Tharoor and she were both very popular with members of the opposite sex, and when they started seeing each other, their admirers in Kolkata would say, "Shashi is smart, but she is no less." [6], She did her schooling at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala and at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jhansi. 20th and 21st-century Indo-Canadian businessperson and wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, "R.I.P Sunanda Pushkar (1962–2014): Her life in pictures", "Kashmir Valley netizens point to 'India-Pak role' in Sunanda Pushkar's death", "Jammu to Dubai to Delhi: Who is Sunanda Pushkar whose stake is worth Rs 70 crore? Ishaan is a former s… He has talked about the "pain" of separation from his wife. She has two brothers, one of whom works for a global software company in Dubai; the other is a brigadier in the Indian Army. The business was impacted by the post-9/11 slowdown and closed in 2001. According to her, she faced financial troubles, as she had to repay Sujith's debts, support her parents and her brother through engineering college. The note also stated that Sunanda had been hospitalised after being ill, and was seeking rest. New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday accused Congress leader Shashi Tharoor of abetting the suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar and told a city court that his custodial interrogation was necessary as the investigation was yet to be concluded. In a 59-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Shashi Tharoor talks of his 30 years with the United Nations, which he joined at the age of 22 in 1978. His wife should be on fast track court to give justice to Sunanda s death. [21] Later, she stated that she did not want to go public about the matter, especially in an election year. In May 2018, Tharoor was charged with abetment to suicide of his wife and marital cruelty under sections 306 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code. Police in India say they are treating the death of the wife of former minister Shashi Tharoor as murder, nearly a year after her body was found in a hotel room. She started an event management business called Expressions, and became well known for her networking with sponsors and artists for fashion shows. Dr. Tharoor resides in Thiruvananthapuram and in New Delhi, India. This was the third marriage for both of them. • On 9 February 2007, Tharoor resigned from the post of UN Under-Secretary-General and left the United Nations on 1 April 2007. [26] The autopsy indicated that she died of drug overdose, most likely a combination of sedatives, other strong medicines and probably alcohol. Tilottama followed her husband as he progressed in his career in the UN ("she let him flower," say folks in Kolkata to this day). The two married young and had twins, Kanishk and Ishaan - the first is an associate with the e-magazine, Open Democracy, and the second is a Hong Kong-based journalist with Timemagazine. The note stated that the couple was happily married, and that some personal comments not intended for publication had been misrepresented after being posted to Twitter. Tharoor won the election by a … [14] The couple had a Malayali wedding ceremony in Tharoor's ancestral home at Elavanchery in Kerala, India. She then went on to open a joint retail business of artificial jewelry in Dubai, called Ravissant Trading. The body of Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, 52, wife of Resources Minister Shashi Tharoor, was discovered at the five-star Leela Palace hotel in New Delhi. The messages proclaimed Tarar's love for Tharoor. [16][17], Impressed by the Canadian healthcare system, she emigrated to Canada in the 1990, as her son needed speech therapy. • In the 2009 Indian General Elections, Tharoor was the MP candidate for Congress Party from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. First and foremost, it becomes important to point out that Shashi Tharoor is talking about family structures where traditional roles are still maintained – the wife takes care of … [31] However, she had hinted about her death, hours before her body was recovered from the hotel. He had two sons from his first wife- Ishaan and Kanishk. The first session lasted over four-and-a-half-hours. Tharoor has been married twice. She organised "Human Potential Reengineering" programmes for several banks in Miami, Amsterdam and Geneva. [21], On 15 January 2014, a series of intimate messages, supposedly sent by the Pakistani journalist Mehar Tarar to Tharoor, were posted on Tharoor's Twitter account. She accused Mehr of being an ISI agent. 27 Feb, 2020, 06.58 PM IST. She and her second husband Sujith Menon organised a show, which made a financial loss. However, she continued to hold the stake, after she was told that there is no provision under the BCCI's IPL rules for surrender of shares at that stage. [28] Her body was cremated at Lodhi Crematorium in South Delhi. [36], Subramanian Swamy, a BJP politician, tried to fight this case against Tharoor in January 2015. [11] Their son was born in November 1992. ", "Article 370 right now unfair: Sunanda Pushkar", "Sunanda Pushkar's father pleads that his daughter be left alone", "Sunanda Pushkar: The woman whose presence you couldn't ignore", "Who is Sunanda Pushkar? Her company organised several model shows for product launches, featuring several Indian fashion designers and models, including Hemant Trivedi, Rhea Pillai, Vikram Phadnis and Aishwarya Rai. Shashi Tharoor's first wife was Tilottama Mukherji. An Indian court has formally charged Shashi Tharoor, one of India's most prominent politicians, for abetting his wife Sunanda Puskhar's suicide, his lawyer told CNN on Tuesday. She studied at Loreto House and Loreto College, Kolkata, and was known for her debating prowess and 'Bengali ethnic' looks. Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor was questioned twice on Thursday on the alleged murder of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. She also stated that she had been given a similar offer by Karim Morani of Kolkata Knight Riders in the past. Their twin sons, Kanishk and Ishaan, were born prematurely in 1984 at the KK Hospitalin Singapore. Wife of Indian minister found dead after 'exposing husband's affair on Twitter' died a 'sudden and unnatural death', tests reveal. [13] After coming to Dubai. [34], On 6 January 2015, Delhi Police reported that Sunanda was murdered and filed a first information report in this regard. Subsequently, she became wealthy during the dot-com bubble, managing to buy her own house and a BMW car. Subsequently, Sunanda went to Dubai in 1989 and married Sujith Menon in 1991. If convicted, Tharoor could serve up to 10 years in jail. 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In August 2004, she moved to Dubai with a Canadian passport, working as a general manager for Best Homes. So is Rahul Bajaj. A gay and lesbian rights activist, she was one of the signatories to the statement initiated by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and writer Vikram Seth against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. In 2010, the company bid for the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket team Kochi Tuskers Kerala, which represented Tharoor's native state Kerala. Tharoor's first wife was Tilottama Mukherji, a half-Bengali and half-Kashmiri academic, and the granddaughter of politician Kailash Nath Katju. Tilottama is a humanities professor at New York University, and is a prominent face on the intellectual circuit of both Kolkata and New York, who is seen at book launches and film festivals. [18][19] In April 2010, Sunanda announced that she had relinquished her stake in the company following the controversy. [13] Sunanda married Shashi Tharoor in 2010, after he was elected to the Indian Parliament. Home / India News / Key role for Shashi Tharoor as Kerala Congress gets into poll mode This is the first time that the state unit is giving a key responsibility to the three-time MP. Later, she joined Bozell Prime Advertising as a Marketing Manager. Sources reveal that matters between the two had come to a head recently, and they made a last-ditch attempt to save their marriage some weeks back with a holiday in Udaipur. Police in the Indian capital Delhi say that they are treating the death of the wife of former Indian minister Shashi Tharoor as murder, nearly a year after her body was found in a hotel room. The controversy ultimately resulted in Shashi Tharoor's resignation as a minister. The BJP announced the Union Budget today stating it will focus on the healthcare sector and infrastructure more than other parts. [35] Pushkar's domestic help alleged that Pushkar had often fought with Tharoor, and days before her murder had threatened Tharoor that she would "disclose everything" and as such, he would be "finished". His second wife's name is Christa Giles who works as the Deputy secretary of the United Nations Disarmament Commission. Congress MP, Mr. Shashi Tharoor joins us at Mirror Now, to talk about the New budget. The company was founded in 2009, while Sunanda Pushkar was made a Director of the company on 25 February 2010, just 18 days before the IPL bid. They said that these injuries may or may not be the cause of death. By the time she brought him back to Dubai, he had developed a communication disorder. New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai have moved the Supreme Court against multiple FIRs registered against them over their alleged misleading tweets on the violence during the farmers' tractor rally here on Republic Day. However, Sunanda later stated that the account had not been hacked and that she had posted the messages to expose what she believed to be Mehr's stalking of her husband. Tarar tried to downplay the incident by stating that her account had been hacked. After their marriage, Tilottama took her husband's last name and began teaching English at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic university and also worked as a freelance writer. Shashi Tharoor shared a video of him pulling an autorickshaw with rope and raising slogans against the sky-rocketing prices of fuel. [17], When she was dating Shashi, Sunanda started getting media attention in India, as it became known that she had been given sweat equity worth ₹ 700 million in Rendezvous Sports World. Her father retired from the army in 1983. Top BJP leaders take to social media to condemn tweets on farmers' stir by Rihanna, Greta, The efficacy of double masking: What health experts have to say, Airtel, Jio, Vi best prepaid plans with streaming and data benefits under Rs 500, What caused brawl over chaat? [37] This case is sub judice.[38]. [9][10] The couple divorced in 1988. According to initial reports, Pushkar was suspected to have committed suicide. Mr Tharoor, an MP with India's main opposition Congress party, married Ms Pushkar, a former Dubai-based businesswoman, in 2010. She spelt her name as "Sue P. Menon" on her business cards, and later, started using "Pushkar" (an alternative spelling of her father's name) as her last name. According to Sunanda, she became a partner in an IT firm called "Valley Resources" through sweat equity, after a San Francisco-based friend introduced her to the founders. There were allegations that Shashi Tharoor had misused his ministerial position to ask for a free stake in the company, and that Sunanda was acting as a proxy for him. Shashi Tharoor’s case Re. [2][3] She was the only daughter of Lt Col Pushkar Nath Dass and Jaya Dass. [4][5] The family moved from Bomai to Jammu in 1990, after their house was set on fire by Militants. Sunanda Pushkar Nath Dass (27 June 1962 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian businesswoman and the wife of Indian former diplomat and politician Shashi Tharoor. For reprint rights: Syndications Today, Tharoor & the tale of ex and estranged spouses. [27] An investigation has been ordered