Kanimozhi On Cisf

DMK president MK Stalin on Monday took umbrage over the incident in which his sister and party MP Kanimozhi was asked by a CISF official if "she was an Indian" as she could not speak Hindi, asking if knowing that language was the ''yardstick'' of being an Indian.

Hours after DMK leader Kanimozhi asked on Twitter if "being Indian is equal to knowing Hindi" as an experience that she shared along with the tweet triggered a huge row, Congress leader P Chidambaram this morning said: "The unpleasant experience of DMK MP Kanimozhi at Chennai airport is not unusual."

The smoldering politics over language, fanned by the debate over the new education policy, found a new flashpoint on Sunday when DMK MP Kanimozhi shared a recent unpleasant experience at the airport. The Tuticorin MP said a security officer at the airport asked her if she was "an Indian" because she said she didn't know Hindi and asked the officer ...

DMK president MK Stalin on Monday took umbrage over the incident in which his sister and party MP Kanimozhi was asked by a CISF official if "she was an Indian" as she could not speak Hindi, asking if knowing that language was the ''yardstick'' of being an Indian.

Hours after DMK leader Kanimozhi asked on Twitter if "being Indian is equal to knowing Hindi" as an experience that she shared along with the tweet triggered a huge row, Congress leader P Chidambaram this morning said: "The unpleasant experience of DMK MP Kanimozhi at Chennai airport is not unusual."

The smoldering politics over language, fanned by the debate over the new education policy, found a new flashpoint on Sunday when DMK MP Kanimozhi shared a recent unpleasant experience at the airport. The Tuticorin MP said a security officer at the airport asked her if she was "an Indian" because she said she didn't know Hindi and asked the officer ...