Many people commenting that Tharoor is naive and does not see the political pitfalls in the Indian context. But, that is what makes him different from our traditional crowd-pleasing and regressive politics. After all, there seems to be some hope for the future if more individuals like Tharoor come forward and join politics.
Note: I have been following @ShashiTharoor on Twitter for the past one year.. and I'm yet to find any of his comments out-of-place or "controversial"; whereas I have found certain public statements from his senior (SM Krishna) and colleague (Preneet Kaur) to be very stupid. So Tharoor definitely has it in him to be the PM one day..
Re: About Tharoor
by R Swaminathan on Mar 11, 2010 07:47 PM
God forbid?He would rush to Saudi to follow up on his offer and hand over kashmir to pak.That is how he is different. I find all his comments not only controversial but damaging to country's interests.He is immature with all his credentials and his english is something we can do without.
Re: Re: About Tharoor
by Riju Jose on Mar 12, 2010 05:53 AM
You find it controversial coz either you dont put any efforts in finding what exactly he told, rather than just swallowing the stupid remarks of those politicians who became MPs by doing dadagiri OR your idea of India is different from his idea of India which is developed, democratic and SECULAR!
Re: About Tharoor
by Ajith T on Mar 11, 2010 06:58 PM
Many people commenting that Tharoor is naive and does not see the political pitfalls in the Indian context. But, that is what makes him different from our traditional crowd-pleasing and regressive politics. After all, there seems to be some hope for the future if more individuals like Tharoor come forward and join politics.
Note: I have been following @ShashiTharoor on Twitter for the past one year.. and I'm yet to find any of his comments out-of-place or "controversial"; whereas I have found certain public statements from his senior (SM Krishna) and colleague (Preneet Kaur) to be very stupid.
In conclusion: Tharoor has brought in some accountability for the work he has been doing and definitely has it in him to be the PM of the future
that is a fact. a chinese diplomat gets more work done in usa or any place important abroad in just one visit than indian diplomats do in years. i am yet to see anybody list taroor having done anything right for india. indian people, most of whom speak bad english, get easily bamboozled by the likes of taroor. the man is a nobody in usa. about the only time he gets his say when he has something bad to say about hindus. a chinese will never ever be critical of his own countrymen abroad.
Re: chinese diplomats with poor english achieve more than taroor
by Riju Jose on Mar 12, 2010 05:56 AM
And your extended knowledge about the chinese comes from ? And are your really aware of the rifts between China and US ?..about Google, Taiwan and Dalailama ?? Are you sure this fact is a fact ?
I would like to put forward some of my observations from the details given by some of the writers in this column so far. 1)Shashi's academic and upper class upbringing with no roots in this country make him indeed a 'FOREIGN MINISTER' 2)His academic credentials are sited as qualification for the job he is holding-you do not require these but an understanding of the country's ethos and interests-He lacks both 3)Someone wrote that he is very transparent-the biggest disqualification for a diplomat,who is supposed to feign transparency on the opaque interior. 3)The doyen of indian diplomats sardar K.M.Panikkar defined a diplomat thus when a diplomat says yes ,he means perhaps when he says perhaps it means no. if he says no ,he is no diplomat so my friends do you realize what it takes to be a Minister for external affairs you only need to be mature,know the country well and it's interests otherwise any amount of knowledge of english and polish will not help you.You will end up with 'egg on face' got it?
Re: Shashi Tharoor-
by Riju Jose on Mar 12, 2010 06:04 AM
Looks like you didnt OBSERVE properly. Tharoor's academic and upper class upbringing happened right here in India (Tamil Nadu, Mumbai, Kolkota and Delhi)before he got scholarship to study in US. And he converse in Malayalam just like any Malayali. May be you need to observe better. Check out his speeches in Youtube, you will find out what a diplomat is, and how effectively he is representing India in front of the whole world.
1) He stood top all his studies except for 8th. He got gold medal in 12th, university topper from st stephens. best outgoing student from Fletcher school in US. 2) He was the students president in st stephens and won all the debating competitions there 3) He got admissions into all IIMs, but he opted to take diplomacy since he liked that. 4) at the age of 22 he got 2 post graduation and one PHD. 5) He rose to the highest position in UN in 23 years. 6) If he was elected the secretary general of UN he would have been the youngest ever secretary general for UN in its history. 7) He did not want to get into politics through the back door (rajya sabha) using his influence with MMS, sonia & pranab. so he contested from TVM and got there the tough way 8) At 53 he is one of the youngest politician in India. 9) He has never stayed in kerala or worked in kerala. But he stood as an MP for the first time in kerala and won with a 1 lac majority. This was second highest in all constituency in kerala. he doesnt speak good malayalam. still he won the seat. (this was a sitting seat of communist). He campaigned for just 3 weeks. 10) He has around 7 lac followers in twitter. 11) he was born in london, son of a keralite, studied in delhi, mumbai and kolkatta. took phd from US. worked in Europe and US all his carrer. and now back in india. 12) He is author of 12 books (mostly about india). his first article was published at the age of 6!! India deserves guys like him!!
Re: Tharoor for PM 2014
by NP Mohapatra on Mar 11, 2010 03:22 PM
He,who is not controversial, can not do any thing in life!!!Controversy ,thy name is diplomacy!!go ahead ST, y'ng r with u!!!
Re: Re: Tharoor for PM 2014
by Neha on Mar 11, 2010 04:26 PM
The heart of a fool is in his mouth and so Shashi Tharoor is big mouthed. The only irony is that the mistakes of this fool are known to the world, but not to himself
Re: Re: Re: Tharoor for PM 2014
by Riju Jose on Mar 12, 2010 06:11 AM
Agree that he is big mouthed. But what he telling is truth. And India already have enough political hijadas who lack balls and never seen an education institute up and close. He is one of 'the hope' for future India. NB: Another irony here is that now mistake foolishness of you is known to whole rediff board now.. but not to yourself.
Re: Tharoor for PM 2014
by Neha on Mar 10, 2010 06:24 PM
All your points are "Cattle Class Rubbish". It's your Bitterness and Helplessness may be at office that you see your image in him trying to achieve what you couldn't. Only the standard of living benefits from Formal Education, it hardly builds up a man's 'Brain'. You have a living example in Shashi Tharoor who is nothing but a 'Big Mouthed Fool'. He is just serving Country as an Advisor, not a Worker which he is selected for.
Shahsi Tharoor may know English but that is not the required skill for being a foreign minister,I really dobut if he is in touch with mother tongue of his parents that is Malyalam leave alone any other Indian Language.
Heads would have rolled in MEA after Egypt joint declaration where our foreign ministry included reference to Balochistan. But what ST did zilch.
I read one article from ST where he considers Hindi to be an artificial language just 200 years old , It's another matter that there were balads written in this language throughout the middle ages and it is atleast 900-1000 years old language. If this is his view on one of the 22 National langages and a language that is mother tongue of 40% of people and as second language or lingua franca by majority of nation we can just understand how much rooting he has in Indian tradition.
while the writer may disparage Bihari TTE but a Bihari retired IAS Yashwant Sinha made much better minister ( first as foreign then finance) then ST.
Re: Useless fellow
by jai vinayak on Mar 10, 2010 05:14 PM
This is the way the underworld has emerged again in india and nobody has ever come out of a mass psychological contract killing exercise alive...pls help by creating awareness!!
I know this does not belong here but since there is no law and order system in India and all news media houses can be shut clean by politicians and crime bosses and that i have a dear friend who is trapped in this, I am having to be impolite and having to post here for we are in need of desperate help!!! icThis is a case of an unbelievable criminal underworld who are in the process of a 'Psychological Contract Killing' from whom no one has ever come out alive!!
A Friend of mine is in deep serious trouble and needs help! Please help if you can by contacting and giving this information to law enforcement agencies i.e.
police and press in every city plus law and order entities of all kinds ASAP!!! Help and spread this news to everyone and save his life!! Pls note this is a
campaign against Bangalore Police who are partnered with Real Estate gangsters of Bangalore and are torturing him and all his contacts for the past 3 months.
He has been severely beaten on atleast 35 occassions and police is not interested. He has fallen ill ( due to food poisoning by the gangsters) on more than 9
occassions in the past 3 months!!pl contact press international and indian and every other contact you know who can save from these ghastly criminals!
HELP!! FAST and URGENT!!! Pl note he cannot go to th
varied distinctions. And in a nation where the standard leader is little different from the wayside thief in every manner, he stands out like few others do. However, these reasons alone may not help him win the next election from Trivandrum constituency. The electorate of Trivandrum may have lost it's usual focus in the last election, perhaps going glossy eyed over Mr.Tharoor's credentials and ignoring the politically and administratively much more credible ones of his communist opponent who had served them well in the previous term. Mr. Tharoor can expect his electorate to put his less than agreeable record so far in the service of his constituency under the scanner the next time. His high profile ways notwithstanding, it would be what he actually delivered in terms of helping his constituency address it's myriad issues (that his predecessor tackled with gusto and with great merit) that would be the sole criterion the next time.
Re: Shashi Tharoor may be a man of
by giveanid on Mar 10, 2010 12:19 PM
Are you talking of Pannyan Ravindran? What good did he do for Tvm? Wasted 5 years!
