A well educated mind vs a well formed mind: Dr. Shashi Tharoor at TEDxGateway 2013

Minister of State,Ministry of Human Resource Development,Government of India
An elected Member of Parliament, former Minister of State for External Affairs and former Under-Secretary-General to the United Nations, Dr. Shashi Tharoor is the prize-winning author of fourteen books, including the classic The Great Indian Novel (1989), India from Midnight to the Millennium (1997), Nehru: The Invention of India (2003) and most recently Pax Indica: India & the World of the 21st Century (2012).
A widely-published critic, commentator and columnist, Dr. Shashi Tharoor served the United Nations during a 29-year career in refugee work, peace-keeping,communications and public information and earnestly worked in the Secretary-General's office. In 2006, he was India's candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as UN Secretary-General. He has won India's highest honour for Overseas Indians, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, and numerous literary awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

[@DrVinit99]

*Me after seeing Shashi Tharoor’s name* Turns subtitles on.

[@shail6878]

lol

[@palaniappankannan8868]

Haha

[@jasdeepsayan4255]

haha

[@newsprovider7801]

@Yashvardhan Poddar because he came to give us knowledge.

[@MohanaMeera]

@Yashvardhan Poddar He speaks so fast that people like me who have poor listening skills need subtitles. I can listen and understand but lose gist of what he is saying somewhere in between.

[@tilakdhoble2245]

He should be our Education Minister...

[@shahidvaali6510]

Bro he his hrd minister when this speech take on

[@bashiruddin9018]

G

[@rajanbirsingh1897]

Yes

[@redmacbeth5198]

Advait Shukla what’s your actual point mate?

[@swiftie07swift35]

Advait Shukla was that a joke 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@purujeetpaliwal2958]

"IITs and IIMs are the islands of excellence in the sea of mediocrity" - Shashi Tharoor This hit me hard.

[@Abhyuday_rai]

IITs do one thing take out the cream and then say that we produce best the problem is the people who have potential but don't go to these spend their life thinking that they are useless

[@subhabratadatta]

IIT students don't even invent any technological products where as even "mediocre" universities even in China are better.

[@Abhyuday_rai]

@@subhabratadatta sad but that's the truth

[@TheMartian11]

@@subhabratadatta IITs don't even produce any significant research output, nor any scholars. they just produce well-groomed Microsoft google employees which is of no significance for the welfare of this country. Not a single IITian nor any indian has achieved a noble prize in sciences since the 70+ years of independence. more than half the people who study upsc for IAS IPS IFS just do it in the greed for benefits and respect and don't care about this country, rather they just help foster in a ton of corruption by abusing their posts.

[@TheMartian11]

@@coders663 "it is easy to raise question rather than finding a solution" you proved your own hypocrisy. you didn't answer anything, you just questioned back immaturely that "oooohh what are you doing for the country?"

[@DesignDensity]

I'm an Iranian and I have always admired the Indians intelligence and how hard they work no matter where they live, not to mention their rich culture all the other good stuff they keep offering to the world. All the best from bottom of my heart 👏😊

[@swami.007]

Thank you so much!!😄

[@saptarshiadhikary3736]

Thank you...🤗🤗🤗

[@thomasgeorge5775]

This man should be The PM of this country 🙏

[@PracticeAptitude]

Do you have Instagram?

[@avijitroy9882]

❤❤

[@jashrichhariya6016]

There is one thing legendary about Shashi Tharoor is that no matter what disagreements he had with the ruling party in India, when it comes to arguing with foreigners, he always represents and defends the whole India and Modi or whoever is related with India, he doesn't let the local arguments come in between the foreign debates. He represents India ❤

[@amarsimha33]

Correct

[@jashrichhariya6016]

@@amarsimha33 yes :)

[@AryanSingh2512.]

That’s what is lacking in other members of Congress.

[@surfwithshinjan]

Absolutely

[@janendersharma7712]

Yes but in oversees countries only. Go and check his speech in Pakistan, only thing he did is to blame Modi govt and infact intriguing them against Indian Muslims

[@kormsd]

Im from Croatia and during my schooling it was always repeated to me how Indian students are extremely smart and intelligent and I should strive to be better or they are going to take my job!I admire their new found thirst for even more knowledge, understanding and acceptance! Something I wish my own country had more of. It is incredibly humbling to see a talk by a man so invested into educating people not just with information but to reform their brain into a critical thinking brain that can solve problems and challenges that we face as people together! Much respect!

[@bkuls]

+Andrija Zoric You come from a land where the greatest mind of all time was born-Nikola Tesla! We would like to have someone as smart and brilliant as he was, in our country so that we would see ourselves and the rest of the world progress technologically and morally. We are indeed grateful for your kind and humble words about our country and our value system. :)

[@Cokaine_d]

I guess Croatia is loosing it's population right ?

[@kormsd]

You're always welcome bro

[@kormsd]

Thank you for your kind words, In mutual understanding knowledge is born

[@kormsd]

Yeap, en mass

[@ratinderkaur7566]

I am in Canada preparing for my presentation but now that I know how to give a well-prepared presentation 1. Grabber- started with a question, a surprising statistic fact, 2. Topic intro- 3. great flow of knowledgeable content- good statements 4. Summarised 5. call to action it is amazing.. honestly, I have never had a chance to learn all this in India, although I am a pretty fast learner and am absolutely enjoying learning here.

[@vanshikatomar1945]

Ohh nice!! tell more about presentations skill ....

[@udayshan888]

We truly need such a Prime Minister of India. Intelligent, Clever, Thoughtful, Just great Brain, Successful and dedication to the nation. Great Indian.

[@ibrahims754]

Youngest PhD holder at just 22 yrs. Definitely a prodigy!! Indian politics deserves more from this guy!!!

[@safvananiyaram7054]

Or rather he deserves more from Indian politics..

[@rajab4187]

Saw a .boy having phd in teens

[@akshitgupta4931]

Well, he is one of the youngest, not the youngest PhD holder

[@shaheedbhaghatsingh3974]

@@rajab4187 that's bs

[@--..--.-.]

You don't need a phD to serve. Just a will to honestly help.

