Poem on Shashi Tharoor
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 30th, 2009Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, India, Life, New York, Only in India
Arjun Janah left this poem about Shashi Tharoor as a comment on one of my blog posts. I am taking the liberty of publishing it. Arjun is based in New York, and is a graduate of St. Stephen’s just like Mr.Tharoor, who is running for elections from his home town of Trivandrum, Kerala.
For the past few years Arjun has been involved in helping his father Sunil Janah, a well-known photographer.
Yon Shashi Tharoor attended my college,
A year or so senior to me.
He wrote for the paper, that was called Kooler Talk,
But was shortened to read just “KT”.
He rose, or descended, to be Kofi Annan’s
Right hand man, and had even a shot
To be UN sec gen, but the Bushies, you see,
Decided they wanted him not.
Now he’s off to Trivandrum, where he is trying
To win a true Lok Sabha seat,
With the CPI, BJP, he will be vying,
But he’s got it all figured out neat.
For Tharoor’s a smart cookie, he’s good with a pen,
And he knows what to do, and what not.
And now, he’s gone high-tech, and all of his men
Are computerate, which I am not.