Mr.Tharoor is one of the finest speaker, he is one of the most knowledgeable person I have met! But, this does not preclude me from being open minded and thinking about facts! Yes, India is advancing but at the expence of 40% of India's BPL. About being soft power, he is right! The real status shows India's fiscal deficit in April-June quadrupled on-year to Rs 1.62 trillion from Rs 401.96 billion in the same period last year, as per the latest government data.
@rajeev100es India holds claim to 17% of the world’s population, and one-third of the world’s poor. The World Bank estimates that 41% of Indians live below the poverty line, in situations of abject scarcity. While millions starve in a country ranked second in the world for the number of children suffering from malnutrition, India also witnesses abject waste in abundance. Food is hoarded for price rise, until rot sets in, and is no longer fit for human consumption.
I dont give a shit of about the allegations about him...he hasn't been convicted and his record tells me that his integrity is adequate to be an effective politicians.
"The last elections, 5 years ago, gave the world extraordinary phenomenon of an election being won by a woman political leader of Italian origin and Roman Catholic faith (Sonia Gandhi) who then made way for a Sikh (Manmohan Singh) to be sworn in as prime minister, by a Muslim (president Abdul Kalam) in a country 81% Hindu."
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he is the biggest fraud i the history of india.he thught indians were fools ,but he was made a fool himself.he has to learn to behave in a way which doesnt attaract jealousy
Don't be this rude. Accept others if they have the quality. He is a great leader, but he is not a politician, that has failed him. He is not sly as many politicians are.
@tvswnet You are right! There is a divide between north and south of India, I had particularly mentioned the states which needed development very badly, namely UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, West Bengal! People from Kerala migrate to Gulf countries for job and people from North India migrate to Kerala for job! Impoverished citizens of India take happiness and pride in treating their hosts in the best way possible. Probably in India, goodness is directly proportional to poverty!
Mr. Shashi Tharoor is forgetting the reality of India. India is not what he sees from foreign countries! He has to travel along states such as UP, Bihar etc. God! The majority of India is plunged in poverty, illiteracy, malnourishment and disease. Major parts of India still do not have electricity and water. What is the use of being 5th largest economy, if majority of Indians have no access to basic necessities?
@sanskrit0 No kidding. I've only visited India once 8 years ago and was only in a couple of southern states, but the poverty was hardcore and widespread...was hard to see. That said, many of the nicest experiences I had with Indians were with some very impoverished citizens.
@rajeev100es Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh described India as the "dirtiest and filthiest" country in the world where people with mobile phones go out to answer the "call of nature". According to a WHO survey, Indians account for 58 per cent of the world's population practising open defecation. China is a distant second, accounting for about 7 per cent.
@rajeev100es According to the United Nations, 150 million children across the world are engaged in child labor. Indian officials estimated a few years ago that 13 million children work in India. Rights activists, however, place the number of child workers as high as 60 million, with one estimate saying that 20 percent of India's economy is dependent on children under 14.
@rajeev100es India is paying a high price for its lack of disaster management practices -- Rs.86,000 crore ($17.5 billion) every year to be precise, says a UN expert.
A May study in the British medical journal Lancet found that up to 12 million Indian girls were aborted over the last three decades -- resulting in a skewed child sex ratio of 914 girls to every 1,000 boys in 2011 compared with 962 in 1981.
@rajeev100es Pots and potholes: the number of accidents on Indian roads is the highest the world (135,000 die annually) and secondly, India faces a severe shortage of clean drinking water. Lack of proper roads, an inadequate civic sense and inefficient law enforcement meant that we have overtaken China with the worst record when it comes to road accidents according the the WHO.
@rajeev100es According to UN-HABITAT, India is home to 63 per cent of all slum dwellers in South Asia, that’s a staggering 170 million. Nobody really knows the real figure of India’s homeless or those housed in inadequate conditions. That number could be upwards of 75 million. CRY (Child Relief and You) estimated that there are some 11 million children living on the streets, this number was reported in 2006, it could only have gone up.
@rajeev100es India’s unquenchable thirst for power continues unabated and there aren’t enough sources to meet its demand. Nearly 300-400 million Indians have no power or suffer from large scale power cuts (20 per cent of villages are cut-off from the grid). Not only is it unable to meet demand, it also faces issue with theft of power and distribution losses (nearly 30 per cent) due the poor quality of its power infrastructure.
@sanskrit0 Nobody uses it as an excuse not to work in South Asia...and I have gone to most of those countries and lived in each. Idiots like you make cliches sound innovative. What's your experience and what's the base for you to make retarded comments like that. Or are you just a stupid white bastard living out your culture's death shivers
@crudhousefull 1.I am not white, yellow, blue etc, I am a human being! 2. I know who my parents are and they know who their parents were and whole family tree is very clear. 3. I did not make any comments which came directly from my mind. I have posted the facts given by various organizations like WHO, UN, Indian Govt, Ministries etc. I have clearly stated the source, probably you need to call them the names and not me.
@crudhousefull Mr. Tharoor spoke about one half of the truth, as it is his way of being diplomatic and I gave the other half of it, which are all official publication, not my personal claims! If you are confident about India's development you dont have to be frustrated to the extend of abusing people openly! I can only sympathize with you! Take care!
@sanskrit0 You do know that all those white controlled institutions including the UN is just another way of messing with our countries right? I never start abusing people unless they start spewing nonsense like you do. Probably some teenage kid. Anyway, check out GDP growth statistics of India/China and then compare them to some economies in the west. Ignorant bastard
spoken from a guy who (along with his current wife and his 3rd) looted couple of crores (indian term for millions) from IPL (indian premier league) cricket.
oops..none shalt question his wits here!!! lmao
politics and politicians are known for deceiving people and the mass. this guys is nothing but another CROOK.
when the indians do not try to speak like british, that will be the day people around the world will respect indians. i have indian friends dying for british, american culture. as if they had no culture of their own. get real
@nabecaydim Wtf are you on about ? He did his higher education in London genius. English, the language, is as much Indian now as it is British. So do we start considering the West's obsession with Yoga and Bollywood as put-on ? You epitomize the narrow-minded view of the European world. Culture is not static, it is always evolving.
