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Dear Gen Z, you don't need to be treated like cockroaches, you can change the system from within

Dear Gen Z, you don't need to be treated like cockroaches, you can change the system from within

If all else fails, take your case to court. But for that, you need to have a case, not just a set of slogans or memes expressing your frustrations

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Shashi Tharoor

Dear Gen Z, you don't need to be treated like cockroaches, you can change the system from within

Dear Gen Z, you don't need to be treated like cockroaches, you can change the system from within

If all else fails, take your case to court. But for that, you need to have a case, not just a set of slogans or memes expressing your frustrations

latest 10

Indian Express

Shashi Tharoor

Dear Gen Z, you don't need to be treated like cockroaches, you can change the system from within

Dear Gen Z, you don't need to be treated like cockroaches, you can change the system from within
latest 10

Indian Express

Shashi Tharoor

Operation Toofan: A fight for Kerala’s youth, families and future

Operation Toofan: A fight for Kerala’s youth, families and future

I had the privilege of participating in the launch of Operation Toofan in Thiruvananthapuram – the first major new initiative of the new Government...

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Marco Rubio's visit cannot fully undo a year of systemic whiplash in India-US ties

Marco Rubio's visit cannot fully undo a year of systemic whiplash in India-US ties
28.05.2026 30

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Marco Rubio's visit cannot fully undo a year of systemic whiplash in India-US ties

Marco Rubio's visit cannot fully undo a year of systemic whiplash in India-US ties
28.05.2026 30

Indian Express

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Marco Rubio's visit cannot fully undo a year of systemic whiplash in India-US ties

Marco Rubio's visit cannot fully undo a year of systemic whiplash in India-US ties

While Rubio effectively managed the acute symptoms of the crumbling partnership, the underlying disease — the radical unpredictability of...

28.05.2026 20

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Shashi Tharoor writes: In Iran and beyond, force has its limits – and vulnerability can become leverage

21.05.2026 20

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Shashi Tharoor writes: In Iran and beyond, force has its limits – and vulnerability can become leverage

21.05.2026 10

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Opinion | The Beijing Spectacle: Two Weary Giants Carve Up Their Share Of The World

17.05.2026 30

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At the India-Nordic Summit, turn ‘sambandh’ into strategy

At a time when the turbulence of the Trumpian era has unsettled global norms, India and the Nordic countries share a common interest in defending...

14.05.2026 10

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At the India-Nordic Summit, turn ‘sambandh’ into strategy

At a time when the turbulence of the Trumpian era has unsettled global norms, India and the Nordic countries share a common interest in defending...

14.05.2026 10

Indian Express

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At the India-Nordic Summit, turn ‘sambandh’ into strategy

14.05.2026 10

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Opinion | 'Who Else?' - The Hubris That Shattered The Left In Kerala

07.05.2026 20

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Spices are the key to a renewed export future

I write these words in Kochi, a city whose very history is intertwined with the global spice trade. For over two millennia, this coastline has...

01.05.2026 40

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Et tu, Kerala? Rise of identity politics threatens social cohesion, governance

30.04.2026 20

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Et tu, Kerala? Rise of identity politics threatens social cohesion, governance

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Et tu, Kerala? Rise of identity politics threatens social cohesion, governance

30.04.2026 30

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Opinion | The 'Donnyland' Donnybrook: How To Conduct Foreign Policy In The Age Of Ego-Geopolitics

27.04.2026 40

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Opinion | A Year After Pahalgam, India Contends With Desperate Enemies, Distracted Friends

21.04.2026 40

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Shashi Tharoor writes: The Trojan Horse of delimitation, and fundamental questions about the design of our democracy

20.04.2026 30

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Shashi Tharoor writes: The Trojan Horse of delimitation, and fundamental questions about the design of our democracy

20.04.2026 30

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Shashi Tharoor writes: The Trojan Horse of delimitation, and fundamental questions about the design of our democracy

20.04.2026 20

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Shashi Tharoor writes: A new world order needs a credible architect. India must claim that role

16.04.2026 30

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Shashi Tharoor writes: A new world order needs a credible architect. India must claim that role

16.04.2026 20

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Shashi Tharoor writes: A new world order needs a credible architect. India must claim that role

16.04.2026 30

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Stout and Tender

In the vast, often self-indulgent landscape of contemporary poetry, Badri Raina’s “Stout and Tender” arrives like a sharp intake of breath on a...

