Listen and Learn Kannada

padkali - 13-JAN-2011

Padakali, an initiative to teach people Kannada, one word at a time, has grown from an intra office learning group to a regularly updated web resource for Kannada language in a little under eight months.  Our previous post on Padakali is here.

Laudable approach - kannada kali

murali772 - 3-NOV-2010

Under a state government-sponsored scheme, the Visvesvaraya Technological University will conduct functional Kannada classes for non-state students and lectures in culture for those from the state. "There are thousands of engineering students from other states in the state.

Learn Kannada. One Word at a time.

padkali - 8-MAR-2010

Padakali (www.padakali.com and @padakali on twitter) is an attempt to teach Kannada one word at a time. It began as a daily discussion between two colleagues, one of whom, for all practical purposes, murdered Kannada every time he attempted to speak the language. The other tried his best to help him while struggling to keep his sanity.

English as social leveller

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.

Speaking Kannada In Bengalooru

drvk@in.com - 23-OCT-2009

I am a kannadiga and have noticed that kannadigas hesitate a lot to assert their identity and get blended with the society where ever they go. If kannadigas (especially the educated ones) stop speaking kannada to their own people as it is happening now, the future for our language appears bleak.

Commendable boldness

murali772 - 6-AUG-2009

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has said that the decision to unveil the statue of Tamil saint-poet Thiruvalluvar here on August 9, is aimed at paving the way for harmonious relatio

Are linguistic states a costly mistake?

psaram42 - 22-JUL-2009

ಅರ್ಕಾವತಿ ನದಿ: ಉಳಿಯಬೇಕಾದ್ದು ಹೇಗೆ?

keremanju - 13-JUN-2009

ಅರ್ಕಾವತಿ ಎಂದ ಕೂಡಲೇ ಎಲ್ಲರ ಆಲೋಚನಾ ಲಹರಿಹರಿಯುವುದು ಬಿಡಿಎ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಅರ್ಕಾವತಿ ಬಡಾವಣೆ ಬಗ್ಗೆ.

Moral policing, Ragging, Corruption and Angst

jennypinto - 15-MAR-2009

According to Soli Sorabji, the supreme court called ragging a “ violation of Human Rights”, while a Prevention of Ragging in Colleges and Institutions Bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha in 2005, has not been enacted yet. That surely brings a feeling of outrage and helpless in many of us in this country.

A railway porter and TC taught me a lesson: Only RTI, No “Agar-Magar”, No Ifs & Buts

asj - 15-FEB-2009

A profound account shared by RTI activist Krishnaraj Rao, Mumbai

Some weeks ago, I had an argument about the RTI Act with a railway hamaal… and I lost the argument.