At the 37th meeting of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language, Home Minister Amit Shah stated that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English.  

The Home Minister was quoted as saying by the Ministry of Home Affairs, “Now the time has come to make the official language an important part of the unity of the country. When citizens of states who speak other languages communicate with each other, it should be in the language of India”. 

And added, “Unless we make Hindi flexible by accepting words from other local languages, it will not be promoted”. 

Soon after Amit Shah’s Hindi remark, a lot of people reacted strongly to it including a number of leaders from Tamil Nadu. 

Amid the controversy, Oscar winning music composer AR Rahman took to social media and shared a poster of Goddess Tamil without adding any comment to it. 

The poster has a goddess holding a staff with the Tamil letter 'a' (lazha) on it. The letter is unique to only Tamil language. 

Besides that, the poster also has 'Tamizhanangu' written on it along with a line from a poem by revolutionary poet Bharathidasan. 

The line reads, “Inba Thamizh Engal Urimai Sempayirukku Vaer" (Delightful Tamil is the root of the staple crop of our rights)”. 

Check out AR Rahman’s post below: 

pic.twitter.com/W9PDIwHigy

— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) April 8, 2022

AR Rahman’s post went viral in no time and the music maestro is now trending on Twitter.  

Sharing ARR’s post, one user wrote, “So much love and respect for #ARRahman. The way he always takes a stand, when needed. Softly, but strongly”.  

Another user tweeted, “This man got no chill. ”  

While a third user wrote, “#Guts Proud of you #ARRahman”.  

Check out the reactions below:  

#ARRahman While recovering His Oscar Told a One liner in Tamil
It's because He loves his Mother Tongue more than His Religion! Amit Shah too has the right to Speak in Hindi in any international
Podium like UN But he won't be invited to speak there #AmitShah#stopHindiImposition https://t.co/WZKTKCJlUX

— MTvalluvan (@MTvalluvan) April 9, 2022

#Guts
Proud of you #ARRahman https://t.co/bLhCWehWof

— Vanan (@anbuvanans) April 8, 2022

This man got no chill. #ARRahman #tamil #saynotohindiimposition https://t.co/sEWQasyBE8

— NAJEEM (@najeem_offl) April 8, 2022

So much love and respect for #ARRahman. The way he always takes a stand, when needed.

Softly, but strongly https://t.co/3d81khu7Av

— Nalan || (@nalanin1987) April 9, 2022

#தமிழ் #ARRahman pic.twitter.com/St32L6mC38

— ᴿᵃᵗᵉᵈ®️ˢᵘᵖᵉʳ ˢᵗᵃʳ ᵀʰᵃˡᵃᵖᵃᵗʰʸMSD (@VIIJAYism) April 9, 2022 

On the work front, AR Rahman has composed the music for the upcoming Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria & Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer Heropanti 2 slated for April 29, 2022 release.

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