Posts : language

Kannada Baralla to Kannada Barutte - Learning Kannada is the Hot Trend in Namma Bengaluru

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 1-AUG-2013

Cafe Coffee Day, Mac Donald and other yippee outlets are full of youngsters trying to learn Kannada, understand Kannada and talk Kannada in their own yuppee style.  report at:

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Bangalore is Mine - 16-JAN-2013

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Relevance of Shivaji and Maharashtra

psaram42 - 30-NOV-2012

Shivaji was a chieftain in the Pune area in Aurangzeb’s time. Aurangzeb as one can recall, was the last of mogul emperors whom the English defeated to take over the country. For the Wikipedia article click here [1]

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

The language cauldron and the English creep

srkulhalli - 9-JUN-2012

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This is a longish four part essay/discussion on English and our native languages.

Part 1: The status of our native/ mother tongues (they are dying, by the way)

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.

Boycott vehicles with defective number plates

murali772 - 28-APR-2012

While Dr Saleem, the Addl Commissioner, Traffic, has stated (check this) that he will be taking up an intensive drive against 'defective number plates' (the biggest issue here of course pertaining to the Kannada number plates - very few people want to identify it as such, sinc

no official state flag

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.

'Soft' measures to promote Kannada - the time is now?

silkboard - 17-NOV-2011

Okay. I wrote this on Rajyotsava day itself, but didn't post for fear of generating the wrong kind of debates. Two weeks later, here it is.

Mis-use of Kannada by Registrar of Societies

murali772 - 27-DEC-2010

The Registrar of Societies has a very important function to perform in the state, particularly with associations multiplying in their numbers by the day. As it is, they are short of capacity to handle the job they are assigned, effectively.