'Hindi Theriyathu Poda' T-shirts set Tamil Twitter on fire

[manlion]

Four t-shirts with strong words. Two celebrities. And a powerful message against “Hindi imposition” in Tamil Nadu.

A picture of popular music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and a young actor, ‘Metro’ Shirish, wearing designer t-shirts that say they are Tamil-speaking Indians and do not know Hindi has set the Tamil Twitter on fire.

Raja, an accomplished composer himself, and son of legendary music director Ilaiyaraaja, wearing a t-shirt with an image of poet-saint Thiruvalluvar and “I am a Tamizh pesum Indian” printed on it is listening to Shirish whose t-shirt says Hindi Theriyadhu Poda (I do not know Hindi Go man). This picture with a caption “deep in discussion, good things coming our way...!” posted by Shirish at 5.37 pm on Saturday set off a frenzied action on Twitter with appreciation pouring in from various quarters for the celebrities and the design, which many say is the brain-child of a DMK leader, for the “strong message.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1302216834918182912

Soon, one of the popular verses used on the t-shirts, Hindu Theriyathu Poda, was converted into a hashtag in both Tamil and English along with #TamilSpeaking Indian that trended for the whole of Sunday. #HindiTheriyathuPoda had over 1.75 lakh mentions on Twitter at the time of writing.
As a retaliatory action, another hashtag, DMK Venam Poda (No need for DMK. Go man), was also trended on Twitter on Sunday afternoon with over 37,000 mentions. The BJP also took objection to the t-shirts and trending of anti-Hindi hashtags on Twitter, accusing the DMK of being behind the move.

Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/nation...-shirts-set-tamil-twitter-on-fire-883268.html

 

[letsrock]

Four t-shirts with strong words. Two celebrities. And a powerful message against “Hindi imposition” in Tamil Nadu.

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A picture of popular music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and a young actor, ‘Metro’ Shirish, wearing designer t-shirts that say they are Tamil-speaking Indians and do not know Hindi has set the Tamil Twitter on fire. Raja, an accomplished composer himself, and son of legendary music director Ilaiyaraaja, wearing a t-shirt with an image of poet-saint Thiruvalluvar and “I am a Tamizh pesum Indian” printed on it is listening to Shirish whose t-shirt says Hindi Theriyadhu Poda (I do not know Hindi
Go man). This picture with a caption “deep in discussion, good things coming our way...!” posted by Shirish at 5.37 pm on Saturday set off a frenzied action on Twitter with appreciation pouring in from various quarters for the celebrities and the design, which many say is the brain-child of a DMK leader, for the “strong message.”




Soon, one of the popular verses used on the t-shirts, Hindu Theriyathu Poda, was converted into a hashtag in both Tamil and English along with #TamilSpeaking Indian that trended for the whole of Sunday. #HindiTheriyathuPoda had over 1.75 lakh mentions on Twitter at the time of writing. As a retaliatory action, another hashtag, DMK Venam Poda (No need for DMK. Go man), was also trended on Twitter on Sunday afternoon with over 37,000 mentions. The BJP also took objection to the t-shirts and trending of anti-Hindi hashtags on Twitter, accusing the DMK of being behind the move.

Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/nation...-shirts-set-tamil-twitter-on-fire-883268.html

That is how you get others to take you seriously and give you respect. Unfortunately people like @Arulmozhi Varman @SrNair think adopting a lap dog style of talking in hindi, paying taxes to delhi and getting ridiculed in airports, bollywoods is the way to go.

 

[manlion]

Tamil celebrities' trending #ஹிந்தி_தெரியாது_போடா

 

[manlion]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1305482634701672448

 

[manlion]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1305052863131869184

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

 

[letsrock]

Bengal too

https://twitter.com/x/status/1305392965372633088

 

[letsrock]

Marathi too

https://twitter.com/x/status/1305524689729548288

 

[manlion]

Marathi too

https://twitter.com/x/status/1305524689729548288

https://twitter.com/x/status/1305602187771469824

 

[PakFactor]

Tamil celebrities' trending #ஹிந்தி_தெரியாது_போடா

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ehh hmm... is the shit saying Poda

 

[manlion]

#HindiTheriyathuPoda campaign goes global

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=955114804894083

 

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[manlion]

Language and identity politics making a comeback in Tamil Nadu

For long, Tamils have worn linguistic pride on their sleeves and language has been an integral part of the state’s politics. It was the then Congress government’s insistence on making Hindi compulsory in schools that opened the gates for Dravidian parties rule Tamil Nadu since 1967.

After decades, the language and identity politics is making a strong comeback in Tamil Nadu, which will face its most-crucial assembly elections in recent times in the first-half of 2021. Tamils have always shunned Hindi, maintaining that they are not against learning the language but only oppose shoving it down their throat forcibly.

What spawned the resurgence of identity and linguistic politics? It is the policies of the BJP-led Centre – be it the New Education Policy (NEP) that proposes a three-language formula which Tamils view as facilitating a back-door entry to Hindi or Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s declaration that Hindi was the only language that would integrate India, observers say.

Incidents like DMK MP Kanimozhi being asked whether she was an Indian at the Chennai Airport for not knowing Hindi, farmers receiving answers for their questions under the Right to Information Act in Hindi and a Secretary- level officer asking doctors from Tamil Nadu to leave a conference if they did not know Hindi only aggravated the anger of an average Tamil.

Senior journalist R Mani said there was a distinct difference between the designs used by previous governments to impose Hindi and the one being adopted by the Narendra Modi dispensation.

“The current BJP dispensation is open about its love to impose Hindi on Tamils. They do not hide it anymore. They are very vocal about pushing Hindi down the throat of Tamils, despite knowing the kind of resistance they would face. BJP leaders now say people should learn Hindi too. It (Hindi imposition) is an all-out political war by the BJP to wipe out the distinct identity that Tamils possess,” Mani told DH.

Language and identity politics making a comeback in Tamil Nadu

For long, Tamils have worn linguistic pride on their sleeves and language has been an integral part of the state’s politics. It was the then Congress government’s insistence on making Hindi compulsory in schools that opened the gates for Dravidian parties to rule Tamil Nadu since 1967. For over...

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[PradoTLC]

india is like north korea imposing ridiculous things on people

 

[letsrock]

india is like north korea imposing ridiculous things on people

They even want to dictate what you can and cannot eat for dinner.