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Shashi Tharoor takes on MNS, says Pakistani artistes should be invited

'We have to create a 'home away from home' situation for them,' Tharoor said

Empire and extraction

Shashi Tharoor's history of the colonial era will reignite thinking on the nature of British rule in India

Britain cannot compensate for their cruelties in India, says Tharoor

Tharoor said the European country became prosperous primarily by impoverishing India

Shashi Tharoor seeks apology from Britain for atrocities during colonial

He said that in the past German Chancellor Willy Brandt visited the Warsaw ghetto, apologised to the Jews for the acts of the Nazis

Shashi Tharoor calls for a refugee policy

The issue has come into focus with Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti recently requesting the Centre to grant him asylum

There is urgent need for reforms at UN: Tharoor

Regarding India's permanent membership to the UN Security Council, he said "that issue has been flogged to death"

Porter availability

In a parliamentary query, Congress Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor wanted to know if Indian Railways had banned licensed porters from handling parcels at railway stations and if so, whether there was a plan to withdraw the circular concerning it, as this, he said, was hampering the livelihood of those porters. Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha replied that there was indeed such a circular, and that since the two tasks were different it was not possible for a porter to perform both of them at the same time. He added that there was no plan to withdraw it. So, the next time you get off a train, it might not be that difficult to find a porter.

Shashi Tharoor takes a dig at govt on nationalism

Tharoor said India is not just 'Hindi, Hindu and Hindustan'

Uninterrupted talks with Pakistan not possible: Shashi Tharoor

Differing with colleague Mani Shankar Aiyar, he said that if the military & ISI unleash LeT in Mumbai & other cities, we should interrupt talks.

Narendra Modi shouldn't conduct himself as a 'party campaigner': Shashi Tharoor

He said it wasn't fair for Modi to say nothing was done during UPA regime, reminding about success of railways when Lalu Prasad was in charge