[@pooransinghsikarwar732]

Honestly he is only deserving candidate for PM in congress party

[@anand006able]

yup

[@shashimohan04]

Pooran Singh Sikarwar he should be an educator rather a politician! But he knows d benefits of political connections

[@ayush8650]

priyanka Gandhi

[@Abhisheism]

Pooran Singh Sikarwar congress should be taken out from hands of gandhi family. it is the only way of survival of congress party.

[@tarun_6864]

he is for the educated ppl , not been recognised by the common ppl

[@randompuzzler1949]

This man's oratory skills are exquisite and legendary! Plus the content of the speech itself is absolutely brilliant!

[@renjum9456]

Everytime I listen to this man I am wondering why Congress is not utilising him. They have this amazing PM candidate and yet...

[@johndonnelly1376]

If Congress has a chance against Modiji, it is through this guy.

[@sijiharold2045]

@@khushbujain6456 thats not what christianity is about. We don't just go around baptizing people. It's more of a learning about our religion.

[@khushbujain6456]

@@sijiharold2045 Then how come roman empires made church institution and why people come to me with so called GOOD NEWS. Why by fooling people you convert hindus..Why East india company directly linked to Church institution invade here and banned hindu temples n gurukuls ?? christans are very clever in converting with good talks . why they been trained to convert. Why they involved in palghar lynchings? why they regularly come to my home with good news . I dont belive in Good news and nither in original sin.. Its all drama tantrum to hypnotise others..

[@sijiharold2045]

@@khushbujain6456 The Roman empire and the colonial times were a LONG time ago. It's like the Gandhiji said, " I love Christ, but I hate Christians". That's all we are trying to do. Make you see Christ, and love. I get that you're a little........ok REALLY annoyed by the good news stuff and all. Now listen. I'm saying this as a Christian and a fellow Indian. Just once, only once.. Go to the KZbin search bar and watch a video of Todd White. I'm not trying to convert you or any of that sh!t. Just go and watch any one of his videos that you find interesting. Ok?

[@khushbujain6456]

@@sijiharold2045 this is all tantrums. Gandhi was the biggest fraud . it was a history but its a pattern followed now also. My lot of neighbours old aunt are been converted with fraud strategies and financial helps. You can not convert me . I am true hindu and i dont want to be christan at all till my last breath. becasue its a religion spread by heavy marketing , training , cleverness and using heavy money. India churches get heavy money from europe and western countries by NGOs to convert people. PALGHAR LYNCHING IS biggest example. Christan priest caught in kerala for fraudlently converting the people. THANKS THE BASE OF ISLAM AND CHRISTANITY WAS AND PRESENTLY IS TO CONVERT PEOPLE SOCIETY STATES COUNTRIES FOR THEIR OWN STATEHOOD... EAST INDIA COMPANY IS BIGGEST example. It was not past. I can show you in my neighbour all christan missionaries try always to convert using fraud story of GOOD NEWS.

[@khushbujain6456]

@@sijiharold2045 WHY SHOULD OTHERS LEARN YOUR RELIGION. WHAT IS THE URGENCY FOR YOU TO SPREAD YOUR RELIGION. let everyone enjoy their own religion. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF MISSONARY. Missionary means with mission. iSLAM BY CRUELITY AND CHIRSTAN BY CLEVERNESS SPREAD THEIR RELIGION. AND POOR HINDU CAN NOT UNDERSTAND THIS AS THEY HAVE NEEVER BEEN INTO THE CLEVER ATMOSPHERE. THEIR PARENTS NEVER TOLD THEM NOT TO GET CONVERTED AND FORGET THE OLDEST RELIGION ON EARTH.

[@nobodyI369]

I am just here to improve my vocabulary.😂

[@swanlilly100]

You'll need more than a KZbin video.

[@nobodyI369]

@@swanlilly100 Already bought word power made easy . 📓

[@minisankaran5484]

swanlilly100 Not really, all one needs to learn a language is KZbin.

[@hamid786ish]

What is word power?

[@nandinin4666]

Me too

[@sainnyanaik5361]

"An island of excellence floating on the sea of mediocrity" hits hard

[@emanbind2965]

BROTHER?

[@kushalverma2523]

😂 Shorty

[@ketansharma855]

Okay tell me what u failed neet or jee

[@martinnderitu5708]

I am Kenyan but hearing this gentleman talk, I wish i was Indian...such brilliance, such eloquence and being spot on from his first to last word. Can we hire you to come and bring some sense to our cabinet secretaries (ministers)? Bravo for saying things as they are and having facts and figures right at your finger tips. You sound like a real gem for your nation. With such souls like you, India can only go places into the future if the policy makers listen and listen good.

[@JohnMwangi-jv3pp]

Hakuna matata

[@anil.ksingh6127]

and he is in the opposition. Those in the Govt are just as brillliant ( albeit in Indian languages). I wish you could listen to some of them.

[@charmaine8512]

Indian education can be helpful. Ordinary schools produce excellent students as education is what Indian parents dream of. Sadly, now Indians are going to dud colleges in the West

[@jisnavs3106]

He is an ex-UN under secretary General 😊

[@entanglednerves]

​@@charmaine8512 dud colleges in the West? Haha

[@yogitajha5984]

If he became PM of india...then most probably Education system of our country will be on another level

[@DeadPool-tl4ec]

Yes and Harvard Stanford and oxford would cry 🤣

[@veeruchauhan9176]

You know our former PM Dr Manmohan Singh is more intellectual then Dr Shashi Tharoor and we know that Manmohan Singh was only puppet and he also said I'm PM of Sonia Gandhi then how can you say he made to able our PM? There are now suspension that he is a good English mentor and spokesperson I'm huge respect him

[@MAdhur1205]

@@veeruchauhan9176 yup

[@kundansand111]

Mmmm And english will be so nice that even Oxford proffecors will came to India to learn English.

[@kundansand111]

@@DATsReal If all are honest it will be implemented and one person can also do so if he is determined to do so Like the economic policies of 1991.

