I had to write: When Shashi Tharoor sought 'licence to write' during UN stintShashi Tharoor, renowned for his command of the English language, shared his journey of securing a 'licence to write' from the UN's chief o...
31 Aug, 2024, 05.40 PM IST
Australian teacher's video on Shashi Tharoor's 'Tharoorian Vocabulary' goes viralAustralian teacher Jay provides insights into the secrets behind the 'Tharoorian vocabulary,' a term coined to describe Tharoor's impactful...
07 Dec, 2023, 09.03 PM IST
Man arrives with Oxford dictionary to understand Shashi Tharoor’s speech at Nagaland event; WatchA man was seen sitting with an Oxford dictionary at a talk show at Nagaland, to comprehend the speech of Shashi Tharoor, who had to deliver...
27 Feb, 2023, 02.59 PM IST
ChatGPT vs Shashi Tharoor: Who did it better?The Congress leader thinks ChatGPT's attempt to replicate his writing style was 'jejune'.
19 Jan, 2023, 12.17 PM IST
Wordsmith Shashi Tharoor strikes again, adds 'Quockerwodger' to his 'Tharoorosaurus'The 66-year-old was kind enough to share the meaning of the word as well.
21 Apr, 2022, 04.34 PM IST
'One Mic Stand': Shashi Tharoor calls out PM Modi, speaks millennial lingo; his stand-up act becomes a massive hitThe veteran politician tries his hand at stand-up comedy, says ‘blame it all on Nehru’ if you don’t find it funny.
18 Nov, 2019, 03.39 PM IST
Exotic vocabulary, A-level humour: Shashi Tharoor’s reply to a student, who asked him to teach him a new word, goes viralTwitter appreciates Shashi Tharoor for his simple yet profound advice.
13 Nov, 2019, 11.46 AM IST
Hindutva is an assault on Hinduism: Shashi TharoorIn his new book, Tharoor, 63, delves deep into Hinduism's most important schools of thought such as Advaita Vedanta.
29 Sep, 2019, 12.48 PM IST
A new word a day to keep disunity at bayThe PM’s suggestion of using India’s linguistic diversity as a bridge is not difficult.
03 Sep, 2019, 08.38 AM IST
Don't understand Shashi Tharoor's foreign accent: Piyush GoyalWhen Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar intervened in the matter, Premachandran retorted that he had every right to do so, since t...
19 Jul, 2018, 08.03 PM IST
Country has "sadly" not seen enough of 'interesting' person Rahul Gandhi: Shashi TharoorHe was replying to questions from students of the Delhi University's Hindu College at the 'Mushaira Literature Festival' after delivering a...
31 Jan, 2018, 07.00 PM IST
Webaqoof, rodomontade: Words from Shashi Tharoor's dictionary that left you confused in 2017The Congress MP is known to throw about eloquent tweets, peppered with extraordinary vocabulary.
27 Dec, 2017, 04.17 PM IST
Feminism trumped rodomontade in 2017The word feminism has come a long way from the definition it debuted with in 1841 which meant "the qualities of female".
16 Dec, 2017, 02.26 PM IST
Narendra Modi practising 'petty politics': CongressSlamming Modi, Cong today accused him of practising "low, petty politics" and said he was "exploiting" the 'neech rajniti' remarks of Priya...
07 May, 2014, 06.19 PM IST
- Politicians still unaware of the perils of losses in translation
If political classes continue to be beleaguered by those differently-abled, there will be many more instances of barbs missing their mark o...
19 Oct, 2012, 05.26 AM IST
- Interlocutor: A 4-letter word!
Shashi Tharoor has tripped again and that too on Saudi soil.
03 Mar, 2010, 04.23 AM IST
- Idiomatic idylls: English is in crisis
Tharoor's controversy only served to highlight the wider malaise that now affects India: unfamiliarity with English idioms.
22 Sep, 2009, 01.37 AM IST