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Shashi Tharoor is an Indian writer, politician, diplomat, and jurist born in London in 1956. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and resides in New Delhi. Tharoor has worked for the United Nations and speaks English. He is a Hindu.
He was educated at St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Tharoor is married to Sunanda Pushkar. His written works include *Notes from the hinterland*, *Pride prejudice & punditry*, *Le Grand Roman indien*, *Ambedkar*, *Nammuṭe lōkaṃ*, and *nammuṭe Intya*. He writes in English.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1956
- Works
- 61
Top works
- Nammuṭe lōkaṃ, nammuṭe Intya
- Ambedkar
- Notes from the hinterland
- Le Grand Roman indien
- Pride prejudice & punditry
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Key facts
- Appointed by
- Om Birla
- Preceded by
- P. P. Chaudhary
- Constituency
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
- Prime minister
- Manmohan Singh
- Minister
- Kapil Sibal , M. M. Pallam Raju
- Succeeded by
- Upendra Kushwaha
- Secretary general
- Kofi Annan
- Aicc president
- Sonia Gandhi , Rahul Gandhi , Mallikarjun Kharge
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- London
- Spouse
- Sunanda Pushkar
- Occupation
- jurist
- Employer
- United Nations
- Political party
- Indian National Congress
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Official website
- tharoor.in
- Image
- Shashi Tharoor 2015.jpg
- Residence
- New Delhi
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- Commons category
- Shashi Tharoor
- date of birth
- 1956-03-09
- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 752000
- P10632
- Shashi Tharoor
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Encyclopedic overview
Personal details BornShashi Krishnan Chandrashekharan Tharoor (1956-03-09) 9 March 1956 70) London, England
PartyIndian National Congress (since 1979) Spouses
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