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  1. ⬆️ >> People have died (including by self-immolation) in pursuit of #Tamil #linguisticCleansing, to remove loanwords from Tamil, to purge Tamil of #Sanskrit influence, which allegedly kept Tamils in a state of economic, cultural, and political servitude 😱

    #psychosis #PIE

    It is highly ironic that in trying to avoid even tangential dependence on Sanskrit, #TamilNadu ended up enslaving itself to English, which along with so many other European languages, shares so many words with Sanskrit.

    @vij

  2. ⬆️ >> People have died (including by self-immolation) in pursuit of #Tamil #linguisticCleansing, to remove loanwords from Tamil, to purge Tamil of #Sanskrit influence, which allegedly kept Tamils in a state of economic, cultural, and political servitude 😱

    #psychosis #PIE

    It is highly ironic that in trying to avoid even tangential dependence on Sanskrit, #TamilNadu ended up enslaving itself to English, which along with so many other European languages, shares so many words with Sanskrit.

    @vij

  3. ⬆️ >> People have died (including by self-immolation) in pursuit of #Tamil #linguisticCleansing, to remove loanwords from Tamil, to purge Tamil of #Sanskrit influence, which allegedly kept Tamils in a state of economic, cultural, and political servitude 😱

    #psychosis #PIE

    It is highly ironic that in trying to avoid even tangential dependence on Sanskrit, #TamilNadu ended up enslaving itself to English, which along with so many other European languages, shares so many words with Sanskrit.

    @vij

  4. ⬆️ @vij

    >> …would find a proper #Tamil name…

    "proper" Tamil, eh?

    People have died (including by self-immolation) in pursuit of Tamil #linguisticCleansing, to remove loanwords from Tamil, to purge Tamil of #Sanskrit influence, which allegedly kept Tamils in a state of economic, cultural, and political servitude 😱

    #psychosis

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanittam

  5. ⬆️ @vij

    >> …would find a proper #Tamil name…

    "proper" Tamil, eh?

    People have died (including by self-immolation) in pursuit of Tamil #linguisticCleansing, to remove loanwords from Tamil, to purge Tamil of #Sanskrit influence, which allegedly kept Tamils in a state of economic, cultural, and political servitude 😱

    #psychosis

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanittam

  6. ⬆️ @vij

    >> …would find a proper #Tamil name…

    "proper" Tamil, eh?

    People have died (including by self-immolation) in pursuit of Tamil #linguisticCleansing, to remove loanwords from Tamil, to purge Tamil of #Sanskrit influence, which allegedly kept Tamils in a state of economic, cultural, and political servitude 😱

    #psychosis

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanittam

  7. @brokenix @indianewswatch

    #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.

  8. @brokenix @indianewswatch

    #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.

  9. @brokenix @indianewswatch

    #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.

  10. @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

  11. @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

  12. @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

  13. @georgetakei

    Not limited to #white #supremacy.

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

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

    #India

  14. @georgetakei

    Not limited to #white #supremacy.

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

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

    #India

  15. @georgetakei

    Not limited to #white #supremacy.

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

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

    #India