Shashi Tharoor On Vir Das's Monologue, Encounters With PM Modi And More | The NDTV Dialogues

On The NDTV Dialogues, we have Congress leader Shashi Tharoor whose new book 'Pride, Prejudice and Punditry' is now out. It is a voluminous collection of his best fiction, non-fiction, and poetry works published over half a century. On this episode, the three-time Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram expresses his views on Vir Das's '2 Indias' monologue controversy, shares anecdotes of his interactions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and recites a tribute for his late wife, Sunanda Pushkar. Watch this show for all this and more.
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[@smilingladka]

What I liked about Mr. Shashi Tharoor is that his views are honest. He praises Prime Minister Modi wherever it's due, and criticises him wherever it is needed. Quite rational views.

[@rs5004]

True

[@luckygarg9315]

I may agree or disagree with tharoor, but it's always nice to hear him.

[@spiritualyogiyogi6137]

I like TRUE CONGRESSI who served India Not who served only Congress. List are Dadabhai Naoroji, Gopal Krishna Gokule, Madan Mohan Malviya, Sarojini Naidu, Rajendra Prasad, Subhas Chandra bose, Patel, Ambedkar, Shastri, Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, PVN, K. Kamraj, S. NIJALINGAPPA, Jagjivan Ram, Pranab Mukherjee, Sindhe, DevRaj Urs, SM Krishna, SUBRAMANYA SWAMY, KR Narayan, MURARJI DESAI, Shankar Dayal Sharma, many more etc. These leaders who are true CONGRESS who all worked for INDIA . Most have resigned CONGRESS because they realised CONGRESS started working against INDIA. These leaders worked for the people n for the nation 👏 🙌 👌 . But Congress First family is dead against INDIA n Indian values 🤔. NOW The most Dangerous Congressi are Moti lal Neharu, Jinnah, Jawaharlal Nehru, MDK Gandhi n their secret friends n Allies including British n China.all these are so much Cunningly CANCEROUS Hippocratic secret games they played against Indian Ethos n values. Do you know the reality.

[@mahimkumar1061]

@@spiritualyogiyogi6137 You can write big paragraphs but you still don't see reality...

[@spiritualyogiyogi6137]

@@mahimkumar1061 What reality you are talking. First know the reality. Till now there are so many Questions n Conspiracies not answered by 60 years ruled by Congress. First you don't know the truth n facts.

[@shubhampushkarofficial]

Time Stamp for Vir Das part, 18:55

[@wanderkash]

Thank you bro

[@RahulDas_is_awesome]

thank u bhai...u saved us all time

[@dragonjpt1195]

Thanks

[@mannasingh2768]

Thank you so much

[@susam8838]

It's not easy to be civilized in face of those who have given up on being civil.. Sashi Tharoor's dignified conduct is inspiring👏

[@rajeshramdass7162]

Divine will not allow, sorry

[@sohambanerjee99]

Digital India and the modern generations are responsible for this polarization- everything and everyone is vilified on social media. Social and Television media, due to an increased access to every person with a phone, has brought about this problem. It seems that pre-digital days with less transparency and restricted access were much better! Democracy remains civil that way!

[@mohitparamarshsingh]

It's always a delight to listen to Mr. Tharoor.

[@tarhampa2303]

A man who changed 21st literature..... Not only for"Art for art sake ".......but really his presentation.... Is awesome....

[@nazimabrar7285]

highly educated polictian of India, Congress should give him better ooportunity, he can be game changer .

[@lokesha.v2177]

If he didn't get opportunity by congress then he should step into Bjp

[@bigbrother2047]

@@lokesha.v2177IMO He is already an inspiration for this generation...he don't need any beneficence.

[@jjkarma2085]

@@lokesha.v2177 Really? No party can rule for ever my friend. His time will come

[@HimanshuKumar-tw4fl]

@@lokesha.v2177 You do know that parties are formed on ideologies? Honorable people do not just change parties if it suits them. Shashi Tharoor will never join BJP because he does not agree with BJPs ideology. We should have more politicians like him.

[@rakeshdass489]

We need more broad-minded politicians like him, he diserve to be our next PM 🙂.

[@onlyrent291]

He's too sophisticated and classy for the masses

[@dwipsankar6161]

@@onlyrent291 true

[@integrum6753]

I think he would do better as a external affairs minister

[@rakeshdass489]

@@integrum6753 bro... Shashi Sir joined politics in 2009 as a lok shabha minister after serving as a international diplomat

[@yuktideshlan8694]

like really

[@gerr429]

i wish at least 60 to 70% of our politicians are as educated as Mr. Sashi Tharoor. Wishful thinking.. i know.. LOL!! 😂😂😂

[@akashdhamjewar958]

what about general public

[@capemoosaf1367]

An absolutely true and honest politician with an equally high IQ in philosophy too .