@panniize english as much indian as british? go tell british that, and hear them laugh their asses.
fyi, i lived in 4 countries in europe and usa. only the outliers are interested in yoga or bolywood. it is not in their culture. i agree with evolving, then why are not british evolving to be like indians? why do you have to evolve to be like british? do not fool yourselves. nations will only respect indians when they talk and walk like indians.
@nabecaydim Hey shithead stop talking with that baseless sense of assurity. What the fuck do you know about being indian ? I don't get it. 'Talk and walk like Indians', please enlighten me as to how an Indian is supposed to talk and walk ? I will ROFL if you reply with 'Indian accent', because there is no such thing as 'Indian accent'. There are 500+ languages here, and every one of them has a different influence on how the native speaker speaks English. Bloody armchair intellectuals..
@panniize: This comment, which you wrote as a refute to another one, when I read it I was shocked and taken aback by the beauty of your argument in the few lines that you have written. 6 lines and serious logic, and a seriously open and universal mind shining through it. I owe you much. Believe me, this was no exaggeration.
Tharoor does not have a British accent, he is not faking the language, he is reasonably fluent. Delhi babus back from a weeks vacation in Singapore grow more fake accents than Tharoor. Even if he did have an accent and even if it is fake that does not diminish the content of his speech. Unbelievable, the amount of hate Tharoor has attracted for being a little bit articulative, thoughtful and presentable politician in a country filled with corrupt, illiterate, stinky and downright criminal poli
@ponsrox Its the corrupt poliicians who hates him. Proof is the percentage of vote he got from the people in the last election. He is one man who is capable of changing the future of india and make it a better place.
I'm from another country doesn't mean i can't have a brother from another country. In life you will have someone as your sis/bro which doesn't relate to you. It the way when you two are very close.
hello ugly Idiot, I don't want to waste my high priced time for you. It will be nice if you could understand that people like you doesn't have the value his body hair. I don't have anything more to tell.
@jekksnair Nobody asked you to waste your time - you responded to my comment and I responded to yours. And I suppose you would be thrilled to if your value equals one of Tharoor's pubes - borrowing your slightly disturbing metaphor. :D
Why does every talented communicator is assumed to be a God? Shashi is a skilled communicator and reconteur . But that's been his field of study in university-he's a political scientist. So why is this so surprising to everyone? Any academic with such credentials as Shashi's will be as well versed in communicating his ideas. Shashi is in no way unique...So please, it would be less embarrassing if people didn't fawn over him and pray for him to lead the country...
Halo Joseph, it is not the case that whether he is a nair or some other things. The matter of ur problem is that Sasi tharoor is not aware of indian culture. What I am suggesting is that you read or try to understand about his writings so that u will know about his clarity on India and Indian culture than anybody. I don't meant that you can learn Indian culture by reading Sasi tharoor.
@coolsidshan4u No you moron, I mean can't he speak normally? He was too old when he went to UK to have acquired an accent normally. Unfortunately when people speak in a foreign accent in India, they are given more respect by many people - regardless of whether they make sense or not.
@zamzamai142 isnt it a good thing to learn something that majority think one cannot after a particular age group? ... and which accent would u think is considered 'normal' .... if he speaks in so called Indian accent then his speech would not be so appealing in front of an international audience. So whats wrong if he tries to speak in a native accent.
@coolsidshan4u So now it's a good thing to learn to fake a foreign accent? Russians and French politicians speak English in Russian and French accent respectively, they don't try to copy a British accent.
I think it is wrong to fake something in order to 'gain acceptance'. Manmohan Singhji talks English in an Indian accent - he gets WAY more respect than this moron. In any case, I think he sounds like a pompous ass, so there.
Inspiring content, great voice combined with appropriate body language. A true crowd pulling speech. Very few ppl can do that...Shame Mr Tharoor's greatness is lost in dirty Indian politics & hungry media stories. The state & country has a lot to gain if only they can realise this man's great potentials. Ppl like him should emerge from all adversities and work frontline. We support u all the way....
We Indians have been misled by our dirty politicians and media on Shasi Tharoor. We need him back. India needs such personalities. The only mistake he made is, he does things openly when our other so called politician do much much worse things behind the curtain.
Sir, please come back to the main stream politics and lead us.
Hello MrJoseph, its a very pity on you to commend on Sasi Tharoor like this, that. he doesn't know anything about Indian culture. I advice U that U first read about the articles about India and Indian culture. In fact U r totally ignorant about India and Indian culture. He doesn't need any money from any body because he is a borne millionaire and he is getting enough money as royalty from his books that he wrote. We are very proud of this great Indian and keralite.
Hello MrJoseph, its a very pity on you to commend on Sasi Tharoor like this, that. he doesn't know anything about Indian culture. I advice U that U first read about the articles about India and Indian culture. In fact U r totally ignorant about India and Indian culture. He doesn't need any money from any body because he is a borne millionaire and he is getting enough money as royalty from his books that he wrote. We are very proud of this great Indian and keralite.
@jekksnair . 'We' doesn't mean all the Nairs and other Indians. I don't have to read this crap to learn about Indian culture. If this crap have any idea about Indian culture, he wouldn't call the economy class passengers as 'Kannukalees'
@cjosephjoseph You are ignorant and full of crap. 'We' does mean all the 'indians', though not the ones who try split the country based on caste, religion and region. He lost the ministership coz few idiots like you made a mess of his remarks (which infact were spot on). The indians we need in 2050 are the ones like him, educated and capable not like you the one trying to prove point only by shit talking about others coz they dont have any capability .
