Shashi may refer to: Places and jurisdictions China Shashi City (), Hubei from 1949 to 1994 Shashi District (), Jingzhou, Hubei (historically, Shashi City) since 1994 Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi Jingmen–Shashi railway, single-track railway in Hubei province, China Shashi, Liuyang (沙市镇), town in Hunan province Shashi, Shaodong (砂石镇), town of Shaodong County, Hunan province Africa Shashi River or Shashe River, major left-bank tributary of the Limpopo River in Zimbabwe People Shashi is an Indian and Nepali male and female name, abstracted from ancient Sanskrit language, meaning "Moon". Politics Shashi Kumar (born 1965), actor and politician from Karnataka, India Shashi Shrestha, Nepalese politician, Central Committee member of Janamorcha Nepal Shashi Tharoor (born 1956), Indian Minister of State for Human Resource Development Culture, science and entertainment Shashi Caan, American architect, designer, advocacy icon, founder of The Shashi Caan Collective Shashibhusan Dasgupta (1911–1964), Bengali scholar of philosophy, languages and literature Shashi Deshpande (born 1938), Indian novelist Shashi Gupta (born 1964), Indian Test and One Day International cricketer Shashi Isaac (born 1982), football player (midfielder) from Saint Kitts & Nevis Shashikala (1933–2021), Indian actress Shashi Kapoor (1938–2017), Indian film actor, director and producer Shashi P. Karna (born 1956), Indian-American nanotechnology Shashi Naidoo (born 1980), South African actress, model and television anchor Shashi Nambisan, Indian-born director of the Center for Transportation Research and Education at Iowa State University Shashi Puri, Hindi film actor Shashi Warrier, Indian author of Hangman's Journal Other Shashi language or Ikizu language, a Bantu language spoken by the Ikizu peoples of Tanzania See also Sasi (disambiguation) Shashthi Shashti Indian given names