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#Language #evolution is natural, not "hegemonic" unless there's #LinguisticCleansing, as undertaken by #Tamil purists like #Maraimalai #Adigal in 1916 to "Make Tamil Pure Again"

There's no doubt that some of this ugly #reactionary practice is resurgent among #Hindutva proponents who want to "Make Hindi Pure Again"

That calls for a push against reactionary #ideologies like Thanith Tamil Iyakkam (Independent Tamil Movement), not Hindi or Tamil languages themselves.

@indianewswatch

How does a LANGUAGE #enslave people? Are we enslaved by #English?

#LinguisticCleansing of #Tamil predates independence of #India. #Maraimalai #Adigal started Thanith Tamil Iyakkam (Independent Tamil Movement) in 1916.

Putting Tamil hostility toward #Hindi under umbrella of #HindiImposition is deceptive & distracting.

Real goal of Tamil language #bigotry has ALWAYS been to strip out & exclude ALL INDIGENOUS languages, including #Sanskrit, from Tamil.

#DMK #Stalin #TamilNadu

@georgetakei

Not limited to #white #supremacy.

#Tamil language bigots like MK #Stalin, CN #Annadurai, TT #Krishnamachari, Periyar EV #Ramasamy, & #Maraimalai #Adigal indulged in #linguisticCleansing to Make Tamil Pure Again and hasten the extinction of #Sanskrit.

Some engaged in #militant rhetoric such as language #imperialism & #enslavement, driving their followers to death by #selfImmolation, #poisoning, and #rioting while they themselves stayed away like #Trump did on #Jan6.

#India #DMK