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Shashi Tharoor's Day Out in New York
Image: Tharoor with India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh PuriShashi Tharoor's Day Out in New York
Image: Tharoor with Dr Sanjay GuptaTharoor with Dr Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN, at a studio in New York.
Dr Gupta, who was considered for the prestigious position of the surgeon general of the United States in the Barack Obama administration, had withdrawn his name from consideration to spend more time with his family and to continue practicing neurosurgery.
Shashi Tharoor's Day Out in New York
Image: Tharoor with Vanda Guiomar Pignato, First Lady of El SalvadorShashi Tharoor's Day Out in New York
Image: Tharoor with Stephen ColbertShashi Tharoor's Day Out in New York
Image: Tharoor on The Colbert Report showTharoor appears on The Colbert Report show in New York. During the show, the former UN Under Secretary General said that United States President Barack Obama truly deserved the Nobel Prize, as he has given a lot of people hope around the world and has helped in improving the image of the US.
"He has given us hope. They've given it to a person who has said that the America of today has its roots in the India of Gandhi and that's the kind of sentiment we like," he said.
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