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SAJA presents a newsmaker webcast with author and former UN Under Secretary-General Shashi Tharoor as he visits his former home, NYC, after becoming an elected member of India's parliament and Minister of State for External Affairs. Call and and ask questions as he discusses his work in the cabinet and India's place in the world. Follow him at http://twitter.com/ShashiTharoor. More on him at http://www.Tharoor.in
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
4-4:45 pm, New York time
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