ಭಾರತೀಯರು ಹಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಗು ಜಿರಳೆಗಳನ್ನ ಏಕೆ ತಿನ್ನುತ್ತಾರೆ?
ಮೇಲಿನ ಈ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ನೋಡಿ ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯ ಆಯ್ತಾ? ಅರೆ, ಭಾರತೀಯರು ಯಾವಗಿಂದನಪ್ಪ ಇದನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ತಿನ್ನೋಕೆ ಶುರು ಮಾಡಿದ್ರು ಅಂತ? ಇದನ್ನ ನನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ನಂಗೆ ಕೇಳ್ದಾಗ ನಾನು ತಮಾಷೆಗೆ ಅಂತ ನಕ್ಕೆ. ಆದ್ರೆ ಇದು ನಾವುಗಳು ನಮ್ಮ ಮಕ್ಕಳನ್ನ ಓದಿಸೋ ಕಾಲ ಬಂದಾಗ ಅವರ ಟೆಕ್ಸ್ಟ್ ಬುಕ್ಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ರೀತಿ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಕಾಣುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಗಳು 99%ಗಿಂತ ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ಇದೆ ಅಂತ ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ ಕುತೂಹಲ ಆಯ್ತು. ಹೇಗೆ ಅನ್ನೋ ಕುತೂಹಲ ನಿಮಗೂ ಇದೆಯಲ್ವಾ? ಅವಳು ಹೇಳಿದ ಸರಳ ಲಾಜಿಕ್ ಹೇಳ್ತೀನಿ ಕೇಳಿ.
ಗಾಂಧಿ ತಾತನ ಕಾಲದಿಂದಾನು ಭಾರತ ಹಳ್ಳಿಗಳಿರುವ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಅಂತಾನೆ ನಾವೆಲ್ಲಾ ಕಲಿತಿರೋದು ಹಾಗು ಅದು ಸತ್ಯ ಕೂಡ. ಯಾಕಂದ್ರೆ ತಲತಲಾಂತರದಿಂದಾನು ನಮ್ಮ ಪೂರ್ವಜರು ಹಳ್ಳಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಇದ್ದುಕೊಂಡು ವ್ಯವಸಾಯವನ್ನೇ ಜೀವನ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡವರು. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಉತ್ತಿ ಬಿತ್ತು ಬೆಳೆ ತೆಗೆಯೋರು ಮತ್ತು ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಅದೇ ಅವರ ದೈನಂದಿನ ಊಟ ಕೂಡ ಆಗಿರುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಸಹಜವಾಗಿ 90 ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಜನ ಸಸ್ಯಹಾರಿಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದರು.
ಬೌಗೋಳಿಕವಾಗಿ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಏಳನೇ ದೊಡ್ಡ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ವ್ಯವಸಾಯವೇ ಅತಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಆದಾಯವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಹಾಗು ಅಷ್ಟೊಂದು ಜನ ಸಸ್ಯಹಾರಿಗಳಿದ್ದು ತೀರ ಹಲ್ಲಿ ತಿನ್ನೋ ಮಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ನಾವು ಇಳಿತೀವ? ವಿಪರ್ಯಸವಾದ್ರು ಇದು ಸತ್ಯ ಕಣ್ರೀ. ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ತಲೆ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸೋದೆನು ಬೇಡ, ಯಾಕೆಂದ್ರೆ ಉತ್ತರ ನಮ್ಮ ಕಣ್ಣು ಮುಂದೆ ಬಿದ್ದು ಹೊರಳಾಡ್ತಾ ಇದೆ. ನೀವೇ ಯೋಚನೆ ಮಾಡಿ, ಸಸ್ಯಹಾರಿಗಳಾಗೆ ಉಳಿಬೇಕೂಂದ್ರೆ ಸಸ್ಯಗಳನ್ನ ಬೆಳಿಬೇಕು, ಹೌದ? ಸಸ್ಯಗಳನ್ನ ಬೆಳೆಬೇಕು ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಭೂಮಿ ಬೇಕು, ಹೌದ?
