The Great Indian Novel By Shashi Tharoor

About the Author

Shashi Tharoor is an elected member of Parliament, former minister of state for external affairs and human resource development and former Under – Secretary- general of the United Nations, Shashi Tharoor is the prize- winning, author of fourteen books, both fiction and non- fiction. A widely published critic, commentator and columnist, he served the United Nations during a twenty – nine- year career in refugee work and peacekeeping, at the Secretary – General’s office and heading communications and public information. In 2006 he was India’s candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as UN Secretary – General, and emerged a strong second out of seven contenders. He has won India’s highest honour for overseas Indians, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, and numerous literary awards, including a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.