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'Dont join politics': Why Tharoor defied his mother and endorsed his conviction

Kolkata: The warning had come from the person whose word mattered the most. “People will spoil your name,” Sulekha Menon had told her son, a rising diplomat with a spotless global reputation. For a mother watching her child walk into the rough-and-tumble of Indian politics, it was nothing short of heartbreak. But Shashi Tharoor, even then, was ready to leap.

by Trans World Features December 12, 2025