@cjosephjoseph he didn't insult economy class passengers. He repeated a journo's question: "Mr Minister, will you travel cattle class"? "Cattle class" is a banal expression, describing the way airlines herd passengers in like cattle. He never called passengers cattle -- this was a malicious distortion by political enemies and sensationalist media.
Mr. Tharoor lives in a paradise. When he say about soft power, what he really mean by that is the 'Sweat power", the money he and his wife made through the IPL deal. He doesn't know anything about Indian Culture, but, after leaving his UN office, and also after his unsuccessful mission to become the UN chief, he needs new pastures, where he can try his North American bullshit. Cutting short, I just want to remind his admirers about one thing, how he lost his minister-ship?
@cjosephjoseph : Good that you reminded about the sweat equity episode and the loss of minister ship. Now listen to the video again and gain some wisdom on soft-power per-se , rather than propagating your left-centric critical 'mis-judgment' of the candid and informative speech. It would not be anti-national for you to be appreciative of the fact that he is addressing an audience mostly consisting of foreign nationals, and highlighting the soft power notion of India(Being our nation)..
In the context of Kerala where he is MLA , there cannot be a far more educated and qualified person to help the state. He wouldn't work in India if he was prejudiced and "too international" (in the words of some) in the first place. We must give the man the respect he deserves. But an unfortunate fact is that (maybe) due to stubborn politicians (in Kerala) , he hasn't been able to aid devt. or even if he has, hasnt been given the credit!
@jadoon88 You dont get the point, do you?! He didnt make one nationalist statement in his whole speech and you still manage to take something uneasy out of it. He said hacked because it was taken in with Pakistan. He didnt make anyone responsible for it. That was not, never his plan. Please open up your mind outside just the India-Pakistan issues. We are not the only two countries with issues.
Why is this corrupt f*ing douche bag being given an opportunity to talk! What a glib fucking pretentious as*hole. Not the the alliance francaise pronounciation and the harvard professor a friend-of-mine name dropping...
At the height of Laloo Prasad's inglorious political career there was a call for educated indian politicians.
And we got this money-grubbing, twitter bumbler! India has a long, long way to go!
Yeah sure u son of an ugly pig.........., oh shit I din say that, sorry bro, better give urself a hand job.... or ask ur maamy to do it for ya..........
india is not anti muslim, you are the hypocrite not him. go to history of india and find yourself when india became hater of islam, never. it was just recent political hatred using religions, it exists in every country.
india is home to all religions and that's the reason jews, muslims, christians could still live there without getting too much of problems, you face problem everyday maybe, we all do but that's not entire india is all about
Awesome and mind boggling. His articulation skills are extraordinary. Having said this, the only disadvantage he has, sometimes, he could not control his tongue in the open forum.
Muslims came as invading and occupying force to destroy India and impose Islam by force using a sword. Pakistan is result of this Islamic occupation of India. Islam was very negative and dark force in India.
Study the history of Evil Islamic conquest of India where millions of Hindus were killed and India looted and plundered by Muslim occupation.
Shashi Tharoor is one of the most misunderstood politicians in India. Unfortunately not may people understand his "dark humors". One of the great Indians indeed.
Shashi Tharoor is one of the most misunderstood politicians in India. Unfortunately not may people understand his "dark humors". One of the great Indians indeed.
@remembersid true that and the misunderstanding may not only be one sided. he may be a little naive and ignorant if i daresay about the indian politcos
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If I am not wrong, he won practically every debate he participated in during his college days. I personally don't agree with many of his opinions, however it cannot be doubted that the man is brilliant and an asset to the side he would represent. But what is sad is that the Congress party preferred Mr.Krishna to head the foreign ministry ; Shashi Tharoor - an ex. under secretary general in the U.N, had to play second fiddle to a politician with zero experience in national politics
Wow Shashi Tharoor got extreme talent in speech and he know well how he can present his ideas and thought in front of others. Indian government should give more opportunities to represent India in international talks and speeches just because there is no other Shashi Tharoor available in India for that.
it doesn't matter if he were to become PM of india... its about getting the people who implement the strategies to fall in line and not succumb to corruption n so on... mamohan singh is competent, but how much can he alone really accomplish w/o the help of the rest of the bureaucracy.
shashi taroor is a free minded person the rubish poltics cant suite him he can be the voice of india & has the capacity to start a revolution as what JP did to elimnate the black sheeps of politics
I think Indian is doing so great and they probably will be super power or share this century’s supremacy with Chinese. “They agreed to disagree”; that is the wonderful society’s superiority and skill of communication. As for Iranian we never even considered that option. It is so great that they speak English. It sounded I listen to an Educated English man! Empire stroked back I guess after all!!!!!!!
@Triptab not only that. Corroded by his unlimited arrogance this guy has thought no end of himself. Finally that arrogance got the better of him. And yet he was proclaiming loudly he wanted to change Indian political culture. Changing my foot.
As an Indian i think Mr.Tharoor is only gloating of the +ve stereotypes of India,i bet hez not aware of the "not so cool" stereotypes on Indians.Ex Simpsons.
If its softpower,i think its Japan that has succeeded, Their Anime and Internet subcultures are really popular as much as their products,even in countries where Japan is accused of WW2 atrocities.Thats the kind of recognition India might aim for.
@kapaleev i know but he is emphasizing only on india as if India was the only country which was struggling on this issue. I think every country did on this matter.
@rockyprime US, Europe, and Pakistan, for example, had higher teledensity than India before 1991. The Indian teledensity fundamentally changed after 1991, when the Indian economic liberalization started. So, India's experience with diversity, economic liberalization, and technology availability is indeed unique in the world.
India's mobile revolution is also unique especially in terms of cost of ownership of a mobile phone and connection. No other country, even China, has recreated such state
malayalatintey sabdamm.... hats of u ...
lijugangotri 22 hours ago
its just amazing how shashi summed up our nation...hats off!!!!!
karma10pa 1 week ago
Much impressed Mr. Tharoor!
agpbj 1 month ago
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Foroneworldunited 1 month ago
Hey, this man is amazing speech orator appealing...
krishkamlesh 1 month ago
his voice is awesome and he looks strangely appealing...im a straight man...
postmasterw00t 1 month ago
"Inspired thinking shared with you by Barclays wealth" - how lovely.
