Badge of pride: Flag emoji has become a struggle for belonging and ownership. Express Photo by Shuaib Masoodi Badge of pride: Flag emoji has become a struggle for belonging and ownership. Express Photo by Shuaib MasoodiWhen in 2015, with the WhatsApp-like messaging services surging high, the Indian Tricolour emoji was released, there was a lot of scoffing about it. The Indian flag emoji, in our digital conversations, has come to stand in for national pride and celebration of our people. In the current debates about preserving the multicultural and diverse integrity of the country, no other emoji has shown the capacity for resistance as much as the flag emoji.

Source: Indian Express January 26, 2020 00:45 UTC