Opinion: Why The Hindi-First Order Threatens Efficiency

Shashi Tharoor | Sunday June 22, 2014

Language is a vehicle, not a destination, writes Shashi Tharoor.

Opinion: India's Iraq Crisis: Let's Keep Our Heads

Shashi Tharoor | Friday June 20, 2014

Government's strategy so far seems correct, writes Shashi Tharoor.

Opinion: Why Governors Are In BJP's Firing Line

Shashi Tharoor | Wednesday June 18, 2014

It's about jobs for their boys, writes Shashi Tharoor.

Opinion: 'Why Modi Shouldn't Disdain Chamchas' by Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor | Monday June 16, 2014

PM's advice to young diplomats analysed.

Opinion: This Election and the Urban Middle Class

Shashi Tharoor | Friday May 02, 2014

Dr. Shashi Tharoor on why this group is growing in importance.

Opinion: When Nehru was caricatured by RK Laxman

Shashi Tharoor | Sunday April 20, 2014

What happened to our sense of humour, asks Shashi Tharoor

Engaging Youngistan: Shashi Tharoor's letter to first-time voters

Shashi Tharoor | Monday March 24, 2014

The 2014 elections are a critical juncture in the history of our nation. They are being described as a 'youthquake', with an unprecedented share of first-time voters coming forward to exercise their democratic right.

Op-ed: Elections 2014 is a battle for India's soul, says Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor | Wednesday March 12, 2014

India, I have long argued, is more than the sum of its contradictions. It is a country held together, in the words of Nehru, "by strong but invisible threads... a myth and an idea, a dream and a vision, and yet very real and present and pervasive".

Opinion: Op-ed: Youthquake 2014 - In digital age, first time voters can script the India story

Shashi Tharoor | Saturday March 01, 2014

The General Elections of 2014 signify a "youthquake", with an average of nearly 90,000 first-time voters in each constituency, as per the latest data released by the Election Commission.

Opinion: Op-ed: The UPA's new transparency revolution, by Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor | Friday February 21, 2014

With India poised for the upcoming general elections, 149.36 million first-time voters (according to the 2011 census) will make choices that will shape the country's destiny for the next five years.

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