by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate to examine the cause of poisoning and to ascertain if it was murder or suicide. NIA files 7,000-page chargesheet in Bengaluru riot case; Defence Ministry clears buys worth Rs 13,700 cr; more, Copyright © 2021 Living Media India Limited. Half-Bengali, half-Kashmiri, Tilottama (nee Mukherji) is a couple of years older than Tharoor. [23] Sunanda Tharoor was being treated for Lupus erythematosus, a deadly immune disorder which damages healthy tissues. Sunanda was widowed when Sujith Menon died in an accident in 1997. https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/shashi-tharoor.html He recently tweeted out saying 'the BJP Government reminds him of the grave mechanic who told his client I could not fix your breaks so I made your horn louder'. Shashi Tharoor with his wife Sunanda Pushkar in 2012, two years before she was found dead in a Delhi hotel room © AFP Share on Twitter (opens new window) Share on Facebook (opens new window) She left Bozell Prime to spend time with her son. He informed the Delhi Police, who recovered the body from the hotel and sent it for postmortem. [7] She graduated from the prestigious Govt women's College in Srinagar, where she studied during 1986–88. [24], On 17 January 2014, a day after the Twitter controversy, Pushkar was found dead in room number 345 of the Leela Palace hotel in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, where the couple had moved to, as their house was being renovated and painted. On 20 May 2015, a trial court allowed Delhi Police to conduct lie detector test on three suspects related to her death. Those close to Tharoor fear that media reports of his "friendship" with Sunanda Pushkar will worsen his strained ties with Giles. Narendra Modi calls Shashi Tharoor's wife '50-crore-rupee girlfriend' Tharoor had arrived in Dubai in 2007, with his Canadian wife Christa Giles. [22] The next day, a note titled as "Joint statement by Sunanda and Shashi Tharoor" was published on Shashi Tharoor's Facebook page. Sunanda Pushkar Nath Dass (27 June 1962 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian businesswoman and the wife of Indian former diplomat and politician Shashi Tharoor. The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, found dead in a Delhi hotel after a Twitter row, died a "sudden and unnatural death", an autopsy finds. Sunanda Pushkar (née Dass) was born on 27 June 1964 in a Kashmiri Pandit family of landlords and army officers native to Bomai. [15], In India, Sunanda's first job was as the front desk receptionist at the Centaur Lake View hotel in Srinagar, after doing a course in hotel management. [29], Doctors at KIMS Hospital Trivandrum, who had examined her a few days earlier said that Pushkar[30] did not have serious health problems. Sujith returned to India, and died in an accident in Delhi in March 1997. Reasons of State . [20] Later in 2014, after the Twitter controversy (see below) and shortly before her death, Sunanda stated that she had taken upon herself "the crimes of this man [Shashi Tharoor] during IPL". [39] There hasn't been a verdict on this till date. Even before Modi was a figure on the national scene or Sonia had offered him any provocation, he had described the Congress president as a Jersey cow on account of her foreign origins and just because Sunanda Tharoor was a rich woman in her own right he had called her Shashi Tharoor's fifty Crore girlfriend - and she was not even a public figure. [17], Sunanda felt that she was not earning enough at Noble House. Later, she joined TECOM investments to work on the International Media Production Zone. She was found dead in a … Uncle from Baghpat explains, Govt taking holistic approach towards healthcare in India: PM Modi, CBI questions Rujira Banerjee in coal smuggling case, From My Name is Vietnam to Jai Shri Ram: How slogans changed in Bengal, 2 men brutally flog elephant after it refuses to respond to commands, video goes viral, BJP leader Rakesh Singh arrested in Pamela Goswami cocaine case; Disha Ravi gets bail; more. Tharoor and Tilottama had been college sweethearts and were married in 1981. [33] On 10 October 2014, the medical team probing her death concluded that she died of poisoning. During the last one year, the minister has hinted at the tremendous personal sacrifice he's had to make by joining politics. She was financially successful, buying two 3-bedroom apartments at Palm Jumeirah, an apartment in Jumeirah Beach Residence and two more apartments in the Executive Towers. 01/January/1982 “Reasons of State”, based on Shashi Tharoor's doctoral thesis at the Flecther School of Law and Diplomacy, written in 1977-78, is a seminal study of Political Development and the making of India’s Foreign Policy Under Indira Gandhi during her first period of rule, 19966-77. Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, 52, … Later reports stated that the cause of death was unnatural; the doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences gave a preliminary autopsy report that revealed injury marks on her body. [16][17], After Sujith's death she left her four-year-old son with her sister-in-law, and later with her parents. She was a sales director in the Dubai-based TECOM Investments, and a co-owner of the India-based Rendezvous Sports World (RSW), a cricket franchise in the Indian Premier League. FP Staff January 16, 2014 14:20:22 IST On Wednesday evening, a series of bizarre tweets sprung up on Tharoor's timeline that left admirers and detractors gobsmacked alike. She was a sales director in the Dubai-based TECOM Investments, and a co-owner of the India-based Rendezvous Sports World (RSW), a cricket franchise in the Indian Premier League. The Deputy secretary of the United Nations Disarmament Commission, Giles married Tharoor in 2007, after what was believed to be a long affair, which led to many a whisper down the corridors of the UN headquarters in New York.
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