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Written By drvk@in.com - 23 October, 2009
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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. We have to forego our mindless broad mindedness and assert our identity.I want to cite an example form my cousins experience in the US. I have seen in Kannada sanghas where people gather with their own linguistic group rather than just with people from karnataka. We should unite first. Either tulu, konkani, mangalorean, and hubbali we should know that we are kannadigas first
Slowly but Surely a silent revolution is taking place. I do hear Kannada in Forum, Inox nowadays. I always speak in Kannada in Malls(accompanied by 'sign language' even if the other person doesn;t understand kannada). There were many kannada rajyotsava celebrations in many IT companies including mine.
To each person his language is superior. This does not mean other languages are inferior. After all language is a means of comunication nothing more ,nothing less.Any Kannadiga can be justifiably proud of NarayanaMurthy so also other Indians.
We are all Indians, but we do need to preserve our rapidly vanishing linguistic identity as well...
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summer glau - 23 October, 2009 - 09:01
Looks like my post hit a sensitive spot. Sorry!
No seriously, what is your point? Are you saying that Kannadigas should resort to 'Kannada or else sign language' approach to preserve our language's identity?
Or are you saying you see a trend building up and happy about it?
Or what do you mean by 'Either tulu, konkani, mangalorean, and hubbali' ? You speak as if Hubballi was some kind of demarcation of Kannadigas.
I am totally lost.
In any case, my point was, the challenge faced by Kannada to survive in a changing world is no different than any other language say Sankethi or Havyaka or Kodava. What is your vision to preserve the identity of all of these? Would love to know your encompassing and sustainable approach for this challenge.
PS: Pleaes dont use all CAPS. It does not reflect very well for someone with a above average IQ.
drvk@in.com - 23 October, 2009 - 10:29
No seriously, what is your point? Are you saying that Kannadigas should resort to 'Kannada or else sign language' approach to preserve our language's identity?: EXACTLY bro...u hit the nail right on the head..for a start id like this as a practical solution for ppl on blore streets who come n ask u directions to go to forum in their own language??
Or are you saying you see a trend building up and happy about it? Yes im happy bout this trend
Or what do you mean by 'Either tulu, konkani, mangalorean, and hubbali' ? You speak as if Hubballi was some kind of demarcation of Kannadigas.: It is...or atleast those are the groups of kannadigas i have seen grp together in meetings
This blog was under the category discusions..so this jus average iQ guy would like to solicit some ideas/solutions from ppl about this issue..
Im sorry for bein rude
hello doctor,
i have this organizational issue that too many posts get created on same/ similar topics. so what happens is discussion get repeated or worst lost. some of us cant visit/check the site every day. and for us continutity is important. when we get time we should be able to continue from where we left off. for example, i am searching for a drainage thread i had posted on last week for the past half an hour. cant find it. it is frustrating.
long story short, can you please move your thread to one of the scores of posts dealing with this issue? please. thumba upyoga agutte. nanni.
side note: please donot assume that we have not discussed the issue before or are not concerned about the issues you cite or dont do anything about it. but, atleast for me, such 'civilizational' issues are too big to make actionable prescriptions. these are manasu gello type of issues. highly unquantifiable.
meanwhile neeru nalli type of issues exist. things about which i may or maynot something about, things much smaller and more importantly more well defined in scope and impact. little things that i can wrap my head around, in concrete quantifiable terms.
so as i age, and can do that much little with my time, i will try to focus on little things that i can do. you please carry on with what moves you. i just stated what my situation is. so if i dont respond to your post, it does not mean i dont understand your problem, or disagree with your solution.
summer glau - 23 October, 2009 - 08:40
I am a Sankethi and have noticed that Sankethis hesitate a lot to assert their identity and get blended with the society where ever they go. If Sankethis (especially the educated ones) stop speaking Sankethi to their own people as it is happening now, the future for our language appears bleak. We have to forego our mindless broad mindedness and assert our identity.I want to cite an example form my cousins experience in the US. I have seen in Sankethi sanghas where people gather with their own linguistic group rather than just with people from Sankethi community. We should unite first. Either Kaushika or Bettadapura, we should know that we are Sankethis firs.
Slowly but Surely a silent revolution is taking place. I do hear Sankethi in Marriages, religious functions nowadays. I always speak in Sankethi in temples (accompanied by 'sign language' even if the other person doesn;t understand Sankethi). There were many Sankethi language celebrations in many companies including mine.
To each person his language is superior. This does not mean other languages are inferior. After all language is a means of comunication nothing more ,nothing less.Any Sankethi can be justifiably proud of any other Sankethi so also other Kanandigas.
We are all Kannadigas, but we do need to preserve our rapidly vanishing linguistic identity as well...
Or in other words...
What is your point?
PS: I am not a Sankethi.
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