A diplomat turned MP called Shashi Tharoor

30.04.10 Mangalore : It would have been better if he had continued as a writer or a Twitter in blogs but the middle-aged, evergreen youngman called Shashi Tharoor chose to be an MP.

As he had “worked for 30 years” in UN without blemish, and risen to the height of under-Secretary General, India sponsored him to the ultimate civilian post in service, namely UN Secretary General, but there were no takers. Had he won against Ban Ki-Moon of South Korea, he would have toppled the UN building in USA to fall into a river nearby, such was his potential; so obviously, the clever diplomats were afraid of him. He was then recalled, and given a Congress ticket to contest from, where else, Thirvananthapuram down South, in Kerala, as he hailed from Palakkad (Palghat) and was a learned Malayalee. Such people abound in Delhi secretariat and diplomatic circles in India right from 1947 when they like VKK and Siva Shankar Menon removed English ties and wore Bush shirts, as closed coats were very uncomfortable, and made them to sweat it out in the Indian capital, in endless tea parties and meetings. But this guy was different, and no scandals in UN, he said.

He entered Parliament only to create wild gossips and write on scandalously in his blogs. His remarks were picked up by the Press gleefully, and caused annoyance to S. M. Krishna, his boss who warned him. Then he fell into the arms of “a woman” called Sunanda Pushkar, operating as NRI business woman in Arabian Gulf. He was involved in helping a new Kochi IPL franchise, and collided head-on with another tusker called Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner who spilled the beans. Their fist fights ended only their own careers in External Affairs and IPL! The lesson is not to bring in a woman to enrich and create Kerala IPL cricket team.