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Shashi Tharoor

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  • Born
    March 9, 1956 · London, England, UK
  • Height
    5′ 10″ (1.78 m)

Biography

    • Shashi Tharoor was born on March 9, 1956 in London, England, UK. He is a writer, known for Bollywood (1994), 8 Billion Angels (2019) and U.N. Me (2009).

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      Sunanda Pushkar(August 22, 2010 - ?) (her death)
      Tilottama Thanoor(1977 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)

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  • Having been United Nations Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information since 2002, he campaigned to succeed Kofi Annan as Secretary-General, but finally withdrew his candidacy.
  • Authors of successful novels such as "The Great Indian Novel" (1989), "Show Business" (1992), which was made into the film Bollywood (1994), and "Riot" (2001).
  • Completed a Ph.D at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University between 1975 and 1978.

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