Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor (born March 9, 1956, London, England) is a prominent Indian diplomat and politician who, after long service in the international diplomatic corps, became an official in the government of India. He is also a highly regarded author of both nonfiction and fiction books.he was awarded a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

Shashi Tharoor, the Indian politician, diplomat, and writer, is often recognized for his distinguished and polished appearance.

Tharoor was a career officer in the United Nations, rising to the position of Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information in 2001. He declared his retirement after completing second in the 2006 selection for U.N. Secretary-General to Ban Ki-moon. Tharoor joined the Indian National Congress in 2009 to start his political career. He successfully represented the party from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala by winning in the Lok Sabha elections. In 2009, he was elected to the parliament.

Shashi Tharoor joined the Indian National Congress in 2009, Tharoor successfully represented the party from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, winning the Lok Sabha elections and earning four terms as a member of parliament: 2009, 2014, 2019, and 2024.

• The Malayali Nair family was Tharoor's birthplace in London. In London, Bombay, Calcutta, and Delhi, his father Chandran held a number of jobs, including a 25-year stint with The Statesman Newspaper.
• With 15 best-selling fiction and non-fiction books pertaining to India and its history, culture, cinema, politics, society, foreign policy, and other topics, Tharoor has also been a celebrated writer since 1981.
• Riot (2001), Show Business (1992), The Great Indian Novel (1989), and The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories (1990) are among the works included in his bibliography. These books are all fiction-based.