[@BeHappy-rq9ql]

I believe he is the only fully solely educated politician who can understand todays generation 🙏

[@creativemind6625]

Ohhh really. ...I mean really. ....😞😞😞😞😞😞😞

[@khushbujain6456]

he is speaking english doesnot mean he is educated. he is most drama person and most chutia person

[@k.shahil5437]

Galat faemi h beta

[@paulatreides6218]

@@khushbujain6456 Cloud theory inventor Narendra Modi is the best politician....

[@jraina02]

@@khushbujain6456 dude he is probably the most educated politican of our country.... Chck ur facts before ranting anything

[@lovisumi9614]

Lot's of respect and love Dr.Sashi from Nagaland, Northeast India.... wonderful presentation 😍

[@Aman-cc5ff]

From Nagaland too😎

[@parinikasharma317]

❤❤🇮🇳

[@adharmicindian491]

I am 13years old, I want to explore, have a well formed mind, be intelligent, confident, independent, diligent, a linguistic, passionate, an artist, an author, a creator, a donator, outspoken, bold, & be intelligent and confident enough to choose my career and put all my talents to right and proper use, & I also want to start my own start-ups..

[@subhamdas7555]

read whole bhagwat gita first then talk

[@alefiyachawala9277]

I'm literally having a crush on this man's vocabulary and the way he is pushing his hair back😂he's got better hair than youngsters nowadays

[@rabinkanisha7503]

Well said😊

[@niharikasingh7681]

Ik🥺

[@untube9715]

Now a days extreme stress is making youngsters bald due to ruthless competition in society...2nd reason would be bad diet and irregular routine..

[@MrALenCar321]

He was very handsome in his younger days.

[@FreeBird_07]

I agree. I'm feeling same. 👍

[@simonthomas1878]

Shashi Tharoor is every intellectual's wet dream: Brilliant, articulate, not to mention handsome in a very patrician way. He's got a voice and oratorical skills to die for. I mean he's an extremely accomplished author, writer, diplomat, politician and an actor to boot! A former Cabinet minister, former UN Undersecretary-general, human rights activist, so on and so forth. The guy is the Rajnikanth and Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan and Yo Yo Honey Singh for many among India's privileged, educated intellectual sections. :)

[@chathuriu]

I laughed so hard when I read this. He is really something.

[@simonthomas1878]

It's true isn't it. The guy is the total intellectual package. What he does lack is political grit and stomach for the black arts of Indian poltics. But that's just not who he is. :)

[@SuperAdobeFlash]

Simon Thomas I read till you mentioned the bollytrash .

[@goddamnthedamned]

well, he is mine, for sure ;)

[@simonthomas1878]

natasha gupta only man I would ever "consider" :P :P :P seriously that voice, that baritone, that accent, such articulate speech can sweep any living creature off their feet.

[@santhoshkumarp2361]

His intensity in eyes while delivering speech is another level..❤

[@TsuyoiDesu07]

Omg! He said it very precisely that Indians average age is gonna be just 29 years at 2020, I've just searched.

[@enjoyingeverymoment7365]

"We don't need a well-filled mind, we need a well-formed mind" ..... Hats off to you sir.. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@tortoisetraveler5815]

IITs are well-filled not well- formed....

[@Pork393]

Really? The same hats off Shashi Tharoor is asking for PMs degree!!! Shame on him!

[@smk2SOA]

​@@Pork393 Tharoor followers are Shameless lies over lies. 1. Shashi Tharoor tweeted against cow 🐄. He even spoke lowest level of languages on cow people. And you say Tharoor respects Hindu. 2. How come after 40 years of his life suddenly he is talking and showing interest in Hindu n Hinduism since couple of years only. 3. In his entire life , we neverever seen he talked about Hinduism n Vivekananda or RamaKrishna Paramasha or any other Yoga Guru. 🧘‍♀️. Why suddenly change in last couple of years. 4. This change is for his Vote Bank Politics. It is not in his blood or in his life. Moreover he change his color as it requires. This is visible in his entire life. 5. If he respects Yoga and yoga Gurus n Rushis, why he is money 💰 mindedmonster and his entire life is heights of Arrogant materialistic personality . He is ready to anything to be materialistic . Why so ??? 6. He was in Politics long back , he never did any kind of Yoga or meditation 🧘‍♀️. Don't bluff again and again, people are not foolish enough to not understand the political leader like Shashi Tharoor. 6. Shashi Tharoor respects Sanathana Dharma. Joke of the century. Does he know the meanings. Does he knows the difference between Yoga and Dharma n Sanathana Dharma. Heights of lies you followers talk again and again. Enough of it 😒. 7. SHASHI THAROOR IS FULL OF CUNNINGLY CONSPIRATOR AND ACTS TOO SMART . Note: our Quality of questions asked after throughout n through research about his entire life. But you are also a follower of him so you too bluff or lie and nothing else.

[@smk2SOA]

​@@Pork393 Joker of the century. Shashi didn't knew abcd of Yoga, Dhyana n Meditation n Sanathana Dharma n Rastra Dharma n any kinds of principles of Hinduism before 2014. Now suddenly he realized that we have all these principles. Why . Clearly indicates he is completely brainwashed CON.

[@smk2SOA]

​@@Pork393 Also Every nook and corner, J Sai Deepak has been appreciated his views and his work and his efforts within 5 + years. THAROOR IS JOKE, he has so many decades of experience, still his followers and his appreciation is relatively lesser. Why . Do you understand the followers means 🤔. Every where people are calling Sai Deepak to speak about National values n Governance values n Spiritual values n Hinduism values. Most places people clapping to the roof top. 👏 . Non followers People are showing respect n love for this young man. Where is the similar kind of respect or love towards him. THAROOR gets respect only from his followers not by the people 😤. This is most important point. Being most experienced he doesn't get respect n love as much as young man. It is shameless followers like you talk nonsense n newsense simply praise n praise n praise n praising without any essence or without any substance.

[@deepaksaxena7417]

"IITs/IIMs... these have tended to be islands of excellence floating on a sea of mediocrity." - an apt summary of Indian higher education.

[@puneethvenkatrao332]

Who does the sea of mediocrity refer to?

[@deepaksaxena7417]

@@puneethvenkatrao332 I guess he is referring to the universities and degree colleges.

