Member of Parliament
for Thiruvananthapuram
Today we bow our heads to commemorate a time of terror and death in a city that throbs with life and hope.
There is a savage irony to the fact that the horror in Mumbai began with terrorists docking near the Gateway of India. The magnificent arch, built in 1911
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I know it’s customary, when one speaks to an audience, to say it’s a pleasure to be here. I have to admit that pleasure is not the word that comes to mind, because I’ve just had a very moving visit to various parts of the RCC. I saw the patients
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By Dr. Shashi Tharoor
I’d like to start by commending the MEA for holding an international seminar on this hitherto neglected subject. I believe the turnout so early on Friday morning augurs well for the discussions to follow.
I once asked a distinguished senior diplomat what lay behind all the hostility I
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Honourable Chair Whiteman; Sir John Daniel; Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU, Professor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai; Professor Ramanujam, who delivered a generous and inspired welcome to me today; ladies and gentlemen; friends:
It is a privilege, to deliver this lecture in honour of one of the great historians of our times, Baron Asa Briggs,
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Honourable Mr Di. Mu. Jayaratne, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Distinguished Guests, Ladies & gentlemen, Friends:
Aayu Bovan, Vanakkam, Namaskaram, Good evening!
At one level it might seem a little odd for me to be addressing you all at the inauguration of the International Indian Film Awards. After all, I am
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St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University on 13 August 2009 and
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh on 19 August 2009
It is indeed a privilege to be addressing you on the subject of “Why Foreign Policy Matters”, and particularly to do so at a time when are celebrating the 62nd anniversary of our
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Minister of State for External Affairs Dr Shashi Tharoor at the Release of “Arab World 2009: Paradise Promised- A Manual on Business and Trade Opportunities”
17 August 2009, New Delhi
I am honoured and delighted to be here for the release of this wonderful publication of ASSOCHAM on business and trade opportunities
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New Delhi, 12 August 2009
Mr Francois Stamm, Head of Regional Delegation, ICRC, New Delhi
Shri Mahesh Bhatt, Eminent Film Personality, who delivered the kind of speech we all like to hear but Ministers can never deliver,
Mr Arthur Mattli, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Switzerland
Dr S P Agarwal, Secretary General, Indian Red Cross
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Inaugural Address by Minister of State for External Affairs Dr Shashi Tharoor at International Seminar on New Dimensions of Indo-Arab Relations (Maharaja College, Ernakulam, 11 August 2009)
Dr V A Mohandas, Principal, Maharaja’s College
H.E. Dr Noureddine Bardad-Daidj, Ambassador of Algeria to India
H.E Mr Khidir Haroon Ahmed, Ambassador of Sudan to India
H.E.
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Dr Park Jai Chang, President, Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs,
Mr K John Cherian, National President of YMCA of India
Prof O J Oommen, Vice President of Asia Pacific Alliance of YMCAs (APAY)
Mr Vijay Sewag, President, New Delhi YMCA
Delegates from abroad, Young Friends
Ladies and Gentlemen
Dr Park Jai Chang, President, Asia and
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“Media, Democracy & Governance: Emerging Paradigms in a Digital Age”
[16 July 2009, 1600 hrs; Sovereign Ballroom, Le Meridien Hotel]
Chair of the session H.E Dr Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director General of UNESCO,
Prof Binod Agrawal, Vice Chancellor, Himgiri Nabh Vishwavidyalaya
Dr Ang Peng Hwa, Chairman, AMIC
Dr Indrajit Banerjee, Secretary-General, AMIC
Distinguished experts and
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Mr. Hasan Ahmed, Vice-Chairman and Members of Haj Committee of India,
Shri N. Ravi, Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs
Shri M.OH. Farook, Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Honorable Members of Parliament,
Shri Mohammed Owais, CEO, Haj Committee of India,
Chairmen and Members of the State Haj Committees, former Chairman Shri Iqbal
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Address by Minister of State Dr Shashi Tharoor at the inauguration of
Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies at
Lisbon, Portugal on 12 July 2009
H.E. Mr Jaime Gama, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal,
H.E Mr Luis Amado, Foreign Minister of Portugal,
Honourable Ministers in the podium and in
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Address by Hon’ble Minister of State for External Affairs, Shri Shashi Tharoor
June 30, 2009
Hon. Minister Shri Murli Deora (to whom I could not say no even when he was not yet a Minister), Hon. Minister of State Jitin Prasada, Dr. Omkar Goswami (whose grey hair betrays the greater wisdom he
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Keynote address by MOS Dr. Shashi Tharoor at the Annual General Meeting of Global Compact Society Inaugural Session of Workshop on ‘Making a Business Case for Ethical and Transparent Corporate Culture’ (New Delhi, June 29, 2009)
Mr. R.S. Sharma, President of the Global Compact Society,
Admiral R.H. Tahilani, Chairman, Transparency International India
Ms.
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Sana'a, Yemen
JUNE 25, 2009
Mr. Chairman
Honourable Ministers,
Distinguished Delegates, Excellencies and Friends:
At the outset, I would like to thank our hosts, the Government and the People of the Republic of Yemen for the warm hospitality extended to me and the members of my delegation. I would also like to compliment them for
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