Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor has been a Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He is a published author and a former diplomat
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Opinion | The Beijing Spectacle: Two Weary Giants Carve Up Their Share Of The World
For the world's middle powers, including India, the solidification of Washington and Beijing's duopoly presents an acute, existential dilemma.
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Opinion | 'Who Else?' - The Hubris That Shattered The Left In Kerala
The LDF's slogan, "Matt aarunde?" ("Who else is there?"), complete with towering portraits of Pinarayi Vijayan, was intended to project stability and a lack of alternatives. Instead, it projected an arrogance that voters found stifling.
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Opinion | The 'Donnyland' Donnybrook: How To Conduct Foreign Policy In The Age Of Ego-Geopolitics
What's next after Ukraine's 'Donnyland'? Arc De Trumphe? Mount Trump-more? Trump Mahal?
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Opinion | A Year After Pahalgam, India Contends With Desperate Enemies, Distracted Friends
The most challenging question on this anniversary is what might happen if another Pahalgam-scale attack were to occur today. New Delhi finds itself in a strategic pincer.
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Opinion: The Great North-South Debate, And Prickly Questions About 'Fairness'
A strict population-based delimitation could produce a Lok Sabha in which a handful of large northern Hindi-belt states hold a permanent majority, enabling them to shape national policies even against the preferences of the rest of the country.
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Opinion | India Sits Atop 500 Million Tons Of Gold Ore. Why Isn't It Being Mined? - By Shashi Tharoor
We mine a pittance - barely one and a half tons a year - while draining our foreign exchange reserves to import hundreds of tons annually from mines in Australia, Ghana, and Peru.
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Opinion | On April Fools' Day, A Reality Check For US, Iran And The World
Both sides are currently incentivised to escalate: the US to prove its deadlines aren't hollow, and Iran to prove that its "survival" doctrine can withstand direct kinetic pressure.
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Opinion | Why The Current LPG Crisis Is More Than Just A 'Supply Chain' Hiccup
In 2013-14, India imported roughly 77% of its crude oil requirements. By 2025, rather than insulating ourselves, we saw that figure climb to over 85%.
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Opinion | Debt Trap To Youth Exodus, The 10 Big Crises Ailing Kerala - By Shashi Tharoor
Kerala needs change. The current administration has failed the people across the board.
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On Disagreement, Democracy: An Open Letter To Mani Shankar Aiyar - By Shashi Tharoor
Congress's Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor responds to a recent "assessment" by Mani Shankar Aiyar of his positions - and 'character'.
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Opinion | What's In An 'M'? The Empty Performance of Renaming Kerala
The 'm' at the end of Keralam will not stop the sea from encroaching, it will not fill the coffers of the state treasury, and it will not provide a bed in a super-specialty hospital.
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Opinion | In Bangladesh, A Story Of Many Wins
The rain is over, and the clouds are clearing. Now, the hard work of rebuilding a nation begins, and India must be standing right there alongside as a friend.
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Blog | The Descent Of Man (And MP) - By Shashi Tharoor
"Having spent decades navigating the slippery slopes of policy and the treacherous inclines of debate, it was, quite ironically, a simple marble step that proved to be my undoing."
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Opinion | Budget 2026: Is 'Invisible Kerala' Paying The Price For Being 'Unaligned'?
What Kerala needs is not just sympathy or slogans. We need an alternative that commands respect in Delhi and delivers development in Kerala. Right now, we have neither.
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Blog | "Hamberder" To "Furniture Of Children", Trump And His 'Unpresidented' English
Time and again, Donald Trump has proven that he possesses the best words. They just aren't always the ones in the dictionary.
