Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Going through troubled times in his personal life, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Wednesday attended the inauguration of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, saying it was a "pleasure" to escape from breaking news to reflect on heritage.
"I must say we are living in an era where people turn from issues of heritage to breaking news. That's a big concern today. Its a pleasure for me to escape from breaking news to reflect on heritage," Tharoor said addressing the function held at the Indian Museum here.
Tharoor, a former union minister, said impatient youths were getting "seduced" by the attraction of the instant quality of television news, computer and internet.
"We are facing an era in which there is some threat to the sense of heritage not so much due to Western influences but rather due to ignorance on the part of our impatient youth who are more and more seduced by attractions of news of TV and the immediacy of the computer and internet and much less of what goes on in the past," he said.
Delhi Police have said Tharoor may be questioned soon in connection with the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.
Pushkar, 52, was found dead in a luxury hotel in Delhi Jan 17, 2014. Police have now said that she was poisoned to death.
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