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T-shirts against Hindi imposition take Tamil Nadu by storm

Kollywood stars and politicians are taking to wearing T-shirts in order to voice opposition to «Hindi imposition» in Tamil Nadu.

The new fad in the state has gone viral in the last 24 hours. People have been posting photographs «wearing one’s language on their sleeves, with much pride».

On Sunday, a photo of actor Shirish with music director Yuvan Shankar Raja went viral, both in quirky T-shirts. The white T-shirt donned by Raja had a sketch of Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar with the wording, «I am a tamizh pesum Indian (I am a Tamil speaking Indian).» Shirish was seen in a red T-shirt which said, «Hindi theriyathu poda (I don’t know Hindi, Go!)»

Kollywood couple, Kiki and Shantanu, was also seen in T-shirts with similar same words in a post on Twitter.

Politicians also joined the trend, and DMK’s Kanimozhi and Udhayanidhi Stalin were seen uploading similar photographs.

Kanimozhi’s recent encounter with a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official at the airport, when she was questioned about her nationality as she did not know Hindi, has re-ignited the «Hindi imposition» debate in the state.

«A spark is enough to ignite a sentiment. When we printed T-shirts, in the era of blatant Hindi imposition, we didn’t know that the youngsters would respond passionately like our forefathers in fighting discriminatory practices. Thank you,» tweeted the MP.

Source: indiatoday.in

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