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MP for Thiruvananthapuram. Author of 17 books. Former Minister of State,Govt.of India. Former UnderSecretaryGeneral,UnitedNations. RTs do not imply endorsement

New Delhi & Thiruvananthapuram
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Joined March 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    19 Sep 2015

    Lessons for living: Make a difference. Teach. Love. Write books. Help the needy. Donate your organs.(Timeless wisdom)

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  2. 3 hours ago

    Delighted to hear this news. My late father Chandran Tharoor was one of the founders of the India Club, with Krishna Menon. A silent tip of the hat to his memory. Long may the dosas continue to be served!

    We are extremely happy to announce that Planning Committee have unanimously rejected the redevelopment plans for the India Club! Please see our statement below:
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  3. Retweeted
    12 hours ago

    China responsible for Pakistan’s debt crisis and IMF should stay out of it Writes Christopher Balding:

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  4. 3 hours ago

    Our domestic workers currently have no rights. They are demanding the Govt enact a law (such as my Private Member's Bill) which would ensure them:

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  5. 4 hours ago

    A lovely three-part appreciation of the cricketer, by (here's a link to the first part) :

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  6. 4 hours ago

    A pun a day keeps the pedant away....

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  7. 4 hours ago

    Ask the Govt India & to include sexual exploitation in Trafficking law - Sign the Petition! via

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  8. 4 hours ago

    The MP from my neighbouring constituency, Attingal, A.Sampath (CPI-M), moves a privilege notice against ParliamentaryAffairs Minister for misleading the House about the attack on my Thiruvananthapuram office:

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  9. 4 hours ago

    My maiden LS speech was on torture. Govt had told the SC that it wld consider the LawCommission's recommendation to enact a law against torture. Now the Govt informs me that it can't implement this proposal in a time-bound manner, though the recommendation was made 10 months ago!

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  10. 7 hours ago

    The Government gives me a half-baked answer in the Lok Sabha to my question about the removal of a reportedly corrupt Judge:

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  11. 9 hours ago

    “Swaraj is my birthright & I shall have it!”

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  12. 9 hours ago

    Speaker abruptly cut short LS discussion, but statement that Modi-XI meeting had no agenda is worrying. Not to have an agenda is the other side’s agenda. Given the problems they are causing us, there are a number of issues our PM should want to raise on our agenda.

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  13. 9 hours ago

    I was wrong. & no . Huge mistake. We should play to our strengths, not try to imitate our opponents. We don’t have four world-class pace bowlers available. We do have 3 world-class spinners & should play two of them everywhere. Shouldn’t omit match winners

    So Ganguly picks over for the 1st Test: It's a tough call either way. For me the rest of the team would be: . Agree?
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  14. Retweeted
    Jul 30
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    You can no more ask an author to name his own favourite book than you can ask a parent to pick a favourite child.

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    Jul 30
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    Wrong. If you take the word “secular” out of the Constitution, it is still a secular Constitution, with Articles guaranteeing freedom of religion &equality. That was why advocates of Hindu Rashtra like Savarkar, Golwalkar & Upadhyaya rejected it.

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    13 hours ago

    in 1990, at Lord's India req 24 runs to save the follow on, Kapil was at the crease with the last man at the other end. Here’s what Kapil paaji did... Hemmings to Dev 6,6,6,6 Epic moment in Indian cricket 🇮🇳👊🏽 Watch 👇🏽

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  17. 15 hours ago

    Heartwarming story of an pilot who was able to fly her air-hostess mother's retirement flight!

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  18. Retweeted
    Jul 31

    very cool.

    Frequency of some common place name suffixes in India : Map courtesy : evening_raga
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  19. Retweeted
    Jul 31

    "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." ~ Albert Einstein

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    Jul 31

    Analysis | Asia’s minority rights crisis is getting worse

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  21. Jul 31

    Dear your scheme for "Enhancement of Competitiveness in the India Capital Goods Sector" has approved 8 Centres of Excellence. But 86cr in only 5 states, to undertake R&D, is surely not enough. Can't PSUs pay a certain% of their turnover towards R&D by these Centres?

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