[@dramankaur]

Everytime I watch NDTV, especially Ravish sir & all anchors and also Shashi Tharoor Sir, I see the personification of true Education in India. India is full of Educated people (not talking here about uneducated so called literates who shut their minds in support of politicians banking votes in the name of religion). This is real journalism, real education, knowing what’s right, what’s wrong. Please keep motivating the youth to get educated, not just literate.

[@rameshraina2517]

Ravish wants people to drive bullock carts on expressways since farmers donated land for expressways, though after getting due compensation. Next what, drive bullock carts on IGI airport runways using same logic since farmers of Gurgaon/ Delhi had donated land . That is the level of discourse and negativity your Rubbish Kumar spreads in country.

[@nad1ax2]

Indians have gotta stop using the honorific “sir” in every instance

[@Rizwan-Ali]

So much respect for this person. wonderful to listen to him, every time pearls of wisdom I receive.

[@taimurdurani1692]

Whenever i watch Sashi Tharoor's English conversation i always open dictionary & i pause his video more than a hundred times to get meaning of some words from the dictionary 😂

[@mayukhbhattacharya8793]

no matter what side of political spectrum, ye aadmi se at least english zarurr seekh sakte hai XD

[@TheArchit1]

Who opens a dictionary in this day and age, when you can simply google the word.

[@swathi123vm]

@@TheArchit1 Any key:value pair is a dictionary (so technically even googling a word's meaning falls under the spectrum of dictionary)

[@architaanand3136]

@@TheArchit1 people who actually want to remember the meaning for a very long time still use a dictionary and thesaurus.

[@kumarishikha9856]

The poem is soo beautiful !!🥺

[@saurabh3847]

Heyo ryt

[@lookintoit4537]

As a right winger I appreciate Mr Tharoor for calling out the wrongs of both sides, and acknowledging the goods too. In an ideal world he would have led the left, and Mr Gadkari the right.

[@Ekagrasinghal]

true that..

[@schoolofforeignlanguagesambala]

Yeah

[@PS-ej2xn]

The man has absolutely no support on the left.

[@sohambanerjee99]

Digital India and the modern generations are responsible for this polarization as pointed out by Mr. Tharoor- everything and everyone is vilified on social media. Social and Television media, due to an increased access to every person with a phone, has brought about this problem. It seems that pre-digital days with less transparency and restricted access were much better! Democracy remains civil that way!

[@global_buzz]

He can be the next prime minister. You can listen him for hours.⭐️

[@nilighosh158]

Dr Shashi Tharoor is an erudite person.His rational speeches and command over the language is astounding. It gives me immense pleasure to listen to his speeches. He is acclaimed worldwide for his knowledge,wisdom & orating skills.

[@nad1ax2]

Just say articulate, ‘Erudite’ is just plain pretentious

[@ashutoshpandey245]

so much innocence in that beautiful poem.....

[@Abbyramrosy]

The ode on Sunanda was melting ❤️. So beautiful 🙏

[@ny8281]

Always walk away wiser after listening to Shashi Tharoor. A voice of sanity and reason. 🙏

[@manoranjanbarik525]

Tharoor's depth and concept on Indian ethics, religions, society and system is vast. He is an erudite scholar, writer ,historian and politician . His thought provoking words inspire most Indians to lead an optimistic life. Thanks.

[@joandeborah1503]

The poem was what I loved best. Written straight from the heart. So proud of our MP from Thiruvananthapuram

[@miktartaram3975]

Poignant..the tribute to Sunandha. A good politician. We need more people like him across party in our political scenario.

[@pure_truth]

He is real Gem 💎 of India !!! All the best Mr Sashi Tharoor.

[@aparnaperi3930]

What a beautiful way to describe what Hinduism is and what it is becoming in the context of politics.

[@PS-ej2xn]

Speaking of Indian religious thought among Congressi ChrIslamists? Ha ha.. Shashi Tharoor and his admirers are another breed of delusional.

