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Senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor was recently on a visit to Bihar to participate in the Nalanda Literature Festival. During this time, he also visited many historical places of the state including Nalanda University, Bihar Museum and also appreciated them. After the visit to Nalanda University, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor also wrote a poem regarding this on Wednesday (December 24, 2025). Through his poetry, Tharoor depicted the glorious history of Nalanda University. He also said that the stream of knowledge was flowing in Nalanda University till the eighth century.
Shashi Tharoor shared the poem written on Nalanda
Shashi Tharoor shared the poem written on Nalanda in a post on social media platform X on Wednesday (December 24, 2025). He wrote, ‘Nalanda! We have a wonderful history, it was a wonderful bygone era, people from all over the world had to come and go here then. Poets, poets and great scholars of philosophy used to come, Buddhist followers also used to come and teach peace here.
Nalanda!
we have a wonderful history
it was a wonderful time
of people all over the world
had to come here then
Of poet, poet and philosophy,
great scholars used to come
Buddhist followers also came
taught peace here
maybe up to eight centuries
the river of knowledge flowed
coming from all over the world
the knowledgeable person lives here
We got that period… https://t.co/ZK039aKuVx— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) December 24, 2025
He further wrote, ‘Maybe till some eight centuries, the river of knowledge used to flow, students from all over the world came and stayed here. We have gone through that phase again, we have to bring it back here. We can get up after falling, we have to show everyone. History never dies by burning books. Those who would die are common Indians! Sa, special does not die.
Why did Tharoor get surrounded by praising Nalanda University?
However, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor got embroiled in controversy after praising Nalanda University during his visit to Bihar. In fact, the Congress leader said during his visit to Bihar that his old beliefs about Bihar have now completely changed. Furthermore, he appreciated the modern infrastructure and historical heritage in Bihar. After this statement, political speculations and talk of praising the NDA government started. After which Tharoor also gave clarification regarding this.
He said that I neither mentioned BJP nor took the name of any CM or leader. I praised Nalanda University and the two museums I visited. Why create political controversies over such common matters which have nothing to do with politics?
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