[@vineethbhasker3873]

@@puneethvenkatrao332 Look around !!

[@pradyumnabanerjee3333]

@@puneethvenkatrao332 Other institutions who r seen as mediocre to every indian's eyes.......overshadowed by the excellent and charming island of the IITs/IMMs.....

[@sushamap.g6892]

...,u😚hb nib

[@shaktisingh0608]

even the opposition in ruling prefer him to represent India at international forum. This is the respect and respect he has in India.

[@mahaefx8979]

What a man...hats off you sir . still we are struggling with this education system

[@prakashpallam2567]

Yes bro it's true

[@vandini8185]

Revealing talk! How on earth does he remember all those facts? Despite all the heat media creates in his name, Shashi Tharoor is an Indian to be proud of. The world, listen well. INDIA IS COMING!

[@Drigger95]

Vandini Sharma oh stfu -_-

[@Drigger95]

Vandini Sharma sorry bro no ill feelings. Just found the phrase 'INDIA IS COMING' a little annoying. (I'm indian)

[@acridotherestristis]

Vandini Sharma or going? Another 68 years? Talk, talk, talk and more talk! With or without your Colonial past, much of the Indian/Pakistani/South Asian social system, is fundamentally corrupt. There is nothing to build on. If India ever makes the World proud, it will be out of sheer Luck. And on the eve of yet another Independence anniversary, I wish India Luck!

[@vandini8185]

acridotherestristis I don't think so. In any case, we have elected PM Modi after a corrupt Congress ruling for years. I can safely say, he has done more work in a year than Congress has for 10. There also, there is more to India then just politics. Open the newspaper, you will find foundations of good Samaritans, charity events. I agree we have a lot to improve on, but we people are at least taking steps. It's wrong out a whole country just because of Your view. Thanks. Happy Independence Day! It's the 15th today.

[@daultonbaird6314]

+Vandini Sharma yes a one country population explosion.... Thanx

[@izazahmed3417]

I must confess that he is the best speaker in the South Asia. Respect from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@cooldiys3477]

izaz ahmed have you heard India’s foreign affairs minister, he is almost as incredible, if not better!

[@kunalmahajan9489]

In politics

[@tinasharma1270]

Imran Khan is also a good speaker.

[@sajan401]

Dear not in South Asia he is no one in world my view

[@cyriljacob4839]

Do you think East Asia has such a speaker?None of the Chinese or Japenese or Koreans speak that way.Not even majority of Europe or Africa or Americas.

[@venkateshwaranm7350]

Can't believe this was 7 years ago.. still relatable af

[@kingswafwan4140]

Proud of KERALA..😍😍

[@HimanshuVerma-rr2xg]

The only politician who thinks unpolitically and speaks what seems logical and informative.

[@Abstract.x]

Im not from india but I love listening to this intellectual. He is a brilliant and open-minded leader.

[@Banuvlogs714_6]

U r from which country?

[@Abstract.x]

@@Banuvlogs714_6 pakistani born american

[@lhazomtashi530]

Me too. I admire this intellect

[@sr9214]

Kash... sarre malayali inki jaisa "Open-minded " hota toh aaj kerala LOVE JIHAD aur PFI+ISIS ka adda na hota.....!

[@HeyItsJubu]

@@sr9214 chup

[@joychackalacal360]

Shashi Tharoor : A prime minister material; the most eligible statesman; the dignity and pride of India; simply a man of the world; Dr Shashi Tharoor, you are at heart of common Indians 👊👊👊👊!!! Wish you all the best!

[@ABCDEFGHI1234352]

any people having good oratorial skils do not mean that they can become great leaders and be able to occupy the highest polital power. To ccupy the highest politcal post , one needs commanding an controlling personality Besides one should have governing ability...going and givng speeches are very easy and doing things and making the things happen are different

[@Yadavendra.]

मैं भी शशि थरूर जी प्रधान मंत्री पद के योग्य मानता हूं।

[@raghuuriti191]

@@ABCDEFGHI1234352 and then what the rest of 500+ Members of the parliament do? eat lollypops?

[@raghuuriti191]

Totally agree with you. A leader should inspire the country. Great leaders of the advanced countries have inspired their countrymen.

[@SadiqTasleem]

This guy never compromised with his homework.

[@Harsh_Sir]

He used to school his English teacher,😂

[@coolmatrix15]

I am not an Indian but I wish he can talk about literacy in other countries. It can help a lot. Very inspiring.

[@MrRakshasa]

He only inspires bro but does nothing: I am an Indian and I am ashamed of having him here in india

[@ankitsharma-ki6kc]

@@MrRakshasa and we are very proud of you sir because of your dedication and hard work towards the Batterment of country! Oh wait... 😕

[@MrRakshasa]

@@ankitsharma-ki6kc Mr. ankit sharma; I may not that, great that, I struggled heard towards the betterment of the country but at the same time; I didn't loot the country posing my intellect. hope you understand things. just think as a true Indian. Intellect and honesty are both totally different things. for ex; osama was also was a highly educated man and a sound orator.

[@ananthigopalakrishnan1694]

@@ankitsharma-ki6kc you guys are well educated,yet easily fooled by these politicians who are 💯 hypocrites. I don't know when you're going to understand these politicians.

[@ankitsharma-ki6kc]

@@ananthigopalakrishnan1694 things may differ by changing the perspective! Think 1000times before judging any one I repeat anyone!

[@meghanathreddy.y]

He is an member of Parliament from Kerala,india What an inspiration politician

[@jishnums8617]

Its privilege to reveal that he the incumbent MP of my home constituency THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

[@dayanasebastian1104]

👍

[@xaxamlac4363]

@@jishnums8617 yaar tum log zabardasti angrezi mein mat likho.

[@HelltoHeaven743]

My mind automatically comparing this Man with Chai Wala

[@defenderofdharma983]

The chai Wala dedicated his entire life for the sake of nation, The other one used his knowledge to play Romeo.

[@bhavyajain336]

This shows how uneducated and man with no morals you are.

[@sahdevrai3368]

@@defenderofdharma983 he represented india at UN, he was at the post Under Secretary General at security council, cant compare him with modi.

