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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Strongly recommend the exhibition “Equus” of works by Kannadiga artist M. Narayan at Delhi’s Bikaner House. If you like racehorses, there are plenty here — in colour, monochrome, with jockeys and without, in perpetual motion…. My fondness is for his more vivid works from a sojourn in Kerala.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

At St Teresa’s College, Kochi, yesterday, i obliged student union members with a photograph. If turned out the girl in glasses on my right had been a toddler in my arms a dozen years ago! One way of measuring the passage of years….

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Ah I love India! A Keralite playing for Vidarbha is dismissed by a Vidarbhaite playing for Kerala, stumped by wicket-keeper whose district nearly went to Karnataka.... and we are all one, united in celebration of what we all have in common, rather than what divides us. Jai Hind! 🇮🇳 #RanjiTrophyFinal

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Dismayed to see that the Kerala start-up entrepreneurship story is not what’s been reported. The only silver lining is that at least the GoK’s claims point to the right intentions. We need more MSME start-ups — and not just on paper. Kerala must head this way!

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

March 1st - Wishing Thiru @mkstalin.bsky.social a wonderful birthday today and a splendid year ahead!

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

A good meeting of INC Kerala leaders today with INC India president Kharge Ji, @rahulgandhi.bsky.social and GenSec Deepa Dasmunsi ended in a strong affirmation of party unity as we head into the election season.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

A wonderful profile of Kerala’s (and Thiruvananthapuram’s) latest cricket sensation, 19 year old Eden Apple Tom, by SandipG in the @indianexpress.com

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

What protection does a public figure have against such flagrantly irresponsible journalism? The @indianexpress.com got a huge amount of attention to its podcast and the media got days of headlines — but no one spares a thought for the days of abuse, insult, calumny that came my way.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

A rather important thread that i hope will be read in our country’s journalism schools: The last few days have offered an object lesson in how the news is “made“. @indianexpress.com wanted to draw attention to their new Malayalam podcast, so they did two somewhat shameless things.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Delighted to receive the first copy of Ravi Garimella‘s new book of “musings” on 'Indian Parliament and Democratic Polity'. He is a close aide to Rajya Sabha LoP Kharge Ji and in-house expert nonpareil on how Parliament works. So pleased he has shared his wisdom with the world in this new volume.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Strongly support the request from @priyankagandhi.bsky.social to convert the government’s Wayanad landslide relief from a loan to a grant, and to extend the deadline to spend it: indianexpress.com/article/indi... The victims of Kerala’s worst disaster deserve no less!

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Convert Wayanad landslide relief amount from loan to grant, Priyanka Gandhi writes to PM Modi

The Wayanad MP also called the amount of Rs 529.5 crore “inadequate”.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Good to exchange words with Jonathan Reynolds, Britain’s Secretary of State for Business and Trade, in the company of his Indian counterpart, Commerce & Industry Minister ⁦Piyush Goyal. The long-stalled FTA negotiations have been revived, which is most welcome

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Good to see this. Economic development should, as far as possible, be above the petty divisions of party politics.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The #ChampionsTrophy2025 began yesterday with a resounding win! Like many of you, I’m still riding the high of our last ICC trophy. Let’s keep that momentum going and bring this one home too! My message to the #boysinblue : instagram.com/reel/DGSc_mW...

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

One more case on Feb 19 from Thiruvananthapuram. Appalling. Evil clearly lurks not far from the surface of our society. The challenge for responsible adults is to stamp it out and also to instil the behavioural standards that alone will guarantee the survival and progress of our civilisation.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I share my friend KJ Alphons’ dismay at the “ragging incident” that involved torture of a nursing student by five other student nurses in Kerala’s Kottayam. The descriptions of their actions are horrific enough, but that people seeking to be professional healers behave this way is incomprehensible.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

दो रोज खबर आएगी, फिर भूल जाएंगे आदत सी हो गई है हमें हादसों की अब … #delhirailwaystation

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Visited an unusual exhibition on the representation of women, created by women artists of Kerala, at the Neighbour Gallery (above Earth Weaves) in Thiruvananthapuram 16 Feb. The multi-media exhibition seeks to tell the stories we do not see... (1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

My column in the New Indian Express on 14 February discusses recent economic developments in Kerala and urges political consensus on reforms. Here’s the link, for those who found the photo difficult to read: google.com/amp/s/www.ne...

