Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor writes: India is too complex to be governed by ideological rigidity. Radical centrism offers a way outSubscriber Only

October 09,2025 08:00:20 AM

A reimagined politics can draw on the strengths of the Left and the Right without succumbing to their excesses

Shashi Tharoor writes: Why Indian-Americans are silent — and its costsSubscriber Only

October 02,2025 08:10:05 AM

When the diaspora fails to defend India against negative policy assaults, it forfeits its moral voice

Shashi Tharoor writes: Team India, shake hands with PakistanSubscriber Only

September 25,2025 07:10:39 AM

By casting all Pakistanis as the same — a monolithic entity of malevolence—we are not only being intellectually foolish but also strategically naïve

Shashi Tharoor writes: Rethinking capitalism and socialism in India and beyondSubscriber Only

September 18,2025 07:15:30 AM

When young people in Noida or New York question capitalism, they are not necessarily calling for collectivised farms or five-year plans. They are expressing a yearning for fairness, for dignity, for a system that does not leave them behind

Shashi Tharoor writes: The return of ChindiaSubscriber Only

September 11,2025 07:00:25 AM

Modi-Xi meeting hints at a new chapter after years of silence. But old mistrust and new asymmetries persist

Shashi Tharoor writes: America, don’t lose IndiaSubscriber Only

September 04,2025 07:11:56 AM

It’s time for the US to call off its tariff war, and restore the strategic partnership that both nations desperately need, and the world benefits from

Shashi Tharoor writes: After Pahalgam, India must hit back smart, not just hardSubscriber Only

April 30,2025 12:08:39 PM

India’s moves must leave little doubt about its resolve, while ensuring that these actions do not ignite major hostilities at the expense of the India growth story, which remains our overriding priority

Shashi Tharoor writes: Constitution will prevail as long as its spirit survives in ordinary citizens of IndiaSubscriber Only

November 25,2024 14:21:44 PM

Today, our Constitution’s pluralist, progressive, and peaceful idea of India faces numerous perils, as do the institutions and watchdogs entrusted with safeguarding it and fending against authoritarian impulses and brute majoritarianism. But there is no reason to lose hope

Shashi Tharoor writes: RSS-BJP’s false gods and the difference between Hinduism and HindutvaSubscriber Only

July 05,2024 13:41:21 PM

The RSS has consistently rejected the idea of India enshrined in the Constitution, dismissing it as a Western construct unconnected to Indian traditions like the Manusmriti. When Rahul Gandhi takes on the RSS, he does so both from the platform of the Constitution and as a Hindu who cherishes the principles of non-violence, acceptance and inclusion he has learned from his faith.

‘Grew up thinking of my mother as critical and temperamental; failed to see the steel beneath signs of her insecurity’Subscriber Only

May 10,2022 12:00:31 PM

In the prologue to a new book written by his sister Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan, Shashi Tharoor writes about how proximity and age have lent him a new perspective on his mother's self-reliance and drive for excellence

UN failed to prevent Russia’s aggression. Yet, it can’t be written offSubscriber Only

April 18,2022 23:24:32 PM

Shashi Tharoor, E D Mathew write: The international body’s stature has been diminished by its inability to hold superpowers to account and stop wars. But its record in peace-keeping, delivering humanitarian relief is formidable

Shashi Tharoor writes: Patriotism doesn’t demand perfection, not does it require to be consummated in the stateSubscriber Only

August 15,2021 06:30:08 AM

Who is a patriot and who a nationalist? As India enters her 75th year of independence, re-examining ideas of belonging

Baseless and barbaric: India must outlaw conversion therapySubscriber Only

June 10,2021 03:35:44 AM

Shashi Tharoor, Aditya Sharma write: Government must take steps against the practice and protect LGBTQIA+ Indians.

India must not miss the cryptocurrency busSubscriber Only

May 31,2021 03:10:52 AM

We had to play catch-up on the first phase of the digital revolution. We are now on cusp of the next phase, which will be led by technologies like blockchain, and we must get our policies right.

Vaccines should be free and for allSubscriber Only

April 29,2021 03:02:05 AM

The Centre’s vaccination policy is a maze of confusion that could doom India’s future prospects.

Law promises people with disabilities equality of opportunity and accessibility, but our practices deny them thatSubscriber Only

December 03,2020 03:00:36 AM

It is critical that the government work with civil society and individuals with disabilities to craft an India where everyone feels welcome and treated with respect, regardless of their disabilities.

Life has triumphed over death in Hiroshima, but memories and stories remainSubscriber Only

August 07,2020 03:04:53 AM

Shashi Tharoor writes: When the museum commemorates its 65th anniversary this year, 75 years to the day after the A-bomb fell, it will help the world to keep its own memories intact — so that humankind can, through these searing reminders, ensure it never suffers or witnesses the horror of nuclear bombing again.

Changing to a presidential system is the best way of ensuring a democracy that worksSubscriber Only

July 25,2020 04:00:39 AM

Shashi Tharoor writes: It has never been clearer. The disrepute into which the political process has fallen in India, and the cynicism about the motives of politicians, can be traced to the workings of the parliamentary system.

Sharp fall in oil prices is opportunity for India to increase stockpileSubscriber Only

April 28,2020 04:05:26 AM

While prices are low, we should fill up our reserve tanks and rent space abroad. The oil will come in handy when prices have gone up — and more importantly, when we need it.

Let’s seize opportunity to drive economy forward without driving air pollution upSubscriber Only

April 16,2020 01:27:02 AM

Let’s defeat COVID, and let’s also make cleaner air an indispensable part of our defence against the next deadly contagion.

COVID pandemic has exposed fragility of global society, governance — and pointed to the way forwardSubscriber Only

March 28,2020 04:00:29 AM

Shashi Tharoor, Samir Saran write: Many will find in this pandemic an opportunity to close themselves off to the international community. India must defy such impulses. If anything, Indian leadership in these times — and a new resolve for global governance — may be just the vaccine that the international community needs to navigate a new decade.

A new, fractured global order is upon us. India’s response must evolve accordinglySubscriber Only

January 09,2020 03:54:00 AM

As political ideologies fail to provide purpose and meaning to individuals, they are increasingly finding refuge in identity and religion. The thin line separating church and state is collapsing rapidly.

To plug the data spillSubscriber Only

August 25,2018 00:30:20 AM

Data flows away from ordinary citizens, to those who collect and may misuse it. My Data Privacy and Protection Bill, unlike the govt's, places the individual at the core.

What Congress stands forSubscriber Only

June 02,2018 00:19:45 AM

The Congress offers the nation a far more credible ideology than BJP’s, tried and tested, not just anti-BJPism

Mountain of Light

January 07,2017 00:39:25 AM

There is only one argument for letting the Kohinoor remain where it doesn’t belong, in the Tower of London: it is a shining example of colonial loot