Shashi Tharoor is reportedly in Dubai currently to attend a literature festival and is expected to return later in the night.

As Sugata Bose, the grandnephew of Netaji, wrote, "The Hindu Right lauds his military heroism, ignoring his deep commitment to Hindu-Muslim unity and the rights of religious minorities." ...

The controversy arose when Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, while addressing the gathering, mentioned all the prominent leaders on stage by name except Tharoor ...