🏏 Kept out of Chennai Super Kings for 10 years by Tamizh owners.

🏏 Played in IPL teams of northern India.

🏏 Was admired by 800 million Hindi speakers.

🎭  Days after retirement brings up the non existent issue of Hindi imposition.

ℹ FACT: Nobody is imposing Hindi in non Hindi states. In Tamil Nadu, where central govt properties like railway stations don't have Hindi signage, one can't think of imposing Hindi.

😢 HARSH TRUTH: Asswin may be a native Tamizh speaker, but in reality he's a second class citizen in Tamil Nadu. He should check with the 500,000 Tambram diaspora who had to flee Tamil Nadu despite being native Tamizh speakers.

🤝🏽  Money talks in a language all people understand. When I book a taxi from Madurai to Thanjavur, the driver speaks in Hindi because losing the ride means a potential loss of Rs 5,000 or more. Even when no money is at stake ordinary people across Tamil Nadu guide you in Hindi if you are looking for directions as a tourist.

🗣 Language chauvinism is a completely politicised issue. Created by the Congress and flogged by the DMK.

📚 Before the Congess tried to impose Hindi, every home in Tamil Nadu had a Hindi learning textbook as a matter of pride. Hindi was equated with nationalism. As always, whenever there is an intractable problem, you will find the ✋ of the Congress in it.