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![ShashiTharoor Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::24705126.png) Shashi Tharoor [@ShashiTharoor](/creator/twitter/ShashiTharoor) on x 8.5M followers
Created: 2025-07-19 14:01:20 UTC

In Kochi today, I was asking inevitable question by a high school student. While I have been steering clear of such political discussions in public, I felt a student deserved a response:

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XXXXXXX engagements

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