[@vijayshrivastava8493]

👉 Lakhs of Congress workers remained in jail during the British Raj, but no one wrote an apology to the British. This is reality. That's a great thing. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@okay850]

Well the secular people are stuck people and when their response to anything are few standard borrowed lines it is pathetic.For example,nobody apologised.Who knows? They were the approved leaders of British ers and they were brutal to those who challenged them.Some people who were fighters did not feel that they must die,they might want to survive to fight back.but fixed minded... unimaginative emotional fools.. lacking own wisdom couldn't do better than following

[@shantanukashyap2649]

@@okay850 aren't your words disrespecting Sardar Bhagat Singh.

[@snehaketkar8571]

Very few congressmen had to endure hard ship in jail.

[@MH-vo8hg]

Seems you don't know your history. Nehru spent just 12 days in Nabha jail before writing an Apology to the British.

[@jjkarma2085]

@@okay850 Well... There is no point in arguing with Watsapp university graduates. You can fool a few but a lion share of Indians still believe the history we studied in our schools. Pioneers of freedom struggle like Gandhiji and Nehru are still respected throughout the world.

[@jaggimehta29]

Adorable great person and writer with clear thinkinking..Ode to his late wife made me emotional.

[@jmodi8087]

Breath of fresh air in these polarized days.

[@samarthajaythakkar3668]

Great man. Deserves more important space in political structure of our country for the well being of our nation.

[@srkom]

Always a delight to listen to Mr. Tharoor

[@zeetechdesign4206]

this amazingly erudite person is someone who i have an utmost respect when it comes to objectivity/ eulogy in and out of political discourse ..

[@dmraushan]

Shashi Tharoor 😎💪

[@raviiyer3761]

Quite proud I could understand everything he said ...as in ...the words ...

[@princepaul1058]

Beautiful poetry...And what a man...

[@broadlover69]

Shashi Tharoor is most inspiring person 🙏

[@sunirammarandi629]

Whenever I think of the people of our country I really get tears in my eyes because many of our people are not educated so they give votes to those who have no idea of any morality and ethics. When BJP came in power for the first time that was not the mistake of the people but for the second time bjp becoming the ruling party is really the mistakes of people, not BJP and godi media.

[@atulsharma7337]

If education would have solved all the problems there wouldn't be any issue in developed countries. Those uneducated ( and poor ) people might have different demands then the educated elite class. By your logic their demand should be suppressed to meet the demand of elite class, just because they dont fit in the criteria set by few handful of people.

[@architaanand3136]

Not the mistake of people but inflated egos of brainwashed people from the majority religion suffering from inferiority complex.

[@Neo-qm9zi]

By that logic.. we have been ruled by the most educated people in the country for 40 or 50 long years. And we still talked about open defecation till 2014. You have no idea the amount of change this government brought if you cannot recognise it you are prejudiced. In my city, congress sat on major development projects for ages (12 years only 40% of the work done) untill bjp came into power and finished 60% of the remaining work in just 3 or 4 years.

[@azarealbheri6876]

Education is never a full answer! I see the most deprived making the right choices and the so called 'highly - educated' comiting the most abominable acts.

[@saubhagya9478]

And we will continue to vote that party, and BJP will win in 2024. Calling yourself educated when you judge education level through political preferences and opinions is a literal joke. And I don’t even want to start on how BJP win is not just because of its success but because of failure of other parties, and many more such debates and Analysis are available on NDTV while they and there audience were having live meltdown after 2019 elections✌🏼

[@rameshparthasarathy8328]

Makes you nostalgic for times when civilized conversation was a way of life even between opponents. Looking at what we have now makes you think the Taliban analogy is not far off the mark.

[@jindalraman6793]

If Thesaurus and dictionary had a baby - Shashi tharoor sir .

[@lykavines5329]

Shashi Tharoor would be perfect PM for India. India deserves a educated PM like Shashi

[@jsv4332]

Would love to see Mr Tharoor sir run for PM next year

[@hemusinghjain9422]

Right way of interview and gentaly answer

[@nitinupadhye6195]

Couldn't control my tears when he recited the Poem.. .

[@shyamchabra5355]

Sashi Tharoor has been educated in England. The heritage shows. It is in stark contrast to what exists in India at present. India needs a PM like Tharoor. Someone who is understood internationally.

[@ramanunnikrishnan7354]

where in England, thought St Xavier's was in Calcutta and St Stephen's in Delhi, atleast last I checked.

[@naseemfirdaus1789]

NDTV thank you for giving us a wonderful interview.❤️

[@quranhidayah7]

throor is true patriot...and perhaps true lover...he should be indias ambassdor...lovely end of this conversation

[@mrsbenedictcumberbatch9565]

Lover?

