Plachimada Struggle, Counter Globalization, Shashi Tharoor Watch How Shashi Tharoor maintained his US residency? http://plachimada.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/how-shashi-tharoor-maintained-his-us-residency/
SHASHI & CHRISTA: We don’t know whether congratulations are in order. We’ve known it for years but did not mention it. Now the not so secret affair is at last officially no secret anymore. Shashi Tharoor and Christa Giles, we were reliably informed, just married. When Shashi was leapfrogged by Kofi Annan to head the Department of Public Information and while still officially married, he moved Christa with him to that Department, installing her (with a promotion?) on the same tenth floor — just off the elevator (for ease of movement?). It was supposed to be hush-hush, but everyone in the Department was talking. No rules had been broken because technically they were not married, but it smacked of nepotism — although nobody was certain who had more influence: Christa or Christo. With a series of negative press reports on senior officials (Riza’s son; Nair’s week-end appointment of a female staffer from P-4 to D-2; Lubber’s sexual harassment case; Oil-for-Food, etc.), Tharoor’s own divorce proceedings and some staff speaking out, a transfer was arranged to the Department of General Assembly and Conference Management. She was given an assignment as Secretary of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean! Ms. Giles is a Canadian citizen and thus after the marriage her spouse can now stay in the USA legally. But he may have to think twice before attending the Renaissance Club in Hilton Head. With all other options exhausted, Dubai may be the most convenient exit. Actually, he may do very well as a hedge fund manager, provided he realizes that others also will have to make some profit. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Nor can Goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (evil) with what is better; then the enmity between him and you will become as if it were your friend and intimate! Visit: sultan.org Subscribe: [email protected] Post to group: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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