Good Innings: The Extraordinary, Ordinary Life of Lily Tharoor

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Dr Tharoor was educated in India and the United States, completing a PhD in 1978 at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. During a prior career at the United Nations, he served as a peacekeeper, refugee worker, and administrator, serving as Under-Secretary-General during Kofi Annan's leadership of the organisation. Tharoor is a Columnist and Writer, for Indian and International Publications like The New York Times, The Washington Post, Guardian etc. He also served as Contributing Editor and Occasional columnist to Newsweek International. In 2006, the government of India nominated Tharoor for the post of UN Secretary-General. Tharoor finished second, behind Ban Ki-moon of South Korea. Tharoor joins PM's 'Swachh Bharat' campaign". Hindustan Times. 25 October 2014 . Retrieved 31 July 2020. In regards to Tharoor's removal from the post of congress spokesperson, Kolkata's The Telegraph opined, "For an Opposition MP to have and to exercise the freedom to appreciate a good thing done by the government and for a ruling party MP to speak and vote against the party line is not just legitimate parliamentary practice, it is the very essence of parliamentary democracy. Shashi Tharoor, from the ranks of the Congress has tried to do that; there is not one BJP MP who has matched him. Blind conformism is not loyalty, nor independent thinking, dissent." [40] Tharoor, Shashi (1993). The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories. Arcade Pub. p.175. ISBN 1-55970-225-7. Why Brexiteers need to update their reading of colonial history". New Statesman. 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018 . Retrieved 22 March 2018.

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India names Shashi Tharoor for UN secy-general's post". The Financial Express. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013.In March 2017, Tharoor called for the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata to be converted into a museum on the effects of British colonial rule in India. Tharoor wrote in an Al Jazeera article that the British "conquered one of the richest countries in the world (27 per cent of global gross domestic product in 1700) and reduced it to, after over two centuries of looting and exploitation, one of the poorest, most diseased and most illiterate countries on Earth by the time they left in 1947. ...Nor is there any memorial to the massacres of the Raj, from Delhi in 1857 to Amritsar in 1919, the deaths of 35 million Indians in totally unnecessary famines caused by British [policies]". [46] Tharoor, Shashi (1 September 2020). Tharoorosaurus. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-951-4. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021 . Retrieved 23 November 2021. Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan was the latest guest at An Author’s Afternoon, organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation at Taj Bengal Photos: Arijit Sen

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Shashi Tharoor". India Today. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021 . Retrieved 19 February 2020. Shashi Tharoor Biographical note" (PDF). UNESCO. 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2014 . Retrieved 17 March 2014. Sulekha Menon, later known as Lily Tharoor, is the mother of Indian politician Shashi Tharoor. Sulekha Menon was born in the mid-1930s in a tiny hamlet in Kerala. She would travel the world, raise three global citizens, and inspire many generations with her desire to learn and accomplish. She pushed her children, notably her son Shashi, to always think outside the box. The only ground that is stable enough to stand on, she explained, is the one created by your own hand. Shashi Tharoor – The Elite Outsider". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021 . Retrieved 14 November 2019.The pandemic has been a time for creative writing for Shobha. Her book, A Time to Rhyme, Poems for kids of all Ages (Aleph Publishers) was released in early April. The book showcases her love for poetry and introduces children to multiple poetic forms, and to the rhythm and music in words. She says it was her love for poetry that she wished to share with others that found its way into the book. The author feels that many children are intimidated by poetry. He became Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, and as Head of the Department of Public Information (UNDPI) in 2001. In the Govt. of Manmohan Singh, he was sworn in as Minister of State for External Affairs, in charge of Africa, Latin America, and the Gulf on 28 May 2009.