Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician, writer and former international diplomat. He was formerly Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and contested for the post of Secretary-General in 2006. Shashi also serves as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology and All India Professionals Congress. Shashi Tharoor is an acclaimed writer, having authored 19 bestselling works of fiction and non-fiction since 1981, which are centred on India and its history, culture, film, politics, society, foreign policy and more.