THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Will Rahul Gandhi become the next Prime Minister? Tharoor answered, "may be" to the interviewer. Interviewer was surprisingly, a robot.
Tharoor laughed at the INCAR robot at the event conducted by International Foundation for Futuristic Education and Research and All India Professional Congress.
The robot then asked "Can't you use another short word insted of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?" to which Tharoor replied the wod means 'The fear of long words', and we should not fear such long words.
"It was unfortunate that the journalists were attacked on the day of the hartal", said the robot. Tharoor agreed with the robot and said, "Yes. You are right. I am sad of that"
"Media is reflecting the society and such attacks cannot be accepted. People should isolate these attackers. However, people should remember that the media is not right always", said Tharoor.
Tharoor also encouraged young students to bring innovative inventions in the field of technology and said that people should start innvative technological enterpreneurships like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.