[@daranazeer4215]

I COULD NOT STOP MY TEARS WHEN MR.THAROOR NARRATED THE POEM IN THE END OF THIS BEAUTIFUL INTERVIEW. MAY HER SOUL ENJOY THE LIMITLESS PLEASURES OF HEAVENLY REWARDS. MAY BLESSINGS OF NATURE SHOWER IN ABUNDANCE UPON BOTH- THE INTERVIEWEE AND THE INTERVIEWER. MAY OUR COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE' STAY SAFE, SUCCESSFUL AND SATISFIED. THANK YOU.

[@vishaalbhatnagar3924]

Very timely and well articulated conversation.

[@naseemfirdaus1789]

Another awesome discussion session. Extremely educative, highly enjoyable and unbelievably candid. And these are the very qualities that define Dr Shashi Tharoor….🙏🙏🙏❤️💜♥️

[@gopalasetty3613]

Unusual power of knowledge..man of great calibre...a gem to congress. Thank u sir

[@PadmanabhanAnanth]

Excellent! Kudos NDTV and Tharoor! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@shoaiburrehman2550]

Obviously insightful. Kindly make sure the audio is without that shrill at the end of the words.

[@jagpreetsingh3364]

Such honest views and civility which this man brings with being himself... No doubt that in the present political world he is bashed not only by opposition but his own party as well

[@yaruingamawungshi9748]

Great interview. Do often and enlighten the younger generation of this great nation or else we are lost.

[@payalgupta7776]

Interesting title. He didn't mention Vir Das's name even once. Nevertheless a classy speaker .

[@Manu-ug1rl]

It's such a delight to listen to this man!

[@snehaskitchen6642]

ताकत की जरूरत तब होती है जब कुछ बुरा करना हो वरना दुनिया में सब कुछ पाने के लिए प्यार ही काफी है

[@farhanakhan3747]

That's exactly the point he's trying to bring out.hinduism being radicalised for political motives.

[@rohitrawani9723]

Agreed 👍 Same goes for Islam

[@subhamlala813]

@@rohitrawani9723 no islam has always been radical ,I know you will call me a bhakt but doesnot matter ,I HV studied islamic history and its ideology it is always radical and fundamental and extremism is the outcome of such ideologies which Islam is all about

[@rohitrawani9723]

@@subhamlala813 yeah, Islam has always been radical but every muslim is not radical Most of the muslim and Hindu want to live peacefully And I won't call you andhbhakt 😂

[@subhamlala813]

@@rohitrawani9723 thank you for such lovely comments ,hindutva has similarity with Islam and thus it's fundamental and always this type of ideology results in extremism and which is something different from Hinduism but the problem with this world is that abrahamic religions has brought such extremist and radical concept and even eastern religions like Hinduism ,Buddhism has some elements which depicts the same ideology of these abrahamic ones like Islam ,so it's seen as a counter point of view against these abrahamic and fundamental religions and thus hindutva is appreciated by many and this things have brought enough polarisation in this world

[@pilot7977]

Dear Farhana Khan your book that you follow is fundamentally radicalized Under Congress rule look what happened to Kashmiri's Hindus there was 100% Hindu population and now its less than 10% If you cant see this then your fundamental thoughts blinded or you try to ignore the truth by living in some fairy land of thoughts Hindusim if getting radicalized because of Islam Before Islam came to this land everyone here was living peacefully

[@midnightangles407]

Become modi hater but not india hater

[@kaberigomes2117]

@durga ganta It's 'servant', not 'servent'. Politics choro, school jao. 🤣.

[@midnightangles407]

@@kaberigomes2117 aap pakistan jao

[@kaberigomes2117]

@@midnightangles407 Pakistan koi mall hai kya? 😂 . Ki koi bhi moo uthaya chala jayega?

[@midnightangles407]

@@kaberigomes2117 mall ka pta nhi lekin indians muslins ko bahut pyara hai

[@kaberigomes2117]

@@midnightangles407 Indian Muslims ko pyara nahi hai. Yeh BJP talking point hai to get votes. Just Google how many indian Muslims are in the Indian army. Agar esa hai, then Indian government should also fire indian Muslims from the army.

[@samm8173]

What a beautiful poem. Dr Tharoor I wish to be as eloquent as you. Subhanallah !

[@binitasharma904]

Anytime Mr.Tharoor speaks....👏👏👏

[@kvsraman6365]

There's one more reason why people don't come out and air thier views, is, to avoid deluge of filthy messages against the one who is airing the views. I'm a 67 year old sr citizen and when I started reading news paper, the advice I gor was to read Editorials and letter to the editors... I shudder to read the letters to the editors now a days

[@naseemfirdaus1789]

Superb analogies. Thank you for making us a little bit, if not more knowledgeable. One more great book without doubt, though expected from such a well informed and erudite personality…🙏🙏🙏

[@if_it_helps3614]

Damn, the clarity!!

