Meet the Real Shashi Tharoor – The Man Behind the Incredible Vocabulary and Clipped British Accent

In the first such interview he has done, Shashi Tharoor reveals the man behind the incredible polysyllabic vocabulary, the clipped British accent and who’s hair keeps falling on his forehead. In a 60 minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire Shashi Tharoor speaks about a range of personal and emotional issues that he has never discussed before in public. What emerges is a unique self-portrait of a man with a 7.76 million Twitter following, one of the largest in the country.

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[droov]

Listening to Karan Thapar and Shashi Tharoor helps increase your English vocabulary for IELTS/TOEFL

[ess_emm]

Every time I see Karan Thapar
Only thing that comes to my mind
Is a glass of water
And a friendship offer
(Apni dosti bani rahe) 😆😝😂

[mokshajetley]

Mr. Shashi Tharoor should become Congress President.

[junaidtalaat]

Its like Oxford dictionary is talking to Merriam Webster

[danishbiochem]

​I think it is safe to say that those who cannot express themselves in a manner as fluent and articulate as these two gentlemen, are likely to give them gaalis. I get it.

[Nepo.Potshangbam]

In India, the English difficulty level be like:
Easy
Medium
Hard
Shashi Tharoor

[MathewStephen_ForeverYoung]

Dr. Tharoor's response is as flawless as his language.

[jaideepsingh]

Mahua moitra is the female version of shashi tharoor. An emerging face in Indian politics.

[sanachauba_]

Like for those, who wants to see Shashi Tharoor to be the Prime minister of India.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[indranidasgupta]

Shashi's point of Bengali Multilingual family is very pertaining. Whole lot of Bengalis from Calcutta till 1970s spoke like Shashi.. Ray spoke in similar accent..

[pramodkumarpurushothaman]

To those trolling Mr. shashi Tharoor, obviously from the sangh camp, even they will admit that the guy is better than my prend Dolan Trumb

[reubenjoseph]

Love how he subtly tells "Karan Behave yourself"!!

[iftekharahmad]

Mr. Tharoor should be the prime ministerial candidate..

[yogz]

Normal person writes:
"I changed the light bulb to LED to save energy and cost".

Shashi writes:
"I single-handedly managed the successful upgrade and deployment of new environmental illumination system with zero cost overruns and zero safety incidents".

Just sayin' init 🤣

[amitasangeet]

Shashi is so disarming and classy in his interviews even when constantly interrupted. Always a pleasure to hear him. Such a well spoken witty man!

[rahulkamble]

I came here for IELTS prep . Now I have 8.5 bands already . Thank you

[bakersdozen]

What a great interview. I met Shashi at Delhi Airport once and had the privilege to shake hands with him. He is unique and brilliant. BJP can't have one politician like him in 100 years.

[Hem_Himachal]

The only interview where I have seen Karan holding himself back and listening to the guest speak. Apart from the vast vocabulary, Mr. Tharoor has above average skills to combine sentences effortlessly.

[sidhartharay]

Probably the first interview where Karan Thapar is listening more than questioning.

[parmeetsinghmajethiya]

I think even the Brits might find it quite astonishing to hear both these Indians in their own accent!