Author: Bhabani Shankar Nayak

As Indian liberal democracy is facing multiple challenges and is slowly eroding under the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Dr Shashi Tharoor provides a much-needed shield to the current reactionary regime in India. His defence of India’s foreign policy under the BJP-led government of Mr. Modi in the name of national interest is not merely political opportunism on his part, but reflects the limits of his liberal pragmatism, often used to justify various illiberal ideals, actions, policies, and forms of politics that undermine reason, autonomy, and independence. Liberal universalists like Dr. Tharoor have often…