The language cops of Instagram: Brahmin obsession with ‘pure’ Marathi
Tejas Harad
Whenever someone on Instagram does not bother with these normative expectations of Brahminical speech, puritan Brahmins magically appear in their comments section to admonish them and teach them the ‘pure’ and ‘grammatically correct’ Marathi. They reward non-Marathis and non-Brahmins who correctly pronounce retroflex consonants ळ (ḷa) and ण (ṇa) with praise and punish with abusive comments those who do not.
