Shashi Tharoor, a former UN under-secretary-general and former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and Minister of State for Human Resource Development, and an MP for the Indian National Congress, discusses his most recent book, India’s foreign policy, and India’s majoritarian turn in an interview with Project Syndicate. 

The recent by-polls represent the state of democracy in our country fairly accurately.

Public engagement does not necessarily equal public interest, and certainly not public benefit.

We need to think about how quickly and efficiently we can remove the errors and print the corrected versions.

The 15th Amendment did not have the support of the major opposition.

Targets for carbon emissions are closing in fast on some of Bangladesh's largest trading partners. Some have set targets for 2030. Things are moving more quickly than anybody could have imagined on this issue.

Aid agencies, both the Turkish and Syrian governments, and the rebel groups must all work together.

Bangladesh’s economic leadership must devote its integrity to ensuring quality growth along with lower income inequality.

Israel spares neither children nor the elderly in its thirst for aggression and bloodshed.

Just like the mother, the father is also accountable for parenting the children.

Over the past month, journalists and activists have been subjected to an amplified scale of threats, intimidation, and incarceration at the hands of powerful group.

Improving our revenue generation will require several measures, both technical and non-technical.

In the Global Knowledge Index 2021, Bangladesh ranked 120th out of 154 countries. Bangladesh ranks 102nd among the 132 economies featured in the Global Innovation Index 2022. In the age of open source AI like ChatGPT, the research and innovation qualities of Bangladeshi students and researchers may get worse, so proper steps and actions must be taken now.

What is the arrangement for this funding mechanism? Who will pay into the fund? Who is eligible?

What could the youth of Bangladesh have done, on February 5 a decade ago, if not gather at Shahbagh, if not chant slogans against war criminals, if not exhibit outrage?

Hero Alom did manage to gain popularity among voters in Bogura.

Pursuing GDP growth at the expense of people’s well-being will bring it down.

One cannot deny the fact that there are too many overconfident experts making too many predictions about too many issues too quickly these days. A basic economic principle is useful here: the 24-hour news cycle has created a huge need for expert opinion, and the market has simply created the supply to meet the growing demand.

While some studies point to brick kiln emissions as the main sources, some point to dust sources, and others to vehicular emissions.

Even if one does find the content of a certain book or the opinions of its author to be agreeable, it is unfortunate for that book to be altogether banned from having a place at the book fair.