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Is Mary Kom prepared for a crash course in Kannada? murali772 - 28-AUG-2012
Karnataka sports minister Appachu Ranjan said the government would welcome Mary to the city. For the full report in the ToI, click here |
murali772 - 17-MAY-2012
If the statue (Ambedkar) is not shifted, the TBMs will have to be dismantled again at Vidhana Soudha station, towards the Vikasa Soudha gate, and parts have to be taken by shafts and launched from General Post Office end; the distance between these two stations being only a few meters would mean time and cost overrun. |
Kannadiga's deprived of "Satyameva Jayate" viewing murali772 - 9-MAY-2012
Praising Aamir Khan for his maiden television show Satyameva Jayate, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray lambasted Karnataka for banning the dubbed telecast of the show in the state. |
murali772 - 6-DEC-2011
Karnataka has no official state flag and the government has no intention of having one. The red and yellow flag that flutters in the state, especially on November 1, the Kannada Rajyotsava day, has no official sanctity. |
Unfair criticism of NRN and Infosys murali772 - 10-MAR-2011
Create excellent, world-class school textbooks in Kannada in maths and science. Encourage students to take part in Kannada events. Kannada must be made attractive to children, but not by shutting off some other language. |
murali772 - 16-DEC-2010
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murali772 - 3-NOV-2010
On Saturday, Collin Timms, MD of Pecos Hotels and Pubs Private Limited, a son of the soil himself - a Mangalorean, filed a complaint with police commissioner Shankar Bidari seeking protection. |
murali772 - 8-FEB-2010
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Don’t teach English to your children in Class I murali772 - 31-JAN-2010
Global research shows that children should learn reading and writing in their mother tongue first. Only after they can read fluently at a minimum of 45-60 words per minute can they absorb what they are reading. Such fluency is most easily achieved in the mother tongue. Once that is established, learning a second language becomes much easier. |
murali772 - 20-JAN-2010
The Supreme Court may have touted English as the flagbearer of knowledge economy but the role of the Queen's language as a "social leveller" is witnessing a renewed push for English education among weaker sections. |