15.04.2026 30

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Opinion: The Great North-South Debate, And Prickly Questions About 'Fairness'

14.04.2026 30

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Islamabad channel: India must stand for peace, whoever the broker may be

If Pakistan succeeds, India should be among the first to celebrate the return of peace. Celebrating a neighbour’s successful mediation does not...

10.04.2026 40

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Opinion | India Sits Atop 500 Million Tons Of Gold Ore. Why Isn't It Being Mined? - By Shashi Tharoor

09.04.2026 30

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Islamabad channel: India must stand for peace, whoever the broker may be

09.04.2026 40

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Islamabad channel: India must stand for peace, whoever the broker may be

If Pakistan succeeds, India should be among the first to celebrate the return of peace. Celebrating a neighbour’s successful mediation does not...

09.04.2026 30

Indian Express

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Shashi Tharoor writes: Kerala must show how an ageing population can thrive

By fostering a ‘silver economy’ that incentivises private investment in elder-care technology and infrastructure, Kerala can ensure that its...

02.04.2026 20

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Shashi Tharoor writes: Kerala must show how an ageing population can thrive

02.04.2026 30

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Opinion | On April Fools' Day, A Reality Check For US, Iran And The World

01.04.2026 30

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Kerala: Education amid technological change

India, at her noblest, has always been a land of conversation. Our intellectual inheritance was not forged in silence but in dialogue. The sages of...

01.04.2026 30

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Shashi Tharoor writes | In LDF's Sabarimala U-turn, a lesson for religious reform

26.03.2026 20

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Shashi Tharoor writes | In LDF's Sabarimala U-turn, a lesson for religious reform

26.03.2026 30

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Opinion | Why The Current LPG Crisis Is More Than Just A 'Supply Chain' Hiccup

23.03.2026 50

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Shashi Tharoor writes: India's silence on West Asia war is not moral surrender. It is responsible statecraft

We were reluctant to condemn the Soviet Union’s flagrant violations of international law in Hungary (1956), Czechoslovakia (1968), and Afghanistan...

19.03.2026 40

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Shashi Tharoor writes: India's silence on West Asia war is not moral surrender. It is responsible statecraft

19.03.2026 40

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Opinion | Debt Trap To Youth Exodus, The 10 Big Crises Ailing Kerala - By Shashi Tharoor

18.03.2026 40

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The Sanju Samson I know — and admire

There are few joys in public life as deeply personal as watching a young talent you have known since boyhood rise to fulfil the promise you sensed in...

15.03.2026 40

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Shashi Tharoor writes: Era of gentle trade is over. Global village is being replaced by law of jungle

The realisation that a single geopolitical tremor — a pandemic or a sudden invasion — can collapse a supply chain has turned trade into a...

13.03.2026 30

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On Disagreement, Democracy: An Open Letter To Mani Shankar Aiyar - By Shashi Tharoor

12.03.2026 40

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Shashi Tharoor writes: Era of gentle trade is over. Global village is being replaced by law of jungle

12.03.2026 30

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Our stakes are high in West Asia. Delhi must call for diplomacy, de-escalation

Uncomfortable questions persist about the strategic logic of unleashing war. Was this gamble for regime change inspired by a desire to create a...

06.03.2026 30

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Our stakes are high in West Asia. Delhi must call for diplomacy, de-escalation

06.03.2026 60

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The Vizhinjam Vocation: Anchoring Kerala's future in a Maritime renaissance

For decades, the discourse surrounding the Vizhinjam International Transshipment Port has been anchored in the language of civil engineering-24 metres...

04.03.2026 60

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Reimagining Governance

As the Budget session of Parliament has got under way, it is arguably time to reflect not merely on governance as an administrative necessity, but as...

15.02.2026 100

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