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The campaign started by MTV India gained instant support with around 800 university students in Delhi protesting on streets demanding WhatsApp to launch an emoticon for Biryani.
Make biryani your best friend it will never leave you. #justiceforbiryani #wewantbiryaniemoticon
Sign the petition https://t.co/DQwJPtKu9O to make #biryaniemoticon a reality pic.twitter.com/HMNiNoFErM
— MTV India (@MTVIndia) November 22, 2019
The reason for the protest was that the messaging service giant offers the usage of a variety of different food emoticons from burgers, pizza, sushi to tacos but missing from this list of emojis is food from the sub-continent cuisine.
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A petition at change.org was signed by 42,000 demanding respect that Biryani deserves on the international platform.
Naturally, such news took Twitter by a storm and the hashtag #biryaniemoticon became an instant hit;
Let's go to the kitchen and cook some biryani and if somebody asks what ru cooking send the #biryaniemoticonpic.twitter.com/meXKaIx9OW
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) November 18, 2019
It's not just a food,its an emotion for me ☺️☺️ Please make #biryaniemoticon we all want it #biryanilover#biryani#foodie#FoodForThoughtpic.twitter.com/tsYls0pbkY
— Vandy (@im_vandy) November 18, 2019
Biryani is love
Biryani is emotion
Without Biryani there is no life
Can Stop drinking water but not eating Biryani !!#biryaniemoticonpic.twitter.com/I15YlKua4T
— Santy_ (@Santy_Crazy_) November 18, 2019
Biryani is not a food but crazy emotion; Let’s make it an emoticon. The day is saved, we love this day, legendary day, biryani has an emoticon #biryaniemoticon
— Divya (@ambertonic_) November 18, 2019
This article originally published on Masala.
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