"Indian diplomacy," a veteran told Shashi Tharoor many years ago, "is like the love-making of an elephant: it is conducted at a very high level, accompanied by much bellowing, and the results are not known for two years." In this lively, informative and insightful work, the award-winning author and [...]

Shashi Tharoor is once again at his provocative best. In the titular piece, we learn what Iraqis go through in their beleaguered land merely to get hold of a book; what does it mean when selling books, selling culture, out of one's own library is the only way to put bread on the table? Later, Tharoo[...]

Shashi Tharoor delivers an incisive biography of the great secularist who-alongside his spiritual father, Mahatma Gandhi-led the movement for India's independence from British rule and ushered his newly independent country into the modern world. The man who would one day help topple British rule and[...]

A Monsoon Feast comprises seven short stories by renowned writers from Kerala (India) and Singapore that provide deep insights on the various concerns and ways of life of both communities. The collection includes stories by well-known author Shashi Tharoor, Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning autho[...]