[Assam] Blue bloods for UN Chief - UN reform?? Tharoor=MahatmaGandhi=Nehru

[umesh sharma]

I think it is also a matter of class -- upper class have it easy(ier) but that is no qualification of a UN reformer. Another point is - that even if caste mattered --it matters only in Indian nomination --by Indians. It should not matter when people from all over the world choose a guy for the top post of the beleagured UN.
   
  What should matter is whether the guy has the tenacity for the reform, empathy (thru personal experience) for the poor , ignorant and also for the misdirected -and does s/he have the past work experience of successful organizational reform of embattled and top heavy organizations.
   
  Umesh

mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com> wrote:
        Maybe he has Indian genetic inheritance ---like Hindus of UPPER CASTES  feel they rightfully have.
  And his India brand might make them FEEL GOOD.
  mm



  
    
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From:  umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>
Reply-To:  umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu
To:  assam at assamnet.org
Subject:  [Assam] Blue bloods for UN Chief - UN reform?? Tharoor=MahatmaGandhi=Nehru
Date:  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 21:37:18 +0100 (BST)
  

  Hi,
      
     I checked the bio fo Shashi Tharoor -India's nominee for UN Chief post. Seems like a blue blood (like Rajiv Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi) born in London raised in India and US. Which Indian can afford to have children in UK -even now?
      
     Well, we must not be biased against blue bloods -after all Gautum Buddha was one, Nehru was another as was Ashoka and also somewhat Mahatma Gandhi ---but they all displayed a streak common to all. Later in their lives they lived among the common man -shoulder to shoulder-in slums and amongst poverty and even through violence?
      
     As United Nations Chief -  these are the qualities the candidate should have -besides a knack for organizational reform. Does Shashi Tharoor have them? Has he engaged in dramatic organizational reform, has he suffered poverty or developed empathy for the poor and the oppressed by staying for long stints in his life/career 
among them. His life and career seems to have started in country's capitals or metros (London [birth] to Mumbai and Delhi [education] to Boston [education] to Geneva[work at UN] etc) and ended therein   
      
     http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/tharoor_bio.htm
      
     http://www.shashitharoor.com/about.html
      
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashi_Tharoor
      
     Any comments ?
      
     Umesh


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