ಮತ್ತೆ, ಇಂಚು ಭೂಮಿನೂ ಬಿಡದಂಗೆ ಕಬಳಿಸ್ತ ಇರೋ ನಾಯಕರನ್ನ ನೋಡಿಕಂಡು ಸುಮ್ನಿದಿವಿ. ಅದು ಹಾಳಾಗಿ ಹೋಗ್ಲಿ, ನಾವಾದರು ನೆಟ್ಟಗಿದ್ದೀವ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ನಾವುಗಳೇ ಅಂಥವರು. ಯಾಕೆ ಹೇಳಿ, ಗಂಡ-ಹೆಂಡ್ತಿ ಇಬ್ಬರು ದುಡಿದು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಸೈಟು ಮಾಡೋ ತನಕ ನೆಮ್ಮದಿ ನಿದ್ದೆ ಎರಡು ಇಲ್ಲ ನಮ್ಮಗಳಿಗೆ. ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗ್ತಾ ಇರೋ ಮಳಿಗೆಗಳು, ರಸ್ತೆ ಹೆಸರು NICE ಆದ್ರೂನು ಟೋಲ್ ಫೀನಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ ನೈಸು, ಫ್ಲೈ ಓವರ್ ಮೇಲೆ ಫ್ಲೈ ಓವರ್ ಇದ್ದ್ರುನು ಜಾಗ ಸಾಲದೇ ಇರೋ ವಾಹನಗಳು, ಭೂಮಿ ಇದ್ದರೂನು ಮಾಲಿನ್ಯದಿಂದ ಬೆಳೆಯೋಕೆ ಕಷ್ಟ ಪಡ್ತಿರೋ ರೈತರು. ಇಷ್ಟೆಲ್ಲದರ ಮಧ್ಯ ಮತ್ತೆ ಬೆಳೆಯನ್ನ ಎಲ್ಲಿ ತಾನೇ ಬೆಳಿಯೋದು? ಈಗ್ಲೇನೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಳು ಅಡಿಗೆ ಮನೆನ ಕೆಲಸದವರಿಗೆ ಬಾಡಿಗೆಗೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಹಿಂಗೆ ಆದ್ರೆ, ನಾವು ಮಾಡಿದ ಕರ್ಮಗಳ ಪ್ರತಿಪಲವಾಗಿ ತಿನ್ನೋಕು ಪರದಾಡಿ ಕೊನೆಗೆ ಚೈನಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗಿರೋ ಹಾಗೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದ್ದನೆಲ್ಲ ತಿನ್ನೋ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಬಂದೆ ಬರುತ್ತೆ. ಆವಾಗ ನಮ್ಮ ಮಕ್ಕಳುಗಳು ಹಲ್ಲಿ ತಿನ್ನೋಹಂಗಾಗೊದ್ರಲ್ಲಿ ತಪ್ಪೇನಿಲ್ಲ ಅಲ್ವಾ. ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಭಾರತೀಯರು ಹಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಗು ಜಿರಳೆ ತಿನ್ನೋದರ ಹಿಂದಿನ ರಹಸ್ಯ ಬಯಲಾಗುತ್ತೆ.
