Congress leader Shashi Tharoor mourned the loss of Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State who also played a vital role in shaping the diplomacy in the post-World War II. Tharoor described his death as the “end of, by any definition, an extraordinary life”.
Mr Tharoor shared a BBC report on the diplomat’s death and said that he was both a “pivotal and polarising” figure and added that it “helps to live long enough so people don’t remember your earlier statements and actions!” Kissinger took his last breath at his home in Connecticut yesterday. He was 100.
Mr Tharoor took to platform X (formerly known as Twitter) while stating, “The end of, by any definition, an extraordinary life. Henry Kissinger was indeed both a pivotal and a polarising figure, as this @BBC obituary states.” Later, the Congress MP also added by stating: “For a few years in New York, I knew him well enough to be on first-name terms with him. I was still amazed how “Henry”, the architect of the US tilt towards Pakistan in 1971, could morph with such insouciance into the most prominent advocate of closer US-India relations three decades later. It helps to live long enough so people don’t remember your earlier statements and actions!”
Kissinger was regarded as a giant in the statecraft and was often also criticised for his disregard towards human rights abuses because it did not reconcile to his diplomatic goals.
The end of, by any definition, an extraordinary life. Henry Kissinger was indeed both a pivotal and a polarising figure, as this @BBC obituary states. For a few years in New York, I knew him well enough to be on first-name terms with him. I was still amazed how “Henry”, the…
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 30, 2023
