An Interview with Shashi Tharoor

I read Shashi Tharoor`s work year back.It was ``From Midnight to Millenium``.That clearly reflected India`s history .It was a poignant writing.I wonder what made him stand for this post as a Genneral Secretary of UN being a rational scholar, knowing that its a puppet of US , caring less for peace.

I thought that Shashi Kapoor had stopped acting - out of depression at the death of his wife. :)

the `new` UN general Secretary -- yet another shoe shine boy for the USA -- or at best a slobbering Security Council chilum boy for the 5 Hooka Masters -- this time from Asia -- so this time an Indian -- big deal -- not a demeaning job for a self respecting independent Indian?......from no self respecting UPA......no?

lol...what has poor kofi anan done to urstruly?

Has Munir Akram withdrawn his bid or is he still in the running? Anyone know?

Re: # 9
Munir Akram is out of the picture. No body in the right mind would select a rep. from Pakistan because of its notorious history.

BTW does any one know what happened to charges brought against him for physical assaults by him on a call girl in his apartment? This happened some 3 years ago! Pak. govt put pressure on Washington which then put pressure on NYPD. Is it all over now.?

I liked Shashi Tharoor in the beginning, but later I realised he is just another US p*imp.

In any case, even if he makes it to Sec General, he will be the Sec Gen of a body which is already dead, and he can only be the undertaker.

R.I.P , United Nations. Save all these poor nations your overheads.

#3 by iron_mask on August 22, 2006 9:43am PT

#1 and #2 I guess you two wouldn`t mind the loose woman from London station


They would be shocked to the core of their puritanical selves......they would not be that happy I presume.

BTW why are your interacts filtered out?

#1 BTW URSTRULY - you do ofcourse realise that if the UN resolutions are implemented - pakistan`s goose is also cooked. The current status quo is satisfactory for all parties.....esp pakistan!

Re: # 5

Mr. Dots,

I belive in compromises, pragmatism, and give-n-take. Uniletralism is the lonliest position in the whole wide world - human beings are not made out for that. So a wise man makes deals when he is able to save the most and not when he is about to lose everything.

would, URSTRULY, be happy with the HIgh Commisioneres to the Court of St James?

#1 and #2 I guess you two wouldn`t mind the loose woman from London station

the SEc-Gen of the UN, whover he is, has to be suck up to the USA. so having a desi Sec-Gen will hardly be an honour. because if you get one who isn`t an obsequious slave he won`t be in the job for long even if he is appointed by some mistake.

the UN itself is a joke and a discredited organisation. if they had a system wherein all countries had equal votes and no countries had vetoes then it would be worth something perhaps. in its current state it is a waste of money and space and just there to rubber stamp American diktats.

in its current state, all self-respecting countries should just pull out of it.

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i read an enjoyable novel once by shashi tharoor.

If a country does not recognize the UN resolutions, which it promised to follow through, then how credible a G_S belonging to that country be. Kofi anan as much chutiya as he is, is a chutiya for himself not for Congo or wherever he has come from. Personally, I take exception to a potential General Secratery belonging to a country which has ceasefire agreements with all of its neighbors.