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Shashi Tharoor

⁠Career UN diplomat: served 1978–2007, rose to Under-Secretary-General (2001) for Communications and Public Information—gave him global diplomatic experience. 

Prolific author of 25+ books (fiction & non-fiction) including The Great Indian Novel, Inglorious Empire, widely used in academic and public debates. 

Elected Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha/Thiruvananthapuram) and active public intellectual shaping debates on foreign policy, culture and history. 

Signature contribution: bridging UN diplomacy and public scholarship—examples include public lectures, parliamentary interventions and widely translated books. 

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