It is a rain-soaked Thursday evening in Delhi. The special session of Parliament is over, and MP Shashi Tharoor is nursing a cold in his library. There is a pot of tea on his desk, along with a pen stand, some books and a giant laptop. Behind him, books stand ramrod straight, carefully separated into sections. Lord Ganesh, the original mythical journalist, sits in different shapes and sizes on a table, keeping an eye on Tharoor-a voracious reader, prolific writer and frequent commentator on X. His voice is just slightly hoarse. "[The cold] comes twice a year almost without fail," he says, as he sips his tea.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 08, 2023 من THE WEEK India.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 08, 2023 من THE WEEK India.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
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