Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor writes: When Parliament becomes a rubber stampSubscriber Only

December 25,2025 08:06:10 AM

If the government continues to treat the Opposition as an irrelevant vestige, it leaves many with no choice but to take the argument from the floor of the House to the dust of the streets

Shashi Tharoor writes: The marital rape exception in criminal law is a colonial relic. It needs to goSubscriber Only

December 18,2025 08:24:36 AM

Resistance often stems from a deeply ingrained, old-fashioned patriarchal attitude — the notion that a woman’s identity, especially within the confines of marriage, is secondary to that of her husband and the sanctity of the family unit

Shashi Tharoor writes: India must reject the Macaulay mindset, not EnglishSubscriber Only

December 11,2025 08:04:10 AM

We must ensure that our children know the stories of their land before they learn the myths of another. And we must do so in every language, English included Shashi Tharoor

Parliament is trapped in a cycle of disruption. Democracy is paying the priceSubscriber Only

December 04,2025 08:05:22 AM

During the decade of UPA rule, the BJP disrupted Parliament with impunity, losing 68 per cent of the 15th Lok Sabha’s time to protest. Now, in Opposition, the INDIA bloc has adopted the same playbook.

Shashi Tharoor writes: India must choose digital sovereignty or submit to the new, subtle digital rajSubscriber Only

November 27,2025 08:00:27 AM

India is a democracy, unlike China; but China’s decision to largely exclude Big Tech from its market, while often criticised, provided the fertile soil for companies like Alibaba, Tencent, and Didi to flourish into multi-billion-dollar global entities

Shashi Tharoor writes: Global South is redefining credible climate action. COP30 must acknowledge thisSubscriber Only

November 20,2025 06:17:48 AM

The old compact — where the North pays and the South complies — is crumbling. In its place, a new compact is emerging: One based on mutual respect, shared innovation, and co-created solutions

Shashi Tharoor writes: Real message of Trump-Xi G2: India must focus on atmanirbhartaSubscriber Only

November 13,2025 07:28:26 AM

The single greatest vulnerability exposed by the US-China dynamic is India's economic reliance on Chinese imports, particularly in critical sectors like pharmaceuticals and electronics.

Pakistan’s double game with China and America is its ticket to disasterSubscriber Only

November 06,2025 07:22:54 AM

There is also a domestic imperative: Pakistan's economic fragility. It is severely import-dependent, needs constant inflows of foreign direct investment, and is desperate to monetise its untapped mineral wealth. Playing the US and China off each other is seen as the viable path to attract capital.

Shashi Tharoor writes: India’s Taliban outreach requires reconciling principle with pragmatismSubscriber Only

October 30,2025 06:59:15 AM

Engagement does not require moral whitewashing, but it does require constant public scrutiny and clear red lines. Hard task for New Delhi is to protect both national security and the dignity of the rights-bearing citizenry our government represents

Shashi Tharoor writes: Multilateralism isn’t deadSubscriber Only

October 23,2025 09:07:24 AM

As 80th UNGA unfolds, stakes are clear -- future of global cooperation depends not only on reforming institutions but on rebuilding legitimacy. It must speak to concerns of ordinary citizens, not just diplomats

Shashi Tharoor writes: The world after the American orderSubscriber Only

October 16,2025 07:12:29 AM

The US-led postwar order is unravelling. In its place, a contest for influence and legitimacy is gathering pace, with China eager to fill the vacuum.

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.