ಇಷ್ಟೆಲ್ಲಾ ನಡಿತಿದ್ದರುನು ನಮ್ಮ ಮಾಜಿ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿಗಳು ಬೊಂಬಢ ಬಡ್ಕೊತಾರೆ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನ ಅಧಿಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದರೆ ಅಕ್ಕಿನ ಕೆಜಿಗೆ 2 ರೂಪಾಯಿಗೆ ಕೊಡ್ತೀವಿ. ರೀ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ನಮ್ಮ ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರೋ ಸುಲಭ ಶೌಚಲಯನ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸಿದರೆ 3 ರೂಪಾಯಿ ಕೊಡ್ಬೇಕು, ಅಂತಾದ್ರಲ್ಲಿ ನೀವು 2 ರೂಪಾಯಿಗೆ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಕೊಡ್ತೀರ? ಮಾಡೋ ಕೆಲಸಗಳನ್ನ ನೆಟ್ಟಗೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ರೆ ನೀವುಗಳು ಕೇಳಲಿಲ್ಲ ಅಂದ್ರೂನು ಅಧಿಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದು ಕೂರಿಸೋ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮನಸ್ಸು ನಮಗೆಲ್ಲ ಇದೆ. ಸೊ, ಮೊದಲು ಮಾಡಿ, ಆಮೇಲೆ ಮಾತಾಡಿ.
ಬೌಗೋಳಿಕವಾಗಿ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಏಳನೇ ದೊಡ್ಡ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ವ್ಯವಸಾಯವೇ ಅತಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಆದಾಯವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಹಾಗು ಅಷ್ಟೊಂದು ಜನ ಸಸ್ಯಹಾರಿಗಳಿದ್ದು ತೀರ ಹಲ್ಲಿ ತಿನ್ನೋ ಮಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ನಾವು ಇಳಿತೀವ? ವಿಪರ್ಯಸವಾದ್ರು ಇದು ಸತ್ಯ ಕಣ್ರೀ. ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ತಲೆ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸೋದೆನು ಬೇಡ, ಯಾಕೆಂದ್ರೆ ಉತ್ತರ ನಮ್ಮ ಕಣ್ಣು ಮುಂದೆ ಬಿದ್ದು ಹೊರಳಾಡ್ತಾ ಇದೆ. ನೀವೇ ಯೋಚನೆ ಮಾಡಿ, ಸಸ್ಯಹಾರಿಗಳಾಗೆ ಉಳಿಬೇಕೂಂದ್ರೆ ಸಸ್ಯಗಳನ್ನ ಬೆಳಿಬೇಕು, ಹೌದ? ಸಸ್ಯಗಳನ್ನ ಬೆಳೆಬೇಕು ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಭೂಮಿ ಬೇಕು, ಹೌದ?
ಮತ್ತೆ, ಇಂಚು ಭೂಮಿನೂ ಬಿಡದಂಗೆ ಕಬಳಿಸ್ತ ಇರೋ ನಾಯಕರನ್ನ ನೋಡಿಕಂಡು ಸುಮ್ನಿದಿವಿ. ಅದು ಹಾಳಾಗಿ ಹೋಗ್ಲಿ, ನಾವಾದರು ನೆಟ್ಟಗಿದ್ದೀವ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ನಾವುಗಳೇ ಅಂಥವರು. ಯಾಕೆ ಹೇಳಿ, ಗಂಡ-ಹೆಂಡ್ತಿ ಇಬ್ಬರು ದುಡಿದು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಸೈಟು ಮಾಡೋ ತನಕ ನೆಮ್ಮದಿ ನಿದ್ದೆ ಎರಡು ಇಲ್ಲ ನಮ್ಮಗಳಿಗೆ. ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗ್ತಾ ಇರೋ ಮಳಿಗೆಗಳು, ರಸ್ತೆ ಹೆಸರು NICE ಆದ್ರೂನು ಟೋಲ್ ಫೀನಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ ನೈಸು, ಫ್ಲೈ ಓವರ್ ಮೇಲೆ ಫ್ಲೈ ಓವರ್ ಇದ್ದ್ರುನು ಜಾಗ ಸಾಲದೇ ಇರೋ ವಾಹನಗಳು, ಭೂಮಿ ಇದ್ದರೂನು ಮಾಲಿನ್ಯದಿಂದ ಬೆಳೆಯೋಕೆ ಕಷ್ಟ ಪಡ್ತಿರೋ ರೈತರು. ಇಷ್ಟೆಲ್ಲದರ ಮಧ್ಯ ಮತ್ತೆ ಬೆಳೆಯನ್ನ ಎಲ್ಲಿ ತಾನೇ ಬೆಳಿಯೋದು? ಈಗ್ಲೇನೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಳು ಅಡಿಗೆ ಮನೆನ ಕೆಲಸದವರಿಗೆ ಬಾಡಿಗೆಗೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಹಿಂಗೆ ಆದ್ರೆ, ನಾವು ಮಾಡಿದ ಕರ್ಮಗಳ ಪ್ರತಿಪಲವಾಗಿ ತಿನ್ನೋಕು ಪರದಾಡಿ ಕೊನೆಗೆ ಚೈನಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗಿರೋ ಹಾಗೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದ್ದನೆಲ್ಲ ತಿನ್ನೋ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಬಂದೆ ಬರುತ್ತೆ. ಆವಾಗ ನಮ್ಮ ಮಕ್ಕಳುಗಳು ಹಲ್ಲಿ ತಿನ್ನೋಹಂಗಾಗೊದ್ರಲ್ಲಿ ತಪ್ಪೇನಿಲ್ಲ ಅಲ್ವಾ. ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಭಾರತೀಯರು ಹಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಗು ಜಿರಳೆ ತಿನ್ನೋದರ ಹಿಂದಿನ ರಹಸ್ಯ ಬಯಲಾಗುತ್ತೆ.
ಇಷ್ಟೆಲ್ಲಾ ನಡಿತಿದ್ದರುನು ನಮ್ಮ ಮಾಜಿ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿಗಳು ಬೊಂಬಢ ಬಡ್ಕೊತಾರೆ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನ ಅಧಿಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದರೆ ಅಕ್ಕಿನ ಕೆಜಿಗೆ 2 ರೂಪಾಯಿಗೆ ಕೊಡ್ತೀವಿ. ರೀ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ನಮ್ಮ ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರೋ ಸುಲಭ ಶೌಚಲಯನ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸಿದರೆ 3 ರೂಪಾಯಿ ಕೊಡ್ಬೇಕು, ಅಂತಾದ್ರಲ್ಲಿ ನೀವು 2 ರೂಪಾಯಿಗೆ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಕೊಡ್ತೀರ? ಮಾಡೋ ಕೆಲಸಗಳನ್ನ ನೆಟ್ಟಗೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ರೆ ನೀವುಗಳು ಕೇಳಲಿಲ್ಲ ಅಂದ್ರೂನು ಅಧಿಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದು ಕೂರಿಸೋ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮನಸ್ಸು ನಮಗೆಲ್ಲ ಇದೆ. ಸೊ, ಮೊದಲು ಮಾಡಿ, ಆಮೇಲೆ ಮಾತಾಡಿ.
ಸರಿನೇನ್ರಿ ನನ್ನ ಮಾತು? ಹೋಗ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡಿ. ಸರಿನೋ ತಪ್ಪೋ, ಆದ್ರೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಸ್ಕೂಲನಲ್ಲಿ ಫರ್ಸ್ಟ್ ಬರ್ಬೇಕೂಂದ್ರೆ ಈಗಿಂದಾನೆ ಮೇಲಿನ ಉತ್ತರನ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ರೆಡಿ ಮಾಡಿತ್ತುಕೊಳ್ಳೋಣ . ಒಂದಾದರು ಒಳ್ಳೆ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀವಿ ಅಂತ ಮಕ್ಳು ಖುಷಿ ಆಗ್ತವೆ.
ಅದ್ಸರಿ ಯಾರಾದ್ರೂ ಹಲ್ಲಿ ತಿಂದು ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ ಇದ್ರೆ ಟೇಸ್ಟು ಹೆಂಗಿರತ್ತೆ ಅಂತ ಹೇಳ್ರಿ. Mentally ಪ್ರಿಪೇರ್ ಆಗೋಣ ಅಂತ.