[@paggamlendo5605]

Shashi Tharoor for PM !

[@nahidsyyed906]

A learned person like him deserves to hold the highest position in politics & not illiterate, idiotic, savage narcissists

[@SuperRAJORSHI]

thats and educated, gentleman talking....now that cant be said about many other politicians of our country.....

[@vinodtohani9577]

I am great admirer of Mr Tharoor. I do admire Pundit Nehru. I first met chacha Nehru at the Allahabad airport when I was only 6 in 1956. He put a garland in my neck. I fully agreed about his greatness and failings. Even Mrs Indira Gandhi was quite selfless. Perhaps that’s where the Nehru Dynasty should have ended in the Indian politics and in congress party. Their continual involvement in the congress party has stunted its independence and growth.

[@sushovanata1907]

This man is outstanding speaker ND a great human being .

[@malikaa148]

What a difference between him and all others including our much hailed PM

[@amitmeena7714]

The Poem 🥺🥺

[@RajendraShardul]

He points out that media has been judge, jury, executioner in his case and doesn’t endorse media’s behaviour but the same media was judge, jury and executioner in Mr Modi’s case too, but Mr Tharoor does not acknowledge that.

[@Dividerinchief]

Spot on Sir..

[@kabitabhaumik5829]

I stand to correct you. Nehru was not the giant here, Vajpayeeji was, for being so gracious.👌👌

[@yogeshwardavar4442]

Perspicacious Shashi Tharoor in his usual articulate best.Kudos and envy.

[@keshavkapoor1933]

One of the finest men

[@curious1731]

We need civilsed statesmen like him not illiterate ,always in hiding fake men.

[@naseemfirdaus1789]

Dr Shashi Tharoor is a rare breed in today’s world. ♥️❤️💜🙏🙏🙏👌👌👌

[@avni8277]

Imagine being able to say Kofi Annan once told me

[@rxfaddy7534]

What a brilliant views presented by Shasi Sahab by having a good vocabulary.

[@tsamee4re351]

Brilliant and world class man who should be India's next Prime MInister. This is a true patriot of India.

[@Abbyramrosy]

What an erudite discussion! Appreciate you Sir. Respect ❤️🙏. Perhaps what we miss today ideals of a democracy. Some in power wish to transform this democracy into a thuggular one.

[@tadas7997]

Straightforward guy

[@sukhminderkaurchhine522]

Very nice words for his wife 🙏

[@sagrengovender365]

Sashi, great interview....His got my vote for President...To be the leader of Great India, All leaders should be screened down to their fluency in English and if they can swear an oath on the Bagvat Gita..(Yogi Values) for all its people....will be a good starting point to be the most loved, leading country in the world🙏🙏

[@NEHABIJI]

Very informative

[@azarealbheri6876]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks the poem is a masterpiece...

[@loonadom676]

It truly is a beautiful one!

[@nirmalamarak9386]

Inspiring to listen

[@enotudark6634]

I am happy to see Rahi is changing

[@caymarda]

What an amazing interview and what good opinions. A good departure from the noisy screaming news. Mr Tharoor expresses his thoughts so well and such clear and broad opinions.

[@travelfeat]

Well he is the best that I know in Indian politics

[@kvs1671]

this man should be PM candidate

[@basheerbas5162]

This Indian I'm proud I salute Mr tharur

[@HBFEATHER]

This guy is class 👏

[@sambitkumar7341]

Very even headed person... Shashi is really devoted to democracy.....

[@rexsonrodrigues6366]

Sashi should be the next Congress president and the next prime minister. We need a change. Jai Hind.

[@ryhankhan4671]

Made me google just the title of his book...

[@nssxgbjnjhfgsanthosh2626]

As usual you were at your best

[@panimeda245]

Mr Tharoor is very clever in changing his structures to suit him. Such a talent but in a wrong place

[@triyanshu1]

(i) dont care about any party but this man is a gem 💎. and i wanna see him as prime minister at least for a term.

[@surupashaw7825]

Listening to you has always been a pleasure !

[@nishantshekhar1987]

What a wonderful country we would have become if it have never gone in wrong hands , how will it be possible to grow for good when in this time it seems all messed up .

[@jjkarma2085]

Messed up real bad.