This comes after The Washington Post on Wednesday announced significant layoffs after the company underwent what it described as "significant restructuring", shutting down the current Sports Desk and scaling down its international reportage footprint. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor criticised the Washington Post's decision to lay off his son, Ishaan Tharoor, as a "bizarre" business move, saying it was a "perverse act of self-immolation. Tharoor reacts to son's layoffAcknowledging the success of Ishaan's WorldView newsletter with over half a million subscribers, Tharoor, in a now-deleted tweet, said, "The bizarre thing about this so-called 'business decision' by The Washington Post is that Ishaan Tharoor’s column flourished on the Internet, where he had 500,000 (half a million plus!) In a post on X, Ishaan Tharoor said he was "heartbroken" over being laid off and expressed solidarity with his peers who faced the same fate. "I have been laid off today from the Washington Post, along with most of the International staff and so many other wonderful colleagues.

Source: dna February 05, 2026 17:29 UTC