Tarar-Tharoor: Emails suggest no love affair

Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor’s shocking death came on the heels of a bizarre and bitter Twitter spat with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar, who she accused of “stalking” her husband, Union Minister Shashi Tharoor. Upon her sudden demise, speculations have been rife wildly trying to link the tragedy to the “alleged” love-triangle. However, a private email exchange between the minister and the journalist on 28 July 2013, exclusively gathered by India Today claims that there was no love affair but instead a good friendship between Tharoor and Tarar, which was however a source of jealousy for Sunanda.[caption id=“attachment_1347223” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor and Union Minister Shashi Tharoor. PTI[/caption] In her email to Tharoor, Tarar writes ( Read the email in its entirety here): “About me being the reason you have problems with your wife…main kya kahun. I don’t even want to think what it would do to my very young kid. So I guess I was right all my life. Friendship between a man and a woman will always be labelled incorrectly. And even the woman who’s the love of your life will doubt your word against very circumstantial evidence.” Tharoor in his reply to the Pakistani journalist expresses anguish over the misunderstanding, but also expresses his deep love for his wife, who he says has asked him not to stay in touch with Tarar anymore. “Getting her well and reducing stress on her is my major priority right now and I hope you will understand and forgive me if I stop our phone and email exchanges,” he writes. It isn’t clear how India Today obtained these emails, or who gave it to them. They are also seven months old, and give no indication of events that may have occurred more recently. In her tweets, Sunanda claimed that Tarar continued to pursue Tharoor, releasing what she claimed were BBM and DM messages from the journalist. You can read both emails on the India Today website.