GoVir4l 2 months ago
Mr.Tharoor is one of the finest speaker, he is one of the most knowledgeable person I have met! But, this does not preclude me from being open minded and thinking about facts! Yes, India is advancing but at the expence of 40% of India's BPL. About being soft power, he is right! The real status shows India's fiscal deficit in April-June quadrupled on-year to Rs 1.62 trillion from Rs 401.96 billion in the same period last year, as per the latest government data.
sanskrit0 2 months ago
@rajeev100es India holds claim to 17% of the world’s population, and one-third of the world’s poor. The World Bank estimates that 41% of Indians live below the poverty line, in situations of abject scarcity. While millions starve in a country ranked second in the world for the number of children suffering from malnutrition, India also witnesses abject waste in abundance. Food is hoarded for price rise, until rot sets in, and is no longer fit for human consumption.
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truly amazing speech.. maybe our dirty political system doesn't deserve such a learned man like him..
sujeshification 2 months ago 2
truly amazing speech.. maybe our dirty political system doesn't deserve such a learned man like him..
sujeshification 2 months ago 6
I dont give a shit of about the allegations about him...he hasn't been convicted and his record tells me that his integrity is adequate to be an effective politicians.
rushhangar 2 months ago 3
Fascinating talk, with one amazing sentence ...
"The last elections, 5 years ago, gave the world extraordinary phenomenon of an election being won by a woman political leader of Italian origin and Roman Catholic faith (Sonia Gandhi) who then made way for a Sikh (Manmohan Singh) to be sworn in as prime minister, by a Muslim (president Abdul Kalam) in a country 81% Hindu."
Perhaps we are making progress, eh?
rosseskimo 2 months ago 3
His voice sounds like Nehru
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great speech,we need people like shashi and a.p.j.abdul kalam in india politics
manchu716 3 months ago
he is the biggest fraud i the history of india.he thught indians were fools ,but he was made a fool himself.he has to learn to behave in a way which doesnt attaract jealousy
dhanais2000 3 months ago
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Don't be this rude. Accept others if they have the quality. He is a great leader, but he is not a politician, that has failed him. He is not sly as many politicians are.
jokolen 2 months ago
just see no of allegations against him on wikipedia!!
priteshgkakani 3 months ago
Currupt politician and currupt party!!
priteshgkakani 3 months ago
Awesome, Superb, right choice of the post of prime minister .
sethisatpreet 3 months ago
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nlsguy 4 months ago
Regardless of what he may be in the interior, i think it's safe to say that he 'owned' the crowd with this talk.
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khepri 4 months ago
mr tharoor ...sir you are an excellent orator
ponnu1984 6 months ago
@tvswnet You are right! There is a divide between north and south of India, I had particularly mentioned the states which needed development very badly, namely UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, West Bengal! People from Kerala migrate to Gulf countries for job and people from North India migrate to Kerala for job! Impoverished citizens of India take happiness and pride in treating their hosts in the best way possible. Probably in India, goodness is directly proportional to poverty!
sanskrit0 6 months ago
Mr. Shashi Tharoor is forgetting the reality of India. India is not what he sees from foreign countries! He has to travel along states such as UP, Bihar etc. God! The majority of India is plunged in poverty, illiteracy, malnourishment and disease. Major parts of India still do not have electricity and water. What is the use of being 5th largest economy, if majority of Indians have no access to basic necessities?
sanskrit0 6 months ago 3
@sanskrit0 No kidding. I've only visited India once 8 years ago and was only in a couple of southern states, but the poverty was hardcore and widespread...was hard to see. That said, many of the nicest experiences I had with Indians were with some very impoverished citizens.
tvswnet 6 months ago
@sanskrit0 think he mentioned that in the last few sentences
rajeev100es 2 months ago
@rajeev100es Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh described India as the "dirtiest and filthiest" country in the world where people with mobile phones go out to answer the "call of nature". According to a WHO survey, Indians account for 58 per cent of the world's population practising open defecation. China is a distant second, accounting for about 7 per cent.
sanskrit0 2 months ago
@rajeev100es According to the United Nations, 150 million children across the world are engaged in child labor. Indian officials estimated a few years ago that 13 million children work in India. Rights activists, however, place the number of child workers as high as 60 million, with one estimate saying that 20 percent of India's economy is dependent on children under 14.
sanskrit0 2 months ago
@rajeev100es India is paying a high price for its lack of disaster management practices -- Rs.86,000 crore ($17.5 billion) every year to be precise, says a UN expert.
A May study in the British medical journal Lancet found that up to 12 million Indian girls were aborted over the last three decades -- resulting in a skewed child sex ratio of 914 girls to every 1,000 boys in 2011 compared with 962 in 1981.
sanskrit0 2 months ago
@rajeev100es Pots and potholes: the number of accidents on Indian roads is the highest the world (135,000 die annually) and secondly, India faces a severe shortage of clean drinking water. Lack of proper roads, an inadequate civic sense and inefficient law enforcement meant that we have overtaken China with the worst record when it comes to road accidents according the the WHO.
sanskrit0 2 months ago
@rajeev100es According to UN-HABITAT, India is home to 63 per cent of all slum dwellers in South Asia, that’s a staggering 170 million. Nobody really knows the real figure of India’s homeless or those housed in inadequate conditions. That number could be upwards of 75 million. CRY (Child Relief and You) estimated that there are some 11 million children living on the streets, this number was reported in 2006, it could only have gone up.
sanskrit0 2 months ago
@rajeev100es India’s unquenchable thirst for power continues unabated and there aren’t enough sources to meet its demand. Nearly 300-400 million Indians have no power or suffer from large scale power cuts (20 per cent of villages are cut-off from the grid). Not only is it unable to meet demand, it also faces issue with theft of power and distribution losses (nearly 30 per cent) due the poor quality of its power infrastructure.