ಅದ್ಸರಿ ಯಾರಾದ್ರೂ ಹಲ್ಲಿ ತಿಂದು ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ ಇದ್ರೆ ಟೇಸ್ಟು ಹೆಂಗಿರತ್ತೆ ಅಂತ ಹೇಳ್ರಿ. Mentally ಪ್ರಿಪೇರ್ ಆಗೋಣ ಅಂತ.
Ha ha ha – funny whilst thought provoking! We cannot go backwards now. We have come a way too long to even think about it. Politicians can be thoughtful and can really do something good to the society – like Narendra Modi. I don’t support his party, or his political views but I honestly appreciate his forethoughts and his actions for the betterment of Gujrat.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sb6RmRMbBY&feature=related – These questions are still not answered, rather the situation is worse now.
Similar articles are there in Prajavani as well (I guess you might already know all these)
http://prajavani.net/Content/Jul152010/nagesh20100714194537.asp
http://prajavani.net/Content/Sep242009/nagesh20090923148104.asp
And there is a movie called Home, trailer is - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8IozVfph7I.
After seeing/reading all this (and even more), I honestly thought I should not bring any life to Earth, and make them suffer in this all-polluted Earth.
Help/Change is possible, not just on paper- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11950843 - I am not saying this person is a role model. But his thoughts are definitely inspiring, isn’t it? He is doing something good, which he believes in. And I am sure there are thousands others who are helping for our better future, quietly. We can do something too or even nothing (Or like you said - prepare ourselves......)!
- Niharika
Hey Niharika,
ReplyDeleteHappy to see your comments again. I agree that politicians can make a difference and its high time that educated people and the young brigade pull up their socks and enter the system. Fed up of these family dynastics and rowdy politics.
About the related articles, they are certainly better, as pointed mine is just a point in a big line of such unsolved problems.
One more thing that made me happy was that you commented on kannada article which obviously made me much proud. Sorry to say so, but being in karnataka we are in a situation to feel proud of ourself for being kannadigas amidst all these migrants while actually it should be our birth right to feel proud of being a kannadiga.
Keep scribbling....
Rakesh
Thanks again! You are so so true.
ReplyDeleteDo I sense a tone of resentment about Kannadiga topic there? I don’t think we should be worrying much about it. I really don’t see a great future for Humans on our Earth beyond 100-150 years. Why are you feeling so bad about Kannada/Kannadiga? I am a Kannadiga too. C’mon we are not going to live here forever. Why to feel bad? Lets accept the good things from everyone and live happily, as long as we could. We have to accept what comes along and move on. For Ex See the Tulu, Konkani speaking communities. They don’t worry that nobody is speaking their language. And they never talk in any other language when they are in their own space. Their community grows, their language grows but silently. No one jeopardizes them.
I felt insecure and helpless being Kannadiga when living in Bangalore. Bangalore is a cosmopolitan city, so these things are obvious. But real worrying thing is, people come from different places, buy places and live in Bangalore. But they don’t really bother about the problems of Bangalore (This is one problem of Industrialisation). They own the place but not the problem associated/around it. That made me feel sad and not what they tell about Kannadigas/Kannada. I really don’t care other’s opinion about my mother tongue. Anyway, No Indian language is older than Sanskrit. Did you know in Mattur (Karnataka) they speak Sanskrit in the daily lives? I was so proud to know that. I would be blessed if I get to study all the Vedas/Upanishads and other knowledgeable books. Yes, I am really proud that Kannada literature is very rich. Now I feel – Let me get the wisdom from any part of the world, I don’t mind as long as it is enriching my life. So, just enjoy the life!!!
- Niharika
Hii there,
ReplyDeleteI do agree that its not a matter to worry about kannada being used or not, but as you only have brought up in two topics mentioned above; tulu speaking people speak tulu in their own community or home, right? The problem is that kannada speaking ppl hesitate to converse in kannada at their homes too. Ridiculous to see this and I have to mention that the parents, and especially its the mother who teaches the language to her kid. Coz kid simply learns its mother's language and hence the name-mother tongue. So today's mother's in bangalore are busy speaking horrible english that kids obviuosly find kannada an alien language. You may differ with my thoughts, but we kannadigas need to protect our language. We can't expect others to grow our language.