[@defenderofdharma983]

@@sahdevrai3368 I am also from his state. The only reason he is repeatedly elected from trivandrum is bcoz that is a Nair dominated place. Sashi tharoor always says he joined congress bcoz it is the only true secular party, then why doesn't he contest from a Hindu minority constituency. Chanakya who wrote "Arthashasthra" didn't had a degree from Cambridge Or Oxford. The man who wrote Ramayan was a illiterate tribal .

[@shamsudheenshamsu1138]

Dear,, friend,, Modi can't make a even a good tea, not only 7 th starderad in india but also Hindi language medium, thuuuuuu

[@idk0402]

Goodness , why is he not the PM of India🇮🇳??

[@prateekgautam7398]

Education, shines on his face.

[@RaghunandanReddyC]

i usually dont like the "indian national congress" party members. But his oratory skills mesmerize me..

[@braveheart3847]

wat are u talking....jagan is an excellent orator 😂😂😂😂

[@Lyf4rMusic]

Brave heart - you shouldn't joke about ppl when they are talking serious issues here.... !! The guy who can't speak without saying 'adyaksha' (jus like his dad) isn't a great orator per se !!

[@jayaprasanthcg]

u jus wrote my mind voice bro.... nice day...

[@karthickdevaraj8467]

agreeable

[@braveheart3847]

Lyf for music sorry adyaksha....i havent voted to him till now.

[@YourGirlPratiksha]

Whatever vocab, accent, knowledge.. blah blah.. can we talk about his hair and eyes please 🥺 one of the most handsome and well spoken politician of india👁️👄👁️ even tho he is a senior citizen now, i'm still crushing on him.

[@AKASHSINGH-zb3lr]

😅 yeah he is handsome and You are honest person

[@gmrides1197]

14min meditation done successfully 👍 A person who truely deserve the Title 'Sir'.

[@himanshunegigrace138]

We are the youth of India. Want a Leader Like you.

[@nusaqib]

Won't you want mandir? 😂😂

[@Sameer_S_Kulkarni]

@@nusaqib Mandir issue is over, we've got that already...

[@kannudayal3418]

Congress should project tharoor as pm candidate for 2024

[@lopamudraray4571]

I absolutely support your view

[@ganesh8834]

Forget that.... They will never do that...

[@kannudayal3418]

@@ganesh8834 i believe they are searching someone from hindi speaking states

[@hardrock342]

@dev gana it is not really simple. The PM candidate for the most part should be from hindi speaking state if they wanna win election. I can't imagine folks of UP giving a vote to an educated south indian guy. They don't even care about country anymore, it's all about religion now.

[@marshalLannes1769]

Not in a monarchy like congress and since he himself has been supporting that for years so NO he wouldn't be any better

[@maheshwarisharma7505]

Wow this talk gave me chills I hope that whichever of you thinks that this talk is a thing that should be heard it deserves to be heard by more people please share it.

[@ravitanpure778]

Apart from his vocabulary he is having huge statistics regarding various aspects in his mind..much deserving candidate in congress as compared with anyone else. He is visionary leader.

[@abhishekvarshney7695]

"Why Indians are successful and India is not?" Now you know!

[@sharismad]

The only man I’ve seen that doesn’t stutter and says ‘like’ and ‘um’

[@amrt7755]

Yeah, really wtf

[@MangSeries]

and 'you know' and 'basically' and...the and the...and the...and the

[@sharismad]

@Shravan Gupta there’s always this person

[@sakshamsikarwar6208]

@Kuria Kose Why are u commenting that everywhere. Even I can say After all Mahtama gandhu was a Gandhi. Don't describe a person by his surname or caste or his birth place. Rather describe him by his achievements and skills

[@abiyazalam453]

@Shravan Gupta Kindly share some link of other men not stuttering in speeches or else shup ur mouth!

[@himanshutripathi5971]

Watching it again after 7 years I realise that he is a tad too optimistic about the capability of us Indians just like Jawaharlal Nehru was, it's heartbreaking!!!

[@roshanthitte]

I dunno, as a 17 yr old in school, it is disappointing when half my grade is taking engineering even when they are so good at other things but on the other hand there are quite a few who are actually doing what they want to, especially in creative fields. Granted, I am pretty well off and so are a lot of the people around me but I'm still confident that we're all headed in the right direction

[@manjindersinghsaini911]

@@roshanthitte india has a huge population, not everyone needs to go into their passion related field to make good stuff.. only one of us needs to get into nuclear physics, make a 99% efficiency nuke and accidentaly set it off.. the world will forever be in peace! just like the empty space! i am waiting when the earth goes KABOOM!! i hope its an indian who does it tho

[@randomdude8327]

@@manjindersinghsaini911 bruh 😂

[@clcdelhi7233]

Sadly even today same situation in country of students & Education

[@shellyjose1967]

He is my candidate for Prime Minister of India.....

[@shubhamkumar-nw1ui]

We have a good PM already

[@drasutoshpanda]

+shubham kumar after him???

[@happywaseem8790]

+Shelly Jose are u from kerala

[@kavyakamal3542]

so is mine. i wish he stands up as the candidate

[@nitishsaxena1372]

i wish!

[@amit70607]

Congress should make Dr. Sashi Tharoor its president and retire old man Rahul Gandhi from all responsibilities.

[@PragyaNama]

+Pradeep Kumar Still might not solve the problem. They need to bring internal democracy. What will be the point if the final say in all matters will be of the same family.

[@nzdeepak]

+Pradeep Kumar When you have a party whose fundamentals are baed on bootlicking and sycophancy you cannot change it. They bootlicked white Britishers and then imported a white woman and now are licking her boots. How can self-respecting people even be a part of that party?

[@AbdulRehman-qg3rt]

+Deepak Karunakaran funny how bjp licks modis feet nwadays and the senior leaders have no say..

[@nzdeepak]

Abdul Rehman I believe BJP is the lesser villain and Modi is no match for the likes of Rahul Gandhi. You may decide to vote for Congress because of your religion, thats your choice, but facts do not change. Congress is a party of sycophants!

