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Autorickshaws have of late become one of the means for mass education and awareness campaigns. Be it an election or a festival, autorickshaws are converted into mobile propaganda units with the display of banners and other publicity materials.

Realising its importance, an auto driver of Tiruchi, S. Siva, has prominently pasted a sticker on the windshield of his vehicle.

The sticker not only politely decries those drinking multinational softdrinks as `anti-nationals,' but also advises people to prefer tender coconut, which is `best suited to Indian climate.'

As a large number of tourists and pilgrims depend on autorickshaws in this city, "I wanted to motivate people to boycott foreign goods," says Mr. Siva, a member of the Pudhiya Jananayaka Thozhilalar Munnani, affiliated to the Makkal Kalai Ilakkiya Kazhagam.

in Tiruchi

From M. Balaganessin in Tiruchi

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