Second point about people owning bangalore in terms of land and not its problems is absolutely true. Need to rectify that problem at its root and people migrating to bangalore need to learn about problems here first and for that they need to know the language. Coz the english speaking language of bangalore is not the true bangaloreans and they can never elicit the pain expereinced by living in bangalore slums.
And about Mattur, one of my friend hails from there and they converse in sanskrit as you told. Its really nice.!
Anyways, your each comment appear as new topics for articles to me. Will do plagiarism of your thoughts. He he..:-)
Cheers.
Rakesh.
Hi Rakesh,
ReplyDeleteIt is really great that you have a friend from Mattur! Lucky you!
Ok, do you know that Bangalore belongs to Karnataka only coz of geographical reasons and not for any other reasons? Let go Bangalore for multinationals. I am not telling we should not protect our mother tongue. Of course we should.
Ok, most part of the Eastern Karnataka (Bellary district etc) is sold out to neighbouring people by now (similar incidents have happened in North and South Karnataka, but the effect is not severe). So, they own the land (even by contract), they migrate not just to Bangalore, but to elsewhere, and obviously they will not contribute in developing Kannada. From where will you start correcting ‘things’? I paint quite a picture ha?
I read an article couple of months ago in Kendasampige.com (I searched the archives, could not get the link to paste it here), where a Kannada language scholar told in an interview that Sanskrit was the biggest threat to Kannada language than anything else. It is only after that I learnt almost 85% of Kannada is actually Sanskrit!! We hardly feel that, right?
And school kids in Bangalore speaking Kannada – it is unimaginable. Their mother tongue has been English from ages. Let’s not blame parents alone. The whole system works this way. (Exclude those who speak in English for status reasons). For Ex in Japan – they do everything in Japanese language, education, work, living, pubs etc etc. They are determined to save their language, heritage, and their own-identity in the world. It’s not just them - Koreans, Most of European countries, and Chinese etc etc. This was possible for them coz the whole country speaks only one language. Can you imagine such a thing happening in India? We have to speak in one language at home, study in foreign language at school, and work is definitely in foreign language. There is a constant pressure of excelling in whatever we do. Eventually we eliminate the ‘foreign’ factor and embrace it as our own language. See, the root cause is not just one reason. We are not left with many options, are we? I started looking at the positive side – I get to study the western literature, philosophy. I am getting perks too! Yay!
I suggest you to read the main article in the Kannada Weekly Sudha, dated 24th November 2010. It is available online for free, just sign up – www.sudhaezine.com.
Certainly I am moving very far away from your article. Looks like I am complicating things here. Apologies for that!
You have a lot of thoughts in you and are a better resource than me. I feel your thoughts are unbiased. I really look forward for more articles from you which can spark a healthy discussion among others.
- Niharika
Hi Rakesh,
ReplyDeleteIt is really great that you have a friend from Mattur! Lucky you! I agree with you arguably.
Ok, do you know that Bangalore belongs to Karnataka only coz of geographical reasons and not for any other? Let go Bangalore for multinationals. I am not telling we should not protect our mother tongue. Of course we should. Ok, most of the land in the Eastern, North-Eastern, South-Eastern Karnataka (Bellary district etc) is sold out to our neighbouring people. When they own the place (even by contract), people tend to bring in their extended families/friends to live, shooting up the numbers slowly (similar incidents have happened in South and North Karnataka, effect is not severe). Definitely they will not support for developing Kannada. You cannot evict as they are the owners of the place. People are not just migrating to Bangalore, but to else where. So, from where will you start ‘correcting’ the things? I paint quite a picture, ha?!
