Facebook user’s apt reply to an insensitive post on Chennai floods goes viral

The Facebook user who authored the post has deactivated his account.

Update: 2015-12-07 18:34 GMT
Facebook user Anusha Natarajan, whose reply to a post has gone viral (Photo: Facebook)

Chennai: The heavy rains that battered Chennai saw the triumph of human spirit during difficult times. Social media emerged as a hero of sorts, as people used twitter and Facebook to rally support online to coordinate rescue and relief efforts on ground.

There was mostly positive activity taking place online, however, some online users made insensitive remarks, causing much anger online.

One such user was Ashish Chaudhary, who posted this online: "I don't mind if Tamil people die, they never considered themselves as Indians, and then I ask myself, the land who do not accept our national language as their own language and prefer British English more in conversation to native Indians are asking for help from Hindi language people".

While many get away with such posts online, Ashish’s insensitive post was met with a befitting reply, that eventually led to him deactivating his Facebook account. 

Facebook user Anusha Natarajan’s reply tore into Ashish’s post, sharply reminding him of facts versus his distorted vision.

Here is what she said: 

Dear Ashish Choudhary,
First of all the good news, we "Tamilians" made it alive and stronger than ever. Now the bad news, your intellect is even teenier and tinier than the size of your brain, let me explain why:
 
1) Hindi is not our national language, India has many officially recognized languages.
 
2) I see you're from Mumbai, and that means you are technically not from the northern part of India.
 
3) 'Hindi language people' is not a thing, not at least where you come from.
 
4) People from south AKA Dravidians are the real Indians, you guys are immigrants from Persia (not to hurt anyone's feelings, we love you all and will come for your rescue if and when needed).
 
5) So we embrace English, big deal! It helps us become CEOs of big companies around the world while you are still stuck doing something completely useless on MTV.
And finally, you are brainless. I can tell you this because while you accused us of embracing English, you typed both your posts in English. Not too sharp buddy, not too sharp!
Sincerely, 
Everyone!"

Natarajan’s post has gone viral on the social media, with many applauding her for the apt reply. The hashtag #AshishChaudhary has been trending on popular micro-blogging site twitter, with users mocking him for making such an insensitive rant. 

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