Shashi Tharoor is a famous politian from India. Shashi Tharoor was born on the 9th of March 1956.
Shashi Tharoor is the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and a member of the Indian Parliament from the Trivandrum constituency in Kerala.
Shashi Tharoor is also a human rights advocate, and an adviser for many institutions, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Aspen Institute, and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.
Between the years 2002 and 2007, Shashi Tharoor was the UN Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information.
In the year 2006, Shashi Tharoor became the official candidate of India for the office of United Nations Secretary-General, and came second out of seven official candidates in the race.
Shashi Tharoor is also an author, a columnist, and a journalist.