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Began the day today, 24th January, with a visit to the home of the late MT Vasudevan Nair, whom i knew as a friend of my parents as I grew up, admired greatly, and continued to see occasionally after my entry into Indian politics... (1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Paid a visit on Monday to @INCIndia’s remarkable new headquarters building. Indira Bhavan, with several colleagues and supporters, and enjoyed a tour of the still-not-fully-complete premises. It’s beautifully designed and constructed.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Had a busy two days in New Delhi on Monday and Tuesday. Visited the new @incIndia headquarters at Indira Gandhi Bhavan, chaired the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs, inspected my termite-infested Sarkari bungalow in Lodhi Estate...(1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Honoured to be the first recipient of the Professor Kadavanad Mohammad Memorial Award, which was presented to me by Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal, at MES College, Ponnani.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Some are grandmothers already, some house wives with small children who are accompanying them to college. They will receive college degrees as well as skill development and job placement assistance

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Inaugurated a remarkable new programme at GEMS College, Ramapuram, Malappuram District, under the auspices of its Chairman. @ManjalamkuzhiA aka @aliminister (MLA). The Vice-Chancellors of Calicut University and SreeNarayanaGuru Open University also attended and spoke

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

While at GEMS College, Ramapuram, I was flattered and amused to see their display of “books by famous Indian authors” outside the college library, which featured seven of my titles! You can quibble with their... (1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Inaugurated and addressed, alongside my LokSabha colleague Abdus Samad Samadani, the “Curtain-Raiser” of the first-ever Malappuram Literary Festival, “Ma: Love, Legacy, Literature” at the historic Kotakunnu grounds in Kozhikode... (1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Drove out of Kozhikode to Vadakara to attend the wedding of UDF MLA KK Rema’s son. It was a splendid occasion.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Enjoyed addressing and interacting with the students of Prestige School in Kozhikode this afternoon, which in just over three decades has established itself as one of the premier educational institutions in the city.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Travelled to Tirurangadi to launch Ibrahim Punathil’s biography of MK Haji (1904-1983), who rose from abhect poverty to become a hugely successful businessman and philanthropist. He not only stayed staunchly committed to honesty and ethics, but gave back...(1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

At the Pocker Sahib Memorial Orphanage & College in Tirurangadi, Kozhikode district, had the incredibly moving experience of seeing the visitors’ book from forty years previously in which then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi penned his thoughts on visiting the Yateemkhana.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Inaugurated and addressed the 232nd anniversary of St Joseph's Boys’ Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode. Established in 1793, St Joseph’s, run for over a century by the Jesuits, is the oldest school in Kerala and one of the oldest in India.

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Back in Kerala had the special joy of offering prayers at my parents’ favourite temple, to Lord Krishna at Guruvayur. Was snapped entering and leaving the premises

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Inaugurated and addressed the new KMCT School of Design in Mukkam, Kozhikode, the first of its kind in northern Malabar. Spoke of the importance of design and of India moving forward to incorporate modern sensibilities into its traditional skills... (1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

6/6 my thanks to the many attendees from all walks of life who thronged the beach, brought me their copies of my books to sign and importuned me for selfies. My apologies for not being able to oblige them all or to do more than one signing session... (1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

5/6 The @KeralaLitFest was a huge success, well organised and attended. The audiences seemed larger than ever and the questions (for which there was sadly limited time) often extended the conversation farther in interesting directions

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

4/6 Finally in this edition of the @KeralaLitFest, a stimulating, enjoyable and hugely-attended conversation in Malayalam with famed television presenter Sreekandan Nair, chief anchor of @news24tvchannel.bsky.social . We covered a vast amount of autobiographical ground in an entertaining chat

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

3/6 Next was a delightful discussion on Hinduism with the author of “The Four Purusharthas“, @frmiralles, who spoke with knowledge, compassion, and insight about his exploration of religion and spirituality, starting with his best selling #Ikigai that outlines the Japanese “purpose of life”...(1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

2/6 my first event at KLF 2025 was a wonderful dialogue with one of my childhood cricketing heroes, @syedkirmani, whose new book #Stumped chronicles his remarkable life & career... (1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The discussion ranged from his humble beginnings, which included using a pair of bricks as his first wicket-keeping gloves when keeping to older fast bowlers in his childhood, to being dropped from the team when still in his prime... (1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Touched to see our very own Jasprit Bumrah @Jaspritbumrah93 get a shout out from Chris Martin. What’s more, i agree! @Coldplay’s five-day run in India at Mumbai and Ahmedabad has been absolutely phenomenal. Hoping Kerala gets its chance to host these grand-scale shows too!... (1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

If you enjoy words, wish to understand their usage and have fun learning more about the joys, origins and complications of the English language, do read #AWonderlandOfWords! @AlephBookCo

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

In posting about the @Keralalitfest, I inadvertently omitted the wonderful session with @AlephBookCo’s star editor Aienla Ozukum about my own book #AWonderlandOfWords. Despite being on a Sunday morning, it gradually attracted more and more listeners until the pavilion was full!... (1/2)

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Shashi Tharoor @drshashitharoor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Visited my friend and @INCKerala colleague Uma Thomas MLA in her hospital room in Kochi. She had been severely injured in a horrific fall from a badly-constructed platform at a public event, and will need more than two months to recover... (1/2)

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