sanskrit0 2 months ago
@sanskrit0 It's only been 60 years after independence you moron. It's developing fine.
crudhousefull 1 month ago
@crudhousefull Yes Mr.Moron, sometimes people find excuses for not doing there job properly instead of accepting that they are lazy and selfish!
sanskrit0 3 weeks ago
@sanskrit0 Nobody uses it as an excuse not to work in South Asia...and I have gone to most of those countries and lived in each. Idiots like you make cliches sound innovative. What's your experience and what's the base for you to make retarded comments like that. Or are you just a stupid white bastard living out your culture's death shivers
crudhousefull 3 weeks ago
@crudhousefull 1.I am not white, yellow, blue etc, I am a human being! 2. I know who my parents are and they know who their parents were and whole family tree is very clear. 3. I did not make any comments which came directly from my mind. I have posted the facts given by various organizations like WHO, UN, Indian Govt, Ministries etc. I have clearly stated the source, probably you need to call them the names and not me.
sanskrit0 3 weeks ago
@crudhousefull Mr. Tharoor spoke about one half of the truth, as it is his way of being diplomatic and I gave the other half of it, which are all official publication, not my personal claims! If you are confident about India's development you dont have to be frustrated to the extend of abusing people openly! I can only sympathize with you! Take care!
sanskrit0 3 weeks ago
@sanskrit0 You do know that all those white controlled institutions including the UN is just another way of messing with our countries right? I never start abusing people unless they start spewing nonsense like you do. Probably some teenage kid. Anyway, check out GDP growth statistics of India/China and then compare them to some economies in the west. Ignorant bastard
crudhousefull 3 weeks ago
ha ha ha
spoken from a guy who (along with his current wife and his 3rd) looted couple of crores (indian term for millions) from IPL (indian premier league) cricket.
oops..none shalt question his wits here!!! lmao
politics and politicians are known for deceiving people and the mass. this guys is nothing but another CROOK.
canucksunlimited 7 months ago
@canucksunlimited he hasn't made a paisa from supporting a team for his home state. Stop telling lies!
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mind blowing speech it is.... really awesome..
sethisatpreet 7 months ago 3
when the indians do not try to speak like british, that will be the day people around the world will respect indians. i have indian friends dying for british, american culture. as if they had no culture of their own. get real
nabecaydim 7 months ago
@nabecaydim He speaks "like British" [sic] because he's originally from Britain...
tvswnet 6 months ago
@nabecaydim Wtf are you on about ? He did his higher education in London genius. English, the language, is as much Indian now as it is British. So do we start considering the West's obsession with Yoga and Bollywood as put-on ? You epitomize the narrow-minded view of the European world. Culture is not static, it is always evolving.
panniize 3 months ago
@panniize english as much indian as british? go tell british that, and hear them laugh their asses.
fyi, i lived in 4 countries in europe and usa. only the outliers are interested in yoga or bolywood. it is not in their culture. i agree with evolving, then why are not british evolving to be like indians? why do you have to evolve to be like british? do not fool yourselves. nations will only respect indians when they talk and walk like indians.
nabecaydim 3 months ago
@nabecaydim Hey shithead stop talking with that baseless sense of assurity. What the fuck do you know about being indian ? I don't get it. 'Talk and walk like Indians', please enlighten me as to how an Indian is supposed to talk and walk ? I will ROFL if you reply with 'Indian accent', because there is no such thing as 'Indian accent'. There are 500+ languages here, and every one of them has a different influence on how the native speaker speaks English. Bloody armchair intellectuals..
panniize 3 months ago
@panniize: This comment, which you wrote as a refute to another one, when I read it I was shocked and taken aback by the beauty of your argument in the few lines that you have written. 6 lines and serious logic, and a seriously open and universal mind shining through it. I owe you much. Believe me, this was no exaggeration.
Biyer11 3 months ago
@Biyer11 lol
panniize 3 months ago
@panniize call me yaar, and you will talk like an indian
nabecaydim 3 months ago
Tharoor does not have a British accent, he is not faking the language, he is reasonably fluent. Delhi babus back from a weeks vacation in Singapore grow more fake accents than Tharoor. Even if he did have an accent and even if it is fake that does not diminish the content of his speech. Unbelievable, the amount of hate Tharoor has attracted for being a little bit articulative, thoughtful and presentable politician in a country filled with corrupt, illiterate, stinky and downright criminal poli
ponsrox 7 months ago 24
@ponsrox Its the corrupt poliicians who hates him. Proof is the percentage of vote he got from the people in the last election. He is one man who is capable of changing the future of india and make it a better place.
We want a literate and humane minister !
ace41r 3 weeks ago
Very nice saying. I learned some bout India on this :] My brother is from India, but I'm not sooo i wanna learned more bout it xD
amybutterfly1 8 months ago
@amybutterfly1 What d'you mean your brother was from India. Where the hell are you from?
crudhousefull 1 month ago
@crudhousefull You don't have to be so so rude.