[@AbdulRehman-qg3rt]

+Deepak Karunakaran it is less likely that people voted for modi bcz there is no alternative...the way there are worshipping seems they voted him bcz he was more then god ..my religion is not the reason but the bjp and its leaders views on my religion is why i dont vote for them...

[@wellingtonjackson851]

The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. Successful people do daily what the unsuccessful only on occasionally.

[@laurencehogan1612]

You're right sir, thanks for introducing me to expert mrs jane rucker rutledge of financial education

[@maryjames7541]

Most people don't invest due to ignorance, people are scared of investing because of the high rate of scam in the business.

[@maryjames7541]

There are scammers but real brokers are out there for investors

[@Girish3009]

We need more intellectuals like Shri. shashi tharoor ji. How precisely he point outs everything and come up with a solution is a good leader's and thinkers quality. 🙏🏻

[@elva136]

His speech is absolutely riveting. He effortlessly flows from one subject to another along with a pleasant smile. If this man was a professor, I would never miss a single class of his. :))) Shashi Tharoor for the win!

[@ZiaTrali]

elva136 exactly my thoughts!!!

[@travelwithiftikhar]

A very intelligent, well spoken, well educated, well informed and inspirational man. What a pleasure listening to him. A massive fan of him from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@TheQwerty1234]

You dont need to mention from PAKISTAN we all are humans

[@thomascrusiethomascrusie3027]

Do not say educated from today onwards because English is just a language

[@thomascrusiethomascrusie3027]

Educated means who are educated by studying

[@gfscfinance8866]

@@thomascrusiethomascrusie3027 what is difference between "being educated" and "being wise"? Or better yet does bookish education matter or common sense and wisdom? There are hundreds if not thousands who can equally communicate in hindi, malayalam, bengali, etc. The key takeaway from this man is his logical approach to how he eatablishes his narrative. I would ask that everyone focus on the message as opposed to a person's faults. We all have faults.....

[@saketbhushan5495]

Indians are smart and intelligent. Look at our Software industry. I am from India

[@aadarshupadhyay9898]

this is called an elite group of audience, who are willing to listen this speech rather than wasting their min on a reel

[@anantaggarwal8069]

i Wish Mr. Shashi Tharoor Starts a KZbin Channel to teach Everyone 'How to Speak!', that Immaculate Clarity in each Word, the near Perfect Pronunciation mostly and the Absolute lack of Filler Words and Filler Syllables that Many of us Indians like myself use all through our Speeches or through our Ordinary Day-to-Day Conversations as well. He is a Thorough Treat to listen to!

[@arjunsharma253]

I think it gives goosebumps to us Indians when he says “we are coming”.

[@TheMartian11]

( ͡°( ͡° ͜ʖ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ʖ ͡°) ͡°)

[@mahiraza2107]

but still havnt arrived..now we are laggung behind..far behind

[@bitethebyte]

No worries, we're not coming, sadly.

[@sky_life1]

You are the reason,why I still can't criticize congress completely. Thanku for sharing your well framed mind.

[@ModernBuddhaa]

Well framed mind

[@vijayvelugu7216]

Shashi Tharoor is one of the best gems India has now.

[@iyerrajkumar]

It was great listening to this intelligent personality and how his intelligence works so systematically yo project His Thoughts. Hari om

[@englishcart9946]

Why don't people like to choose a prime minister like him, who are educated and have common sense???

[@chandtarakhatoon4968]

Because ,people want to choose whom, who like them😁😁😁😁😁

[@pankajpandit7360]

because he never stand for it

[@swanlilly100]

"...who has minimum common sense?!" What do you mean?

[@mahmuaboobakkar9593]

@@chandtarakhatoon4968 😬

[@bansyiemlieh3213]

If he is minimum common sense then you are nonsense !

[@sarmistha96]

When he speaks, he just sweeps one away from the ground. He is a marvellous man.

[@ravikantbarabankvi8117]

Yes right

[@karmjeet2010]

Right mam

[@sr9214]

Please come out of that.... think about Sunanda Pushkar ..... watch Saavdhan India....

[@ranjeetram2996]

Jyada hogya

[@Learnwithrupesh961]

What a line ❤ we are coming He has given the best example of his glasses. Thinking out of the box. Now we need a well-formed mind not a well-filled mind. And we need to develop new ways of thinking ❤. Great Shashi Kapoor ❤

[@MrUdawela]

Shashi Tharoor, brilliant eloquence, charismatic persona.. Future Indian leader definitely. Congrats from Sri Lanka

[@sasakiumiquema9608]

I don't even live in India and he's so inspirational

[@oriax8770]

yes he is

[@schrodinger1811]

Sasaki Umiquema Yeah he sure is

[@VishalKhemnar360]

He's great! Sometimes, I wish he was the PM...

[@nisharajput7540]

Vishal Khemnar

[@kamalshomegardening2610]

Pak drama

[@nadheemsha844]

Proud Keralite ♥️

[@mapperd1207]

Proud Indian ♥️

[@AyushSingh-mr5cs]

Why not Indian?

[@jainish1556]

Why not a citizen of the world.

[@AyushSingh-mr5cs]

@@jainish1556 Why not a living being of the universe?

[@jainish1556]

Ayush Singh yes that could also work.

[@sushilgaherwar4266]

Every word is so well crafted putting lot of meaning into them. Absolutely well informed and inspiring talk. Hats off to Dr Tharoor

[@naseerkachery2793]

A gift from Kerala….

[@soniyasharma448]

this man deserves to be foreign diplomat spoke person of India

[@vinaymane5538]

soniya sharma you mean minister of foreign affairs cuz he was a diplomat.

[@hcc6757]

He has been in the UN for 30 years, lost out to Ban Ki Moon as Secy General only because the US were against him (they wanted a passive Secy Gen and hey that's exactly what they got). Shashi Tharoor is probably the best UN Secy General we never had. Check out his speech at the Oxford Union on Colonialism: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGimiGqJZd-rrJY

[@suneethadas1393]

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus n

[@saanikanasta2943]

??

[@lavomitlepcha9570]

"Now I can see the destination of a bus" brought tears in my eyes🤒🤒

[@StretchFletcher]

Agree. Amazing what we take for granted.

