Experts
Shashi Tharoor
fmr. U.N. Under Sec. Gen. for Communciations; Author
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Should global democracy be a prerequisite for economic globalization?
Tharoor disputes the wording of the question and states that economic realities are independent of the political connections. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In Business & Economics
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Tharoor believes the US does not have a particular taste for empire. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Is global media creating a set of shared values, or detroying local customs?
Even if it is, local media balances it out. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In Media & Internet
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Shashi Tharoor makes some predictions for the sub-continent. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In World
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The United Nations is a relevant institution that needs an update. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Shashi Tharoor give his take on globalization and its discontents. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In Business & Economics
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The 21st century began with 9/11, says Tharoor. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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What are the West's biggest misconceptions of India?
Shashi Tharoor dispels and confirms the constructed India of the popular imagination. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In World
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Can people of different faiths co-exist?
Shashi Tharoor talks about the keys to tolerance. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In Belief
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Does religion inform your worldview?
Hinduism teaches that all ways of reaching out to God are equally valid, Tharoor says. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In Belief
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Indira Gandhi, Jacques Chirac, Tony Blair, Nelson Mandela and Kofi Annan have all made their mark on Shashi Tharoor. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In History
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Shashi Tharoor talks about the reach of the UN today. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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What does it mean to be Indian?
Shashi Tharoor encapsulates the an identity with many majorities. Read More
November 29, 2007 | In World
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American media has ill-prepared an entire populous for life on earth. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Media & Internet
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Shashi Tharoor talks about how we see ourselves as a global citizens and how Americans are challenged in this regard. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In World
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Tharoor grew up with a pan-Indian sensibility despite the many places he has called home. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Identity
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Tharoor would like to talk to an Indian farmer about to commit suicide. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Shashi Tharoor suggests spending more time getting to know the world. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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You know, things might just go right. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Future
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A believing Hindu, Tharoor talks about how his religion informs his worldview. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Belief
Author, peace-keeper, refugee worker, human rights activist and now political candidate for the Indian Parliament, Shashi Tharoor straddles several worlds of experience.Chairman of Dubai-based Afras Ventures and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Shashi Tharoor was the official candidate of India for the succession to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2006, and came a close second out of seven contenders in the race. His career began in 1978, when he joined the staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva, and included key responsibilities in peace-keeping after the Cold War and as a senior adviser to the Secretary-General, as well as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.Dr. Tharoor is also the award-winning author of nine books, as well as hundreds of articles, op-eds and book reviews in a wide range of publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the International Herald Tribune, Time, Newsweek and The Times of India. He has served for two years as a Contributing Editor and occasional columnist for Newsweek International. Since April 2001 he has authored a fortnightly column in The Hindu and since January 2007 in The Times of India.Born in London in 1956, Dr. Tharoor was educated in India and the United States, completing a Ph. D. in 1978 at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he received the Robert B. Stewart Prize for Best Student. At Fletcher, Shashi Tharoor helped found and was the first Editor of the Fletcher Forum of International Affairs, a journal now in its 31st year. A compelling and effective speaker, he is fluent in English and French.In January 1998, Dr. Tharoor was named a "Global Leader of Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He is the recipient of several awards, including a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was named to India’s highest honour for Overseas Indians, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, in 2004. He serves on the Board of Overseers of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the board of trustees of the Aspen Institute India, and the Advisory Boards of the World Policy Journal, the Virtue Foundation and the human rights organization Breakthrough. He is also a Fellow of the New York Institute of the Humanities.
