Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor is the prize-winning author of ten books, both fiction and non-fiction, and a widely-published critic and columnist (The Hindu, The Times of India and Newsweek). His books include the classic The Great Indian Novel; India: From Midnight to the Millennium; Nehru; and The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone. Last year he concluded a nearly 29-year career with the United Nations, culminating as the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information. He is currently chairman of Dubai-based Afras Ventures. He was named by the World Economic Forum in Davos as a “Global Leader of Tomorrow” and he holds the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award, India’s highest honor for overseas Indians. He resides in New York.
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