Hyderabad, Jan. 28 -- The 14th edition of the Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) concluded with the lecture of Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday, January 28. He spoke on how the current government was 'intolerant' towards young artists and standup comedians, whose space for sharing their thoughts was shrinking.

"Government is strangling creative youth. It is controlling the expression of the current narrative, which is bad, not only for the nation but its youth who help evolve the culture," he said while speaking at Ajay Gandhi Memorial Valedictory lecture in remembrance of the late Ajay Gandhi, a member of the HLF team who passed away in 2021.

Tharoor also discussed his book, 'The Great Indian Novel'. He told the attende...