[@jaqenhghar4076]

True❤❤❤❤❤

[@pitambarpradhan4051]

His speech is more refreshing than a cup of tea

[@SanjeevRaikta]

Shashi tharoor 🥳🥳🥳 Who can think out of box Unbelievable personality

[@jkkqjqnw6451]

There are only two admirable people in Congress who are deserving of PM Position : 1. Sachin Pilot 2. Shashi Tharoor

[@raghuseshapalli4475]

Speaking English is not the only criterion.

[@jkkqjqnw6451]

@@raghuseshapalli4475 I know but politeness n calmness are. Haven't you heard of the controversy between Ashok gahlot & Sachin Pilot where the CM used such an abusive language against Sachin but the thing to be noted was Sachin's reply. He is truly a great personality. He criticised him wisely without offending anyone !!!.... All in all, apart from speaking English he has many qualities which makes him a true leader..... we need transparency with our government, be it state or central and he is the one. .....

[@arjunpatwardhan953]

@@raghuseshapalli4475 and now after seeing her answer I'm expecting your answer.... 🙃

[@damanpreetsingh433]

Dr.manmohan singh as well!

[@shafeequekottakkal5273]

Best..where is sachin now

[@satyajeetjha981]

the best line "in the era of internet u don't need a well filled mind".

[@swatitripathi614]

satyajeet jha i agree

[@birendrapatel8794]

satyajeet jha IAwhj

[@aswanidevv7322]

Proud of INDIA Proud of KERALA Our Shashi Tharoor

[@arkasma]

Sir, I am from Pakistan and please to share with you that always speak out so real & clear, unbiased....really appreciate

[@josekmcmi]

I wish this man became India's Prime Minister! We Indian could be proud of him. His personality, command of English and the fund of knowledge he has- all amazing.

[@vic00715]

+Jose Kariamadam So your criteria for being elected as a Nation's Prime Minister is his/her ability to have :- 1. Command over english. ( Must be your assumption that if anyday P.M wants to get selected in an intel. call center, Right!!. You can't be that big a fool. Certainly majority of India does not speak that language or if they do, certainly not as frequent as some other western countries do.) 2. Personality. ( yeah agreed. But majority of P.M already fill that criteria) 3. Knowledge. ( Of what exactly?? About graphs and percentage read from a research work of some other guy or astute information about all things which makes us Indian, our own history and teachings. I am guessing the second one.)

[@dilipchoukikar]

Jose Kariamadam command of english .. Seriously.. !! For a PM..??

[@harshkatare3342]

Chaitra s m i do accept my mistake so english should be creiterior of being pm

[@thohirrpala1488]

He is not only command in english.... Just go through his history in United Nation.

[@user-zw7wg1vt5c]

@@harshkatare3342 hindi is not everyone's mother tongue, and its not our national language,so many common people are not understanding what pm says

[@horriblebeauty9524]

I don't know y I'm feeling amazing after hearing him... I just wonder that these kind of intellectuals also exist in our politics... And after listening his 3 speeches I'm speechless 😂😂😂

[@nothingcamefromnothing23ye53]

😂

[@iamsimran2402]

😂

[@siyonraphael7819]

Lol

[@Jaya-22]

Same lmao! We need more people like him in politics.

[@FreeBird_07]

Yes they do exist but their hands are tied by the parties and party members. We all know what happened with Manmohan Singh.

[@BharatKaBachaa]

"We are coming" made goosebumps 🪄🥰

[@Premsasi11]

Hats off Sir, how could you remember these many statistics without even pausing to think another second, while reciting it. Amazing memory or long practices?

[@DustinRodriguez1_0]

I'm from the US and went to college in the US for Computer Science. During my time there, a new professor was hired. He had 2 PhDs from a university in India. I won't name it because this was in the late 1990s and it may have improved since then. Anyhow, he taught an introductory course. Within the first week, he taught us a topic and assigned homework. When we went to do the homework we discovered that what he taught us was simply wrong. It didn't work. The next class, we let him know. His response, to this day, stuns me. He said that if we had done the assignment the way he taught it, but it didn't work, we would still get an A. If, on the other hand, we had used our textbook to learn how to do it properly and our program worked - we would get an F. He would fail us for not listening to him and instead actually learning how to do it properly. No, I am not joking. Perhaps this makes sense culturally to someone from India. I have no idea. My fellow students and I went to the department chair and got him fired. I believe the college had to buy him out of his contract which is outrageous, he was not just completely incompetent in the subject he had "2 PhDs" in, but he had some bizarre notion that his status as an authority figure actually mattered more than his actual capacity to teach. If that sort of thinking exists in India, it HAS to be completely destroyed before progress can be made.

[@sudhirchalla]

You can't judge all Indians to be like the one you encountered. I do agree there are quite a few who are proud of their stature, but I believe that it is not restricted to India or any nation. It is the character of the individual in context rather than nation.

[@metallica3604]

I am an Indian and sadly this is true for most Indian teachers. It's all about the grades and teachers are not hired by their ability to teach.

[@pramitbanerjee]

+Dustin Rodriguez lol, i live in india and i face this every single day i go to college

[@rahuljphilip]

+Dustin Rodriguez Yep, sadly this is true for most of Indian teachers.

[@xamael1989]

+Dustin Rodriguez we have a lot of that in africa also but the sad thing is that here they encourage such kind of behavior from the lecture which ends very badly that's why a lot of rich people take their kids to europe, asia ,and america

[@kavyakamal3542]

he's an excellent orator with expertise in various field. a man well versed in most of the fields

[@gauravbharambey6568]

agree

[@kapilsharma-mu6yi]

he is excellent but he is weak in security expertrism

[@facelesstongue128]

So am I, jack of all master of none and its not bad. not everybody is perfect.

[@AyushSingh-th9gz]

yeah......better than zakir naik... :P :P

[@drmelmeshad]

natasha pavel

[@RaviKumar-sw9hk]

What a amazing speech! Thank you sir. The content, the concern, the presentation..... Marvelous.