I'm from another country doesn't mean i can't have a brother from another country. In life you will have someone as your sis/bro which doesn't relate to you. It the way when you two are very close.
amybutterfly1 1 month ago
@amybutterfly1 Sorry I didn't mean to sound so rude. I was just wondering how it worked. Keep ON sister
crudhousefull 1 month ago
@crudhousefull It's fine ^_^ I understand~
You too brother :D
amybutterfly1 4 weeks ago
My basic point is we need doers - engineers - not idiot liberal arts grads like this fool.
zamzamai142 8 months ago
@zamzamai142 ya...you are right...to talk of change and be the change is totally different
ponnu1984 6 months ago
hello ugly Idiot, I don't want to waste my high priced time for you. It will be nice if you could understand that people like you doesn't have the value his body hair. I don't have anything more to tell.
jekksnair 8 months ago
@jekksnair Nobody asked you to waste your time - you responded to my comment and I responded to yours. And I suppose you would be thrilled to if your value equals one of Tharoor's pubes - borrowing your slightly disturbing metaphor. :D
zamzamai142 8 months ago
Why does every talented communicator is assumed to be a God? Shashi is a skilled communicator and reconteur . But that's been his field of study in university-he's a political scientist. So why is this so surprising to everyone? Any academic with such credentials as Shashi's will be as well versed in communicating his ideas. Shashi is in no way unique...So please, it would be less embarrassing if people didn't fawn over him and pray for him to lead the country...
annaandthekingofsiam 8 months ago
Halo Joseph, it is not the case that whether he is a nair or some other things. The matter of ur problem is that Sasi tharoor is not aware of indian culture. What I am suggesting is that you read or try to understand about his writings so that u will know about his clarity on India and Indian culture than anybody. I don't meant that you can learn Indian culture by reading Sasi tharoor.
jekksnair 8 months ago
What is ur problem if talks in British English, Don't be silly and jealousy. Any way poor people.Pity on you idiots.
jekksnair 8 months ago
@jekksnair Don't pity me, you anglophile fuck. Pity yourself.
zamzamai142 8 months ago
We need less history grads like this annoying man and more engineers as leaders. And why does he talk in a British accent?
zamzamai142 8 months ago
@zamzamai142 do u like him to talk in american accent?
coolsidshan4u 8 months ago
@coolsidshan4u No you moron, I mean can't he speak normally? He was too old when he went to UK to have acquired an accent normally. Unfortunately when people speak in a foreign accent in India, they are given more respect by many people - regardless of whether they make sense or not.
zamzamai142 8 months ago
@zamzamai142 isnt it a good thing to learn something that majority think one cannot after a particular age group? ... and which accent would u think is considered 'normal' .... if he speaks in so called Indian accent then his speech would not be so appealing in front of an international audience. So whats wrong if he tries to speak in a native accent.
coolsidshan4u 8 months ago
@coolsidshan4u So now it's a good thing to learn to fake a foreign accent? Russians and French politicians speak English in Russian and French accent respectively, they don't try to copy a British accent.
I think it is wrong to fake something in order to 'gain acceptance'. Manmohan Singhji talks English in an Indian accent - he gets WAY more respect than this moron. In any case, I think he sounds like a pompous ass, so there.
zamzamai142 8 months ago
@zamzamai142
the guy was educated in London...that's not a put on
chaitrajp 7 months ago
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skylark304 7 months ago
SHASHI THAROOR WAS BORN IN LONDON BUT LEFT AT 3
WENT TO CALCUTTA ST.XAVIERS FOR 12YRS
WENT TO DELHI ST.STEPHENS FOR 4YRS
WENT TO TUFT UNIV,USA FOR 4YRS FOR PHD
THEN TO UN AS ASST. SEC FOR INFORAMTION AND COMMUNICATION
EDUCATION AT SCHOOL BUT EDUCATION AT HOME FROM SCHOLAR PARENTS >ALL THAT SHAPED HIS CAREER
skylark304 7 months ago
Inspiring content, great voice combined with appropriate body language. A true crowd pulling speech. Very few ppl can do that...Shame Mr Tharoor's greatness is lost in dirty Indian politics & hungry media stories. The state & country has a lot to gain if only they can realise this man's great potentials. Ppl like him should emerge from all adversities and work frontline. We support u all the way....
anmartina71 8 months ago
We Indians have been misled by our dirty politicians and media on Shasi Tharoor. We need him back. India needs such personalities. The only mistake he made is, he does things openly when our other so called politician do much much worse things behind the curtain.
Sir, please come back to the main stream politics and lead us.
vineeshpeter 8 months ago 30
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Hello MrJoseph, its a very pity on you to commend on Sasi Tharoor like this, that. he doesn't know anything about Indian culture. I advice U that U first read about the articles about India and Indian culture. In fact U r totally ignorant about India and Indian culture. He doesn't need any money from any body because he is a borne millionaire and he is getting enough money as royalty from his books that he wrote. We are very proud of this great Indian and keralite.
jekksnair 8 months ago
Hello MrJoseph, its a very pity on you to commend on Sasi Tharoor like this, that. he doesn't know anything about Indian culture. I advice U that U first read about the articles about India and Indian culture. In fact U r totally ignorant about India and Indian culture. He doesn't need any money from any body because he is a borne millionaire and he is getting enough money as royalty from his books that he wrote. We are very proud of this great Indian and keralite.
jekksnair 8 months ago
@jekksnair . 'We' doesn't mean all the Nairs and other Indians. I don't have to read this crap to learn about Indian culture. If this crap have any idea about Indian culture, he wouldn't call the economy class passengers as 'Kannukalees'
cjosephjoseph 8 months ago
@cjosephjoseph You are ignorant and full of crap. 'We' does mean all the 'indians', though not the ones who try split the country based on caste, religion and region. He lost the ministership coz few idiots like you made a mess of his remarks (which infact were spot on). The indians we need in 2050 are the ones like him, educated and capable not like you the one trying to prove point only by shit talking about others coz they dont have any capability .
jerkrichie 8 months ago
@cjosephjoseph he didn't insult economy class passengers. He repeated a journo's question: "Mr Minister, will you travel cattle class"? "Cattle class" is a banal expression, describing the way airlines herd passengers in like cattle. He never called passengers cattle -- this was a malicious distortion by political enemies and sensationalist media.
