Shashi Tharoor, (born March 9, 1956, London, England), prominent Indian diplomat and politician who, after long service in the international diplomatic corps, became an official in the government of India. He was also a highly regarded author of both nonfiction and fiction books. Tharoor is an acclaimed writer, having authored 19 bestselling works of fiction and non-fiction since 1981, which are centred on India and its history, culture, film, politics, society, foreign policy and more related themes. Tharoor developed a reputation for being an effective orator, and he was a prolific and respected author. His most-notable nonfiction books included Reasons of State: Political Development and India’s Foreign Policy Under Indira Gandhi, 1966–1977 (1982), India: From Midnight to the Millennium (1997), Nehru: The Invention of India (2003), The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power (2007), and Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century (2012). Among his works of fiction are Show Business (1992), which filmed as Bollywood (1994) and Riot (2001).

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