Kannada barutha... !!!? Spend 5 mins reading dis!! Aaaah! I am sure most 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 its gates to almost all kinds of people. Very evidently the recent poll census proved that there are only 47% of original inhabitants in Bangalore/Bengaluru. . The life style of the city has seen a gradual change with Pizza Corners replacing MTRs, classy eat outs replacing Vidyarthi Bhavans and flashy pubs replacing all our Mahalakshmi wine shops. Change is inevitable from the days of BEML, HAL and BHEL to INFOSYS, WIPRO,BIOCON, TCS, etc; 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..., rave idli and coffee.. at the nearest yet old looking MTR and a wonderful Annavra film either at Santosh or central talkies. Todays Bangalore is deluged in traffic, stress and pressure, Saturday nights without beer is desolate and a Sunday without a visit to either a nearest spa or health clinic is schlocky!! The Gandhibazars are now AC cooled super markets, majestic is now replaced by ultra modern and diversified Brigade road, sri Cauvery coffee joint is now Coffee days.. and Bhagyalakshmi coffee adda.. is now 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 most meaningful language, it also has an unique script as compared to its other counterparts; but how many percentage of people really use Kannada in Bangalore now? The figures are staggering, only 37% of people speak kannada in the states capital, for rest it is only Kannada barutha? Any normal guy starts with this sentence Kannada barutha? while talking to other person, people confirm before they speak the language. 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 kannidagas in an IT company always talk in a neutral language!! even the vendors and shop keepers are channeled with this new wave, the moment when you step in any shop in Bangalore , you are always asked Kannada barutha? or the entire conversation take! s place in non kannada languages. People have lost the confidence of speaking in the local language and more over speaking Kannada on the streets of M.G road 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 he starts using any language. ondu glass beer is a insult when it comes to any decorous pub in Bangalore . Swalpa menu card kodthira..?? has been replaced by Can I have the menu card please...? Just to hit some facts, Marathi is still the largest and common speaking language in Mumbai even though Mumbai has the highest no of inhabitants. Telugu is a practiced ritual in yet another IT HUB Hyderabad. When it comes to Tamilnadu, beware you can be alive either if you are a fan of Rajnikanth or you know Tamil.. Malayalam runs in the blood of every mallu be it Kuwait , Dubai or any hospital; but when it comes to kannada it is always Kannada barutha? and next is Namaskara. I am neither a Kannada activist nor do I run any Kannada supporting organization, I am just a plebeian who just love the language. Globalization is the trend and modernization is the mantra but at the cost the language? Sounds no logic.. Is speaking Kasthuri Kannada down market? The answer has to be found within oneself. Next time when someone asks you Kannada barutha? you just tell them that “Kannada Nan rakhtadalli idhe ” Siri Gannadam Gelge !!! Siri Gannadam Baalge !!! Namo Sri Bhuvaneshwari Thaayee !!!
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 07:24:38 +0000
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