Abuishkan1 3 months ago
Mr. Tharoor lives in a paradise. When he say about soft power, what he really mean by that is the 'Sweat power", the money he and his wife made through the IPL deal. He doesn't know anything about Indian Culture, but, after leaving his UN office, and also after his unsuccessful mission to become the UN chief, he needs new pastures, where he can try his North American bullshit. Cutting short, I just want to remind his admirers about one thing, how he lost his minister-ship?
cjosephjoseph 8 months ago
@cjosephjoseph : Good that you reminded about the sweat equity episode and the loss of minister ship. Now listen to the video again and gain some wisdom on soft-power per-se , rather than propagating your left-centric critical 'mis-judgment' of the candid and informative speech. It would not be anti-national for you to be appreciative of the fact that he is addressing an audience mostly consisting of foreign nationals, and highlighting the soft power notion of India(Being our nation)..
chikchuk1 8 months ago
If he became the chief minister of kerala, no doubt kerala becamethe no:1 state of india. Malayalees want him and loved him a lot.
sajnakailas 8 months ago
Shashi Tharoor is worth to be the Prime Minister of India.
praveendavis 9 months ago
I wish he become our Prime Minister one day, because he is intelligent, non-corrupted,
he can improve the systems internally
and
he can improve the image of india externally.
I pray he don't become a victim of dirty politics in our great coutry.
All the best PM Dr. Tharoor!
pnrm81 9 months ago 3
beyond the words .....................
yousafharis 9 months ago
In the context of Kerala where he is MLA , there cannot be a far more educated and qualified person to help the state. He wouldn't work in India if he was prejudiced and "too international" (in the words of some) in the first place. We must give the man the respect he deserves. But an unfortunate fact is that (maybe) due to stubborn politicians (in Kerala) , he hasn't been able to aid devt. or even if he has, hasnt been given the credit!
ScarKim 9 months ago
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CutaiVelmaaa298 9 months ago
just good at speaking not at heart, dark lord..
dirtysuits 10 months ago
I am baffled by his so realistic,detailed speech.A well informaed man.I wonder how he managed to fit in the 'Indian' political scenario.
karthikmnair 10 months ago
Indus river hacked from India. lol. Why doesn't he say that America was also hacked from India as Columbus was actually discovering India.
jadoon88 10 months ago
@jadoon88 You dont get the point, do you?! He didnt make one nationalist statement in his whole speech and you still manage to take something uneasy out of it. He said hacked because it was taken in with Pakistan. He didnt make anyone responsible for it. That was not, never his plan. Please open up your mind outside just the India-Pakistan issues. We are not the only two countries with issues.
bhriguaneja 9 months ago
Why is this corrupt f*ing douche bag being given an opportunity to talk! What a glib fucking pretentious as*hole. Not the the alliance francaise pronounciation and the harvard professor a friend-of-mine name dropping...
At the height of Laloo Prasad's inglorious political career there was a call for educated indian politicians.
And we got this money-grubbing, twitter bumbler! India has a long, long way to go!
bollywoodahoy 10 months ago
what glibness
jsvjuggernaut 10 months ago
Tharoor the Douche bag is on a roll here
hrsd 10 months ago
Gosh...he had a standing ovation.Brilliant oration.
Typically such intellectuals wont win politics.They have to be supported by a party in India.
jamespondi007 10 months ago
all the interesting points he made aside, which i agree with... i must say this guy has an amazing voice!
edgotham 10 months ago
27 people suffer from depression
Pritash24 11 months ago
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Sashi Tharoor hats off, wonderful speech
123cshere 11 months ago
Sashi Tharoor hats off, wonderful speech
123cshere 11 months ago
No matter how many times I listen to this speech, it never gets old!
ROHITVIJAYSHARMA 11 months ago 2
A brilliant speaker. The talk was pretty insightful.
monsterindiavideos 1 year ago
Yeah sure u son of an ugly pig.........., oh shit I din say that, sorry bro, better give urself a hand job.... or ask ur maamy to do it for ya..........
0872101839 1 year ago
you mother fuc..er He's not bloody paki he's Indian.........
0872101839 1 year ago
I hope we have a politician like this in China! Jai Hind~
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LogicalFlawDetector 1 year ago
so he is trying to say that India is not anti-Muslim??or anti-----
Hippocratic trying to gain the super-ism.
dewan3007 1 year ago
@dewan3007
india is not anti muslim, you are the hypocrite not him. go to history of india and find yourself when india became hater of islam, never. it was just recent political hatred using religions, it exists in every country.
india is home to all religions and that's the reason jews, muslims, christians could still live there without getting too much of problems, you face problem everyday maybe, we all do but that's not entire india is all about
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bolgendolki 1 year ago
amazing ........ pakistanis should watch this
ThePsbhullar 1 year ago
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Mr. Shashi Tharoor...the most eloquent person I know.
MrIshraj 1 year ago
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Mr. Shashi Tharoor...the most eloquent person I know.
MrIshraj 1 year ago
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MrIshraj 1 year ago
I M PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN.....................:D
TheBoyindependent 1 year ago
very intelligent man
brijeshdevadatha 1 year ago
Awesome and mind boggling. His articulation skills are extraordinary. Having said this, the only disadvantage he has, sometimes, he could not control his tongue in the open forum.
nsathyan007 1 year ago 23
This diplomat is great speaker
Karanliv 1 year ago
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he will make a good president of india !!
goakucan 1 year ago
Muslims came as invading and occupying force to destroy India and impose Islam by force using a sword. Pakistan is result of this Islamic occupation of India. Islam was very negative and dark force in India.
Study the history of Evil Islamic conquest of India where millions of Hindus were killed and India looted and plundered by Muslim occupation.
htgajjar 1 year ago
@htgajjar closed minded argument!
ombida12 11 months ago
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Shashi Tharoor is one of the most misunderstood politicians in India. Unfortunately not may people understand his "dark humors". One of the great Indians indeed.
remembersid 1 year ago
Shashi Tharoor is one of the most misunderstood politicians in India. Unfortunately not may people understand his "dark humors". One of the great Indians indeed.
remembersid 1 year ago 44
@remembersid True mate.....
arunmathew1982 6 months ago
@remembersid true that and the misunderstanding may not only be one sided. he may be a little naive and ignorant if i daresay about the indian politcos
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narragansettharco 1 year ago
I'm so happy to see us Pakistanis and Indians mingling together, happily, over the comment section.
