Shashi Tharoor’s website has had a facelift.
Check out what Tharoor’s voters are wearing… You’ll find guys in pants and women in short skirts…
I can’t imagine a single woman wearing short skirt going to the polling booth in Thiruvananthapuram.
Why are these qualities necessary? Because of the challenges and possibilities that lie ahead for Thiruvananthapuram, for Kerala and for India.
* Shashi Tharoor is highly qualified, having earned four degrees, including a PhD., by the age of 22, and been awarded two subsequent honorary doctorates by prestigious foreign universities.
* He has led a global life at the United Nations that has been about reconciling the differing positions and attitudes of people from different parts of the world.
* In his writings he has displayed a profound patriotism, deep insights into the problems facing India, and a passion to help the nation overcome them.
* In his UN career he has repeatedly proved himself a reformer witha remarkable ability to address and solve problems. At the same time, he is “one of us”:
* He has experiences like any other Malayali who has left home to travel to some foreign land to make a living.
* His success is anchored in his Malayali up bringing and the cultural parameters instilled in him, including by annual visits to his ancestral village in Kerala:hard work, self-respect and eagerness to move forward.
* He is determined to use his considerable skills and energies to bringing the best to the people of Thiruvananthapuram.
As Shashi Tharoor says:
“To represent the great citizens of this wonderful city would be an honour, but it is more important for Thiruvananthapuram’s own sake that the people study all the candidates and vote for the person who can help them the most to improve their daily lives.”
So what is he going to do for the people of Thiruvananthapuram?
