Foodies back biryani emoticon campaign on Twitter

A petition started last week by a music channel on getting an emoticon for `biryani` made Twitterati offering their support to the campaign. Twitter users posted pictures of the sumptuous Indian dish and offered support. One user wrote: "It`s human nature to see emojis and feel excited, loved the whole idea of this emoticon. Thanks for this Biryani Emoticon".

"Someone gets tensed over waistline, and someon on calories. I only get tensed over when I will eat biryani next. Everyone is obliged for the emoticon", wrote a foodie.

One supporter of the emoticon called upon others to sign the petition "beacuse biryani is not only a dish it`s an emotion".

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Another user had a confession to make: "Whenever I`m a guest at someone`s house I`m secretly judging their biryani`s meat to rice ratio".