[@sujitthomas4951]

Mr tharoor you are of a person who easily captures my attention... The way you represent your own country is something way beyond dear,,, you really deserves to be in a good position of india,, either education minister or for some other posts.. Keep rocking mr tharoor ... Enjoy your life..

[@meghanawarrier5847]

I agree with him completely. I used to go to an Indian international school in Singapore after studying for the first 6 years of my life in a IGCSE system in Indonesia. What I discovered was the major difference was that in the Indian school, all I was doing was memorising facts and figures that I didn't really understand or know how to apply to real life situations. I didn't knw why they were relevant and why u should learn them. I wasn't really doing well in school because I always tend to loose marks because my answer wasnt exactly The same as the answer in the textbook. Then I decided to study in the Singaporean educational system and what I discovered was staggering. My grades shot up and I was soon the first in class for consecutive two years (idk the results for this year cuz it isn't over yet) I was second in the cohort and I was suddenly considered smart. This wasn't because the Singaporean system was not as difficult as the Indian system, in fact the Singaporean educational system is one of the most recognise edu systems in the world. I did better here because they didn't just teach u facts, they tested u on how u can use those facts to apply to real situations and how to be innovative with what u already know. I feel that this is what true education should be about, not just memorising facts and figures.

[@flyhighflyfast]

Thanks for pointing this out. Well said. I hope policy makers at the top of ministry also adhere with this sooner and instead of setting up more IITs and IIMs, they start structuring the Indian education system from the ground level, at schools itself.

[@diya1947]

MEGHANA MANOJ WARRIER Were you in GIIS if you don't mind me asking? :3

[@brijetjustus]

MEGHANA MANOJ WARRIER

[@takshveernanda3785]

Diya gmis ?

[@ankushsaini8973]

you are absolutely true bro...bcz in indian education system(specialy in state board systems and not in cbse)....here teachers not teachs us that how can you apply thease book facts in real life...here we own have to learn that at home ,in society...you are being tought in college that how to solve the real world problems but here in india we lerarned by own at home that how can you apply those facts in life....and thats the thing,,you have to judge...who is better...a person who being tought everything or a person who learned things.......we learned things...thats why we are no. 1 in IT sector....i m giving only one example out of 100s ..bcz everyone knows that software (specialy innovative) can't be developed ,only being a well trained and well educated person but a true learner can do that only......by the way thanks by saying that after 2 years of joining the singapore system you suudenly become(as you say considered) intelegent.....bcz being an indian and student of indian system i know very well that...it take more than 2 years(yet its 2 year in your case..may be you are more intelegent then indians) to learn the things...and start to learning........again we are not being tought...we are learner( and our system is like that) .....sorry for english mistakes..i m just learning the English..bcz my mother tongue is HINDI..and i am a student of hindi board(up board)....

[@hiphopghost1]

Easily one of the Smartest person in Indian politics if not the smartest. He knows his stuff to the point. Very inspiring.

[@velayudhanmuthuswamy2851]

A fantastic TED talk. More useful bringing forth the many deficiencies in our education system. A real courageous and knowledgeable soeaker if the century.❤🎉

[@phillyop338]

watching this in 2024 is insane

[@user-op4yt4qx5q]

Is it predicted correctly as per your perspective?

[@Mmm-tj7ee]

I am a communist follower, But this Loksabha election I must give vote for Dr Tharoor In trivandrum Kerala

[@sibukg7437]

But he couldn't fulfil his assurances he gave us before he became MP of India 10 years before and was in the midst of allegations that will be surely repercussions for him in the forthcoming elections

[@bsreeraj8413]

Mmm 333 nop..c divakaran

[@mixrable1212]

Please do, we're sick of pinarayi and communism, it's a relic from stalinist russia and there's nothing good about it.

[@sarancm8657]

Communist are known for bogus voting.. Hi hi hi

[@ramuunnamatla7569]

Only person who contested for uno secretary general post against bankimoon . Unfortunately lost it due to developed countries perception on our country . He is deserved

[@jithinmjose]

He should be the next prime minister candidate for India. I'm sure he will change India altogether if given an opportunity.

[@shivammehta8284]

No way he is a good orator only he won't be a good pm

[@tusharmitra6627]

@@shivammehta8284 I agree

[@ahmedhajwani8980]

@@shivammehta8284 neither is modi but he is still our pm.

[@abhishekpatil5259]

So all good Orators must become Prime Ministers

[@Chorizzosoup]

@@abhishekpatil5259 He's not just a good orator. He knows history and concepts very well. His mind seems crystal clear on the things he talks about. You don't just get that by being a good orator. Our leaders represent us. I want to be represented by him, not by someone who is corrupt and wears new crazy expensive clothes everyday and builds pointless statues at the expense of our nation.

[@jithinmohan1882]

ലോകം അറിയുന്ന മലയാളി, ഒരു പാലക്കാടൻ മലയാളി 👍🙏❤️

[@newworld3818]

Ikr.. but simple ppl are ignored

[@iamGuresh]

Literacy can glow any person's face who was uneducated earlier. we can clearly see the charisma in her face/ his face.

[@jyotsnaoberai7616]

Exactly! Education is not just about getting a job, it's all about getting educated. The significance is been explained so nicely.

[@dharmikbarasara8958]

You are absolutely right

[@dashingdecentkhan]

From 26 Universities to more than 600 universities & from 16% to 74% literacy rate.... Amazing transformation. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@s.dskott6634]

Bruh. We should have Quality over quantity 🙂

[@tesla_3693]

@@s.dskott6634 well said, quality matters over quantity

[@abcd-hv2uo]

@@tesla_3693 I think you should read your comment again

[@tesla_3693]

@@abcd-hv2uo oh yeah lol, my bad btw thanks for pointin me out.

[@madhurisaxena5215]

And now 82%

[@ExpandVision1]

One of best speech I have ever listened. Excellent sir

[@darkemperor9766]

It's an Honor & Previlage to listen Dr.Shashi Tharoor Sir, He has made not only himself, his family but All Indians around Globe 🌍. He's the only person in the world who can challenge the Oxford Dictionary. May God bless you all and yours Families. Stay Blessed Amen 🙏.