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strongNew Delhi:/strong Union Minister Shashi Tharoor was today heckled by BJP women workers, who were protesting against lack of safety for women, at a function here to mark International Women's Day. [caption id=attachment_653521 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong Union Minis
Last week, Shashi Tharoor launched the 'Tiranga Bangle', an initiative by Naveen Jindal's Flag Foundation of India. The bangle claims to provide 'natural, environment-friendly and non-chemical-based healing'. Not surprisingly, the reactions on social media to the bangle - and to Tharoor's association with the launch of the bangle - were harsh, immediate and critical. On twitter, Sunanda Vashisht?(@sunandavashisht) asked, TrivortexTirangaBangle??? Are you guys serious??? What did Mr. Tharoor do to all his scholarship? a href=https://twitter.com/greatbong?@greatbong/a took a swipe at Jindal, but left Tharoor out of it. So this JindalTirangaBanglewill go up against Nazar Suraksha Kavach. Take that Zee. A Dekhe Zara Kisme Kitna Hain Dum, he tweeted. [caption id=attachment_610934 align=alignleft width=380 Last week, Shashi Tharoor launched
First came Minister Shashi Tharoor's a href=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/name-revised-anti-rape-law-after-delhi-gangrape-victim-shashi-tharoor-575244.htmltweet/a. Then came the chorus of voices backing it and opposing it. Finally the a href=http://www.firstpost.com/india/naming-anti-rape-law-after-her-would-be-an-honour-delhi-gangrape-victims-family-575898.htmlapproval of the family/a to name a possible new anti-rape law after the 23-year-old women who was brutally gangraped and assaulted in Delhi that was cited as the ending point in the debate. But as a href=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/harassed-family-of-victim-pleads--just-leave-us-alone-/1053733/0an emIndian Express/em report /ashows, that while they may have no objection about a law, hospital or anything else being named after her, the woman's family is rather tired of being asked for their view on every point in the debate. emPeople should not forget that till the last minute when she was conscious, my sister was wary of even relatives visiting her in hospital. She constantly told me to make sure nobody knew what had happened to her,/em her 19-year-old brother said, asking for the family to be left alone. [caption id=attachment_576831 align=alignleft width=380 First came Minister Shashi Tharoor'
strongMumbai:/strong After Union Minister Shashi Tharoor today favoured naming the revised anti-rape legislation after the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim, his party's MLA from Mumbai has demanded that the Milan subway flyover here be named after the braveheart. Congress MLA from Vile Parle Krishna Hegde met Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan this evening and suggested to him that the flyover be named after the gang-rape victim. [caption id=attachment_575313 align=alignleft width=380 strongMumbai:/strong After Union Mi
Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, left, speaks at Lady Shri Ram College, her alma mater, as Indian Junior Minister for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor, right, takes her picture in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Suu Kyi, who arrived Tuesday, is on a five-day visit to the country. Seated are College principal Menakshi Gopinath, second right, and College founder Arun Bharat Ram. Myanmar's opposition leader and Nob
India's Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor (R) speaks with Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during her visit to her former college Lady Shri Ram (LSR), in New Delhi November 16, 2012. Suu Kyi urged India on Wednesday to stand by Myanmar on its journey to democracy, on her first trip to Myanmar's neighbour since it dropped its support for her democracy movement two decades ago in favour of the ruling junta. EUTERS/B Mathur. India's Minister of State for Human
Indian Human Resource Development Minister Shashi Tharoor (R) gestures while talking to Myanmar opposition leader and National League for Democracy Chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi during her visit to Lady Sri Ram College in New Delhi on November 16, 2012. Suu Kyi is in India for a seven day visit. Indian Human Resource Development M
India's Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor (L) extends his hand towards Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper as Harper's wife Laureen (R) watches upon their arrival at the airport in New Delhi November 5, 2012. Harper is on a six-day state visit to India. India's Minister of State for Human
Canada s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, is greeted by member of Parliament and Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor as he arrives at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Harper is on a five-day visit to India. Canada s Prime Minister Stephen Har
