to power or building a family dynasty.
After winning re-election in 1957, Nehru felt he had done his duty for ten years and wanted to step down. In 1958 he told the President and the Congress party he wanted to leave office for a period of rest and quiet thinking, and planned a long Himalayan holiday.
The reaction was immediate and huge: the public, the Congress Working Committee, and party MPs begged him to stay. Messages also came from Eisenhower and Khrushchev urging him not to go. Under that pressure and a sense of duty, he withdrew the plan, shortened the trip, and remained PM.
Dr Tharoor’s point: a man who tried to walk away from the job was not someone obsessed with holding office or handing it to his daughter.
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Dr @ShashiTharoor on Sonia Gandhi’s new book Belonging: A Journey of Love.
“Hers is a remarkable life story. I don’t think there’s any parallel for her extraordinary achievements and her extraordinary story in modern political life. For me, and for many others, it’s a story we’re looking forward to discovering through her eyes and her words.”
Looking forward to reading it.
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Dr @ShashiTharoor discusses the Congress’s possible future, saying the party could regain strength by bringing leaders like Mamata Banerjee, Jagan Reddy and Sharad Pawar back under a common platform to form a viable alternative to the BJP before 2024. On the Russia-Ukraine conflict, he notes Zelensky’s understandable reluctance to negotiate while Russian troops are on Ukrainian soil, adding that talks may only be feasible if Russia’s demands are realistic, and that the UN or a mediator could help clarify Moscow’s true objectives. He describes Prashant Kishore as a successful strategist whose talks with the Congress broke down, but who could still act as a catalyst for opposition unity. On Priyanka Gandhi, he praises her woman-centric UP campaign (“Ladki Hoon, Ladki Sakti Hoon”), the allocation of 40% tickets to women, and her ability to communicate thoughtfully yet simply in both Hindi and English, calling her future promising.
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Dr @ShashiTharoor firmly shuts down long-running speculation that he might leave the Congress party.
Speaking at Manorama Hortus, he says he has worked sincerely for the party for 16½ years. He notes that people have reported or asked a hundred times that he will leave, join another party, or quit yet none of it has happened. He is still a Congress MP, continues to work in Parliament, and has not moved even a finger to leave.
He clarifies that the party itself has never asked him to leave (though some individuals may have wished it). Indeed Dr Tharoor articulates exit rumours are baseless he remains committed to Congress.
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At the National Leadership Conclave Raisina 2026 in New Delhi, Dr @ShashiTharoor reflects on his early career and current global issues.
He recalls joining the United Nations at 22 straight after finishing his PhD and how that diplomatic experience shaped him. He distinguishes between the flood of opinions on social media and true thought leadership.
On a lighter note, he remarks that becoming UN Secretary-General wouldn’t help him much in his present Delhi role. When asked who could influence Vladimir Putin to stop the war, he answers: “Could be Mr. Modi.”
Dr Tharoor describe Trump’s diplomacy in one word,he replies: “Inconsistent, erratic.”
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At Lit for Life 2025 Dr @ShashiTharoor celebrates the unique character of Indian English.
Reading from his work, he shows how Indian English has created its own meanings and expressions:
In matrimonial ads, “homely” means home-loving and a good housekeeper not plain, as in the West.
“Passed out” means graduated usually from a convent school , not fainted.
“Kindly adjust” is the polite phrase used when squeezing into an already full seat.
He urges that we should not apologise for these Indianisms but defiantly celebrate them .“After all, we are like that only. And if you don’t like it, kindly adjust.”
The discussion then turns to concepts English still lacks, using the Russian word toska as an example: a deep, inexplicable spiritual anguish or longing without any specific cause , something more than mere melancholy.
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Dr @ShashiTharoor speaking at the Kerala Literature Festival, explains Ambedkar’s core message from his speech on the adoption of the Constitution (26 November 1949):
Even the best Constitution can fail if it is operated by the wrong people.
Even a flawed Constitution can succeed if it is run by the right people.
Dr Tharoor stresses that we should not stick only to the words of the Constitution, but focus on its spirit, constitutional morality, and how it is applied and allowed to evolve by future governments.
He also mentions that he has tried to capture these ideas in a book written for ordinary, interested Indian readers not just scholars or lawyers.
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In rapid fire with @TheDeshBhakt Dr @ShashiTharoor’s feminism is clear, consistent and rooted in real respect. He treats women as full equals with dignity and agency, rejecting judgment based on looks or dress, supporting 33% reservation until parties do better, defending women’s right to choose on birth control and curfews, and calling out patriarchy and double standards.
What stands out is his feminist and open-minded Outlook. Every modern person should be a feminist, men are lucky women only ask for equality since they’re superior in many ways and every day is Women’s Day. Truly we need more men like Dr Tharoor who treat women with dignity and respect our society would be such a better place to live.
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