Aaah! I am sure lot of you in Bangalore would have heard this, but what is Kannada Barutha? Here it goes. Bangalore the IT capital of India, the silicon city and now a metro city opened the gates to almost all kinds of people. Very evidently, the recent poll census proved that there are only 47% of original inhabitants in Bangalore. The lifestyle of the city has seen a gradual change with pizza corners replacing MTR, classy eat out's replacing 'Vidyarthi Bhavan' and flashy pubs replacing 'Mahalakshmi Wine Shops'. 'Change is ineveitable' from the days of BEML, HL & BHEL to INFOSYS and WIPRO. Bangalore has a new look now on the world map. Gone are the days where a typical sunday for any Bangalorean was a nice romantic walk on the pavements of 'Lalbagh' and 'rava idli & coffee' at the nearest yet old looking MTR and a wonderful Annavra (Dr.Rajkumar) film either at Santosh or Central Talkies. Today's Bangalore is deluged in traffic, stress and pressure. Saturday nights without a dine out is desolate and a Sunday without a visit to either a nearest spa Or health clinic is schlocky! The Gandhi Bazaar shops are now AC cooled super markets, majestic is now replaced by diversified Brigade road, Sri Cauvery coffee joint is now Coffee Day and Barista. With globalization and more retail market the city will definitely see more forceful changes.
Have all these changed our language? Kannada, the local language of Bangalore is supposed to be one of the oldest language. It also has a unique script as compared to its other counterparts; but what is the percentage of people really speaking kannada in Bangalore now? The figures are staggering in a different sense, altogether only 37% of people speak kannada in state's capital, for resr it is only "Kannada barutha?"
You want to ask an address in Bangalore? Or reply to a question then English is the most preferred language other than ?Hindi. Its a famous fact that two kannadigas in an IT Company always talk in a neutral language! Even the vendors are channeled with this new wave. People have lost the confidence of speaking in the local language and more over speaking kannada on the streets of M.G. Rod or Kormangala is substandard. Shopping malls in the city have been completely banned from using kannada, not a forced one but definitely an adapted one. One has to confirm that the other person knows the language before her starts using any language.
Just to hit some facts, Marathi is still the largest and common speaking language in Mumbai even though Mumbai has the highest number of inhabitants. Telugu is a practiced ritual in yet another IT Hub Hydrabad. In Tamil Nadu, beware you can be alive if you are a fan of Rajnikanth or if you know Tamil. Malayalam is practiced among mallu's in Kuwait, Dubai Or any hospital!
I am neither a Kannada activist nor I run any kannada supporting organization. I am just a plebian who just loves the language though me being a telugite. Globalization is the trend and modernisation the mantra, but at the cost of language? Sounds illogical.. Is speaking Kannada down market? The answer has to be found within ourself...
Have all these changed our language? Kannada, the local language of Bangalore is supposed to be one of the oldest language. It also has a unique script as compared to its other counterparts; but what is the percentage of people really speaking kannada in Bangalore now? The figures are staggering in a different sense, altogether only 37% of people speak kannada in state's capital, for resr it is only "Kannada barutha?"
You want to ask an address in Bangalore? Or reply to a question then English is the most preferred language other than ?Hindi. Its a famous fact that two kannadigas in an IT Company always talk in a neutral language! Even the vendors are channeled with this new wave. People have lost the confidence of speaking in the local language and more over speaking kannada on the streets of M.G. Rod or Kormangala is substandard. Shopping malls in the city have been completely banned from using kannada, not a forced one but definitely an adapted one. One has to confirm that the other person knows the language before her starts using any language.
Just to hit some facts, Marathi is still the largest and common speaking language in Mumbai even though Mumbai has the highest number of inhabitants. Telugu is a practiced ritual in yet another IT Hub Hydrabad. In Tamil Nadu, beware you can be alive if you are a fan of Rajnikanth or if you know Tamil. Malayalam is practiced among mallu's in Kuwait, Dubai Or any hospital!
I am neither a Kannada activist nor I run any kannada supporting organization. I am just a plebian who just loves the language though me being a telugite. Globalization is the trend and modernisation the mantra, but at the cost of language? Sounds illogical.. Is speaking Kannada down market? The answer has to be found within ourself...
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