Senior U.N. official and author Shashi Tharoor smiles during his meeting with India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L. K. Advani in New Delhi June 20, 2006. India nominated Tharoor to succeed Kofi Annan when his 10-year term as U.N. secretary-general ends at the end of 2006. REUTERS/B Mathur (INDIA)