strongNew Delhi:/strong Union minister Shashi Tharoor on Friday rued that the quality of higher education in the country was extremely uneven and prescribed specialised training by institutions to its recruits as one of the solutions to bridge the gap. Speaking at the 2nd convocation of the Max Institute of Medical Excellence in New Delhi, the new Minister of State for Human Resources Development said there is a dearth of good and quality education in the country though brain is the biggest asset of the people. [caption id=attachment_513069 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong Union minis
Shashi Tharoor's return to the union cabinet couldn't have come with a better political statement than defending his wife against a foul-mouthed Narendra Modi, whose distasteful remarks on Monday showed to the world why India is a paradise for misogynists. Without getting into the routine feminist rhetoric of patriarchy, Tharoor dwarfed the acerbic Modi with his clever language when he spoke of his love towards his wife with a lot of dignity. In the same breath, he held a mirror to Modi in an attempt to show the latter that one needs finer emotions to understand love, and a lot of character to respect women. Certainly a fair point, and a poignant point, in a country where politicians are notorious for their reckless remarks against women, particularly those in public life. That too during the times of khap panchayats, Taliban style codes-of-conduct, cultural policing and Gopal Kandas. For the men with power, the easiest to bring down women is to insinuate on their character and set off a whisper campaign that finally makes the woman a slut. With dedicated online brigades; and natural born perverts who live on the internet faking images, posting and forwarding smut against women; what Modi attempted was the easiest to put a woman and her man on the defensive. Fire a loaded shot and leave it to the men. They will make it viral for you. [caption id=attachment_509691 align=alignleft width=380 Shashi Tharoor's return to the unio
strongThiruvananthapuram:/strong Shashi Tharoor, re-inducted into the Manmohan Singh government after two years, said today that he was dropped earlier from the ministry for no fault of his own. Tharoor made the comment after hundreds of supporters gave him a rousing welcome as he landed here after Sunday's swearing in ceremony in Delhi. Tharoor is the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram. I think old wounds have healed. I now have a portfolio through which I can do good for the country and the state, said the new minister of state for human resource development. [caption id=attachment_506805 align=alignleft width=380 strongThiruvananthapuram:/strong Sh
strongNew Delhi:/strong Shashi Tharoor, who has made a come back in the Union Ministry as Minister of State for HRD, on Sunday expressed his eagerness to make a significant contribution in the key department. HRD Ministry is an important area. If we can't educate and train our people we will not be able to take advantage of extra ordinary dividend we have, Tharoor said after the swearing-in ceremony here. [caption id=attachment_505932 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong Shashi Thar
India's new Minister of State Shashi Tharoor(R) takes an oath of office as Indian President Pranab Mukherjee looks on during a swearing-in ceremony at The Presidental Palace in New Delhi on October 28, 2012. Speaking to reporters after a swearing-in ceremony for the new ministers, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he expected that his new team would remain in office up until the next general election which is due in spring 2014. India's new Minister of State Shash
Shashi Tharoor, before he decided to become a politician, was an excellent writer of fiction. It is rather sad that he hasn't written any fiction since he became a politician. A few lines that he wrote in his book emRiot: A Love Story /emI particularly like. There is not a thing as the wrong place, or the wrong time. We are where we are at the only time we have. Perhaps it's where we're meant to be, wrote Tharoor. India's slowing economic growth is a good case in point of Tharoor's logic. It is where it is, despite what the politicians who run this country have to say, because that's where it is meant to be. [caption id=attachment_419411 align=alignleft width=380 Shashi Tharoor, before he decided t
Indian Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan (2nd R) poses with Lok Sabha member of parliament Shashi Tharoor (2nd L) and wife Sunanda (R), and Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan (L) during the Pax Indica book launch in Mumbai on August 4, 2012. Indian Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Kh
Indian Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan attends the Pax Indica book launch, authored by Lok Sabha member of parliament Shashi Tharoor, in Mumbai on August 4, 2012. Indian Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Kh
strongThiruvananthapuram:/strong Shashi Tharoor has urged the Centre to enhance the pension under the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) scheme to at least Rs 5,000. The existing minimum pension of the scheme was totally inadequate for over 3.5 million under the scheme who had spent their working life in the most productive sectors of the national economy, he said. [caption id=attachment_398703 align=alignleft width=380 strongThiruvananthapuram:/strong Sh