Way to go brothers nd sisters, I love us all!
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@a4aLien
You are a fucking moron.
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a4aLien 1 year ago
If I am not wrong, he won practically every debate he participated in during his college days. I personally don't agree with many of his opinions, however it cannot be doubted that the man is brilliant and an asset to the side he would represent. But what is sad is that the Congress party preferred Mr.Krishna to head the foreign ministry ; Shashi Tharoor - an ex. under secretary general in the U.N, had to play second fiddle to a politician with zero experience in national politics
AnuragDave 1 year ago
fuck this place im movin
Darc1228 1 year ago
next PM?
u2uuub 1 year ago
next PM of india?
u2uuub 1 year ago
A dynamic speaker !
KritkaRastogi 1 year ago
nahi nahi MODI wali baat nahi
rodtorre7 1 year ago
great speech! G_d bless India
raintree319 1 year ago
I THINK I LIKE HIM................
123456789080700 1 year ago
Wow Shashi Tharoor got extreme talent in speech and he know well how he can present his ideas and thought in front of others. Indian government should give more opportunities to represent India in international talks and speeches just because there is no other Shashi Tharoor available in India for that.
iqbalbond007 1 year ago
Forget Islam, America should take these guys out before we end up the third world nation!
I mean not really but damn it's still scary !
Curas1 1 year ago 4
I have no Business with his personal doings, but this guy is an Orator better than anyone I know...
andrew4586 1 year ago
what a great speaker, brilliant !!
LusoCMD 1 year ago
very intelligent and intellectual...cant he become the prime minister of india...
pandit947 1 year ago
@pandit947
it doesn't matter if he were to become PM of india... its about getting the people who implement the strategies to fall in line and not succumb to corruption n so on... mamohan singh is competent, but how much can he alone really accomplish w/o the help of the rest of the bureaucracy.
abhi5a 1 year ago
HE IS MAGNIFICIENT
nausherwan87 1 year ago
shashi taroor is a free minded person the rubish poltics cant suite him he can be the voice of india & has the capacity to start a revolution as what JP did to elimnate the black sheeps of politics
nausherwan87 1 year ago
Sasiyettan Neenaal vazhattee!!
MrRKLondon 1 year ago
loved it.. proud of such people..
getakshat 1 year ago
I think Indian is doing so great and they probably will be super power or share this century’s supremacy with Chinese. “They agreed to disagree”; that is the wonderful society’s superiority and skill of communication. As for Iranian we never even considered that option. It is so great that they speak English. It sounded I listen to an Educated English man! Empire stroked back I guess after all!!!!!!!
2saranavid 1 year ago
The man is degenerate and corrupted, sent by the West to corrupt our youth. Has strong western backing but subtle.
Sunanda a degenerate will make an ideal combination with him. in the land of Mahatma Gandhi they shall surely fail.
Triptab 1 year ago
@Triptab not only that. Corroded by his unlimited arrogance this guy has thought no end of himself. Finally that arrogance got the better of him. And yet he was proclaiming loudly he wanted to change Indian political culture. Changing my foot.
karunank1 1 year ago
@Triptab ya we should stick on to lalus and modis! we deserve only them! LOL
ajith0787 1 year ago
where can I get a DVD of this speech?
royvellara 1 year ago
Shashi Tharoor is flawless. His speech is outstanding.....
harihar06 1 year ago
As an Indian i think Mr.Tharoor is only gloating of the +ve stereotypes of India,i bet hez not aware of the "not so cool" stereotypes on Indians.Ex Simpsons.
If its softpower,i think its Japan that has succeeded, Their Anime and Internet subcultures are really popular as much as their products,even in countries where Japan is accused of WW2 atrocities.Thats the kind of recognition India might aim for.
anatabayak 1 year ago
@anatabayak In softpower America succeeded the most for sure.
JacobTheIndoAmerican 1 year ago
@JacobTheIndoAmerican
Eyup! kinda reminds me of this song
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anatabayak 1 year ago
Just wait untill Indian T.V. broadcasts The Fresh Prince for the first time. Got that song stuck in your head now don't ya. ? lol
derman077 1 year ago
mindblowing, simply superb, india will soon be the super power in south Asia.
TheWarrior120 1 year ago
@TheWarrior120 The essence of the talk was that India need not be a super power in South Asia -- it may be a wrong goal.
kapaleev 1 year ago
iam really proud of an Indian...I salute u Mr.Shashi Taroor.
nadeersha 1 year ago
wow shashi u r a good voice for india...loved yr speech. fan of yours now.
soniahugar 1 year ago
Mc Donalds is soft power to other countries? This man is talking capitalistic crap.
dopenhagen2009 1 year ago
@dopenhagen2009 it is soft power...
BengalG3 1 year ago
@BengalG3 He´s talking stupid shit and so do you.
dopenhagen2009 1 year ago
love u shashi
Hinduismglance 1 year ago
i wish i could speak like him
abhi5a 1 year ago
SASHI THAROOR IS STYLIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anuragchoubey 1 year ago
telephone system was behind not only in india but everywhere around the world. it took a pace over a last decade throughout the world.
rockyprime 1 year ago
@rockyprime The point is the availability of telephone was not free.
kapaleev 1 year ago
@kapaleev i know but he is emphasizing only on india as if India was the only country which was struggling on this issue. I think every country did on this matter.
rockyprime 1 year ago
@rockyprime US, Europe, and Pakistan, for example, had higher teledensity than India before 1991. The Indian teledensity fundamentally changed after 1991, when the Indian economic liberalization started. So, India's experience with diversity, economic liberalization, and technology availability is indeed unique in the world.
India's mobile revolution is also unique especially in terms of cost of ownership of a mobile phone and connection. No other country, even China, has recreated such state
kapaleev 1 year ago
@kapaleev ya quite true. u sound a wise man. wat do u do? i live in india or outside?
rockyprime 1 year ago