In India we celebrate the commonality of major differences; we are a land of belonging rather than of blood.
Shashi TharoorI make no bones about the fact that India matters to me, and I would like to matter to India.
Shashi TharoorIndia is more than a sum of its contradictions, any truism about India can be contradicted with another truism. There is no fixed stereotype. But even thinking about India makes clear the immensity of the nation-building challenge.
Shashi TharoorDiplomacy is much like the "lovemaking of elephants", which is accompanied with a lot of bellowing and other sound effects, but no one can be sure of the consequences for at least the next two years
Shashi Tharoor