Ishaan Tharoor, son of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, faces losing his job amid major layoffs at The Washington Post.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s son Ishaan Tharoor is back in the public eye Excerpted from The Washington Post Amid massive employment that has significantly reduced the international coverage of newspapers. In a social media post, he called the layoffs “a bad day,” sharing an image of an empty newsroom as The Washington Post announced restructuring that affected a large portion of its international and sports staff.
Ishaan Tharoor worked as a senior international affairs columnist at the news outlet and confirmed his layoff in a social media post. (X/@ishaantharoor)Also Read | Who is Ishaan Tharoor? Shashi Tharoor’s son questions Congress MP about Pakistan
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Here’s everything you need to know about Ishaan Tharoor:She is a US-based journalist with a career in international journalism and global affairs commentary.He is best known as a global affairs columnist for The Washington Post, where he launched and writes the widely read Worldview column in 2017, which aims to help readers better understand global politics and international developments.Born in 1984 during his father’s diplomatic posting in Singapore, Ishaan Tharoor has a twin brother, Kanishk Tharoor, who is also a writer.Tharoor completed his undergraduate degree at Yale University in 2006, majoring in history with a focus on race, ethnicity, and immigration, and was awarded a Sudler Fellowship during his time there.He began his journalism career at Time magazine in 2006, later rising to the position of senior editor for the New York City region, before leaving the publication in 2014 to join The Washington Post in Washington, DC.Apart from journalism, Tharoor has also been involved in academia, serving as an adjunct instructor at Georgetown University between 2018 and 2020, where he taught a course titled Global Affairs in the Digital Age at the School of Foreign Service.Also Read | ‘There is nothing that satisfies me as a Malayali’: Shashi Tharoor on Kerala’s no mention in Budget 2026
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Earlier, Tharoor made headlines in India after he publicly questioned his father during a press interaction in the US about Pakistan’s role in the Pahalgam terror attack and whether any country had sought proof of Islamabad’s involvement, a moment that garnered widespread attention.
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