I read an article couple of months ago in Kendasampige.com (I searched the archives, could not get it- to paste the link here), where a Kannada language scholar told in an interview that Sanskrit was the biggest threat to Kannada language than anything else. It is only after that I learnt almost 85% of Kannada is actually Sanskrit!! We hardly feel that, right?
And school kids in Bangalore speaking Kannada – it is unimaginable. Their mother tongue has been English from ages. Let’s not blame parents alone. The whole system works this way. (Exclude those who speak in English for status reasons). For Ex in Japan – they have everything in Japanese language, education, work, living, pubs etc etc. They are determined to save their language, heritage, and their own-identity in the world. It’s not just them - Koreans, Most of European countries, and Chinese etc etc. This was possible for them coz the whole country speaks one language. Can you imagine such a thing happening in India? We have to speak in one language when at home, get knowledge in foreign language at school, and work is in foreign language too. There is a constant pressure of excelling in whatever we do. Eventually we eliminate the ‘foreign’ factor and embrace it as our own language. See, the root cause is not just one reason. We are not left with many options, are we? Rather than spending my time worrying about, I started looking at the positive side – I get to study the western literature, philosophy, to explore the west. I am getting perks too! Yay! Just grab the good things and keep going!!
I suggest you to read the main article in the Kannada Weekly Sudha, dated 24th November 2010. It is available online for free, just sign up – www.sudhaezine.com.
Certainly I am drifting away from your main article and I am eating up your space too. Apologies for that!
These are just my opinions, doesn’t have to be correct. So you can disagree/agree. Keeping these things aside, you have a lot of thoughts in you and are a better resource than me for sure. I really look forward for more articles from you which can spark a healthy discussion among others.
- Niharika
Hi Rakesh,
ReplyDeleteIt is really great that you have a friend from Mattur! Lucky you!
Ok, do you know that Bangalore belongs to Karnataka only coz of geographical reasons and not for any other? Let go Bangalore for multinationals. I am not telling we should not protect our mother tongue. Of course we should. Ok, most of the land in the Eastern, North-Eastern, South-Eastern Karnataka (Bellary district etc) is sold out to our neighbouring people. When they own the place (even by contract), people tend to bring in their extended families/friends to live, shooting up the numbers slowly (similar incidents have happened in South and North Karnataka, effect is not severe). Definitely they will not support for developing Kannada. You cannot evict as they are the owners of the place. People are not just migrating to Bangalore, but to else where. So, from where will you start ‘correcting’ the things? I paint quite a picture, ha?!
I read an article couple of months ago in Kendasampige.com (I searched the archives, could not get it- to paste the link here), where a Kannada language scholar told in an interview that Sanskrit was the biggest threat to Kannada language than anything else. It is only after that I learnt almost 85% of Kannada is actually Sanskrit!! We hardly feel that, right?
And school kids in Bangalore speaking Kannada – it is unimaginable. Their mother tongue has been English from ages. Let’s not blame parents alone. The whole system works this way. (Exclude those who speak in English for status reasons). For Ex in Japan – they have everything in Japanese language, education, work, living, pubs etc etc. They are determined to save their language, heritage, and their own-identity in the world. It’s not just them - Koreans, Most of European countries, and Chinese etc etc. This was possible for them coz the whole country speaks one language. Can you imagine such a thing happening in India? We have to speak in one language when at home, get knowledge in foreign language at school, and work is in foreign language too. There is a constant pressure of excelling in whatever we do. Eventually we eliminate the ‘foreign’ factor and embrace it as our own language. See, the root cause is not just one reason. We are not left with many options, are we? Rather than spending my time worrying about, I started looking at the positive side – I get to study the western literature, philosophy, to explore the west. I am getting perks too! Yay! Just grab the good things and keep going!!
I suggest you to read the main article in the Kannada Weekly Sudha, dated 24th November 2010. It is available online for free, just sign up – www.sudhaezine.com.
Certainly I am drifting away from your main article and I am eating up your space too. Apologies for that!
These are just my opinions, doesn’t have to be correct. So you can disagree/agree. Keeping these things aside, you