Shashi Tharoor

                                 SHASHI THAROOR

Image result for shashi tharoor                             Shashi Tharoor  is an Indian politician and a former diplomat who is currently serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala since 2009. He also currently serves as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs and All India Professionals Congress of the Indian National Congress.He was previously Minister of State in the Government of India for External Affairs (2009–2010) and Human Resource Development (2012–2014). He is a member of the Indian National Congress and served as an official spokesperson for the party from January to October 2014. Until 2007, he was a career official at the United Nations, rising to the rank of Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information in 2001. He announced his retirement after finishing second in the 2006 selection for U.N. Secretary-General to Ban Ki-moon.
                         Tharoor is also an acclaimed writer, having authored 16 bestselling works of fiction and non-fiction since 1981, all of which are centred on India and its history, culture, film, politics, society, foreign policy, and more. He is also the author of hundreds of columns and articles in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME,Newsweek, and The Times of India.  He also wrote regular columns for The Indian Express(1991–93 and 1996–2001), The Hindu(2001–2008), and The Times of India(2007–2009).  Tharoor is a globally recognised speaker on India's economics and politics, as well as on freedom of the press, human rights, Indian culture, and international affairs.
Image result for shashi tharoor                        Tharoor is especially notable for his extraordinary eloquence while speaking, as demonstrated by the immense popularity of his speeches on online platforms such as YouTube.    Additionally, Tharoor is known for his views on a number of topics including economics, history, governance, and geopolitics due to both his well-regarded educational attainment and his broad experience while at the United Nations.He is a vegetarian and Tharoor "abhors the idea of consuming the corpses of animals," although he does not have a problem with those who do. He has stated that he is "very proud of being a Hindu" and that he's a "worshipping" and "believing Hindu." Tharoor also claims to have read a "fair amount" of the Upanishads.

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