Tamil Woman Humiliated At Goa Airport For Not Knowing Hindi

A Tamil woman was insulted at the Goa airport for saying she did not know Hindi. Chennai-based engineer Sarmila Rajasekhar's interview at Goa's Dabolim airport about the humiliation she suffered because she said she didn't know Hindi has sparked a sensation.

Sharmila Rajasekar from Tamil Nadu, who was a victim at Goa airport, has given interviews to the private news channels. In an interview, Sharmila Rajasekhar said, "We went to Goa with our family. We reached Goa airport to return. While doing the screening procedures, the person in the security area told me in Hindi to take another box. I said I didn't understand; I don't know Hindi.

Immediately, they asked where you were from. I said I am from Tamil Nadu. They looked at me sarcastically. When I asked why they were doing that, they said that Tamil Nadu is in India, and you didn't know Hindi then; Hindi is the national language, so you must shout Hindi.

I immediately said that Hindi is the official language, not the national one. They yelled at you to go and google it. As a result, when I asked the other officers nearby why he was behaving like this, they also told him that Hindi is the national language and he should learn. Everyone spoke like that, so I came quietly.

Then, after a while, I googled it, and it showed that Hindi is the official language. However, they insisted on learning Hindi. Later, when I came to my husband, he said I should file a complaint. I went to the CISF officer's room there and complained. He apologized to me and asked who it was, I didn't want to mention anyone's name, but I told him that, in general, there is a Hindi imposition going on.

The reason for revealing this in the public space is because many Tamils who came to the airport said that the same incident happened to them. We have been to many countries, but there is no problem anywhere. Here, instead of speaking in my mother tongue, there is an attempt to impose Hindi. That's why I brought it out.

People in the service industry need to change this kind of mentality. I wanted to learn Hindi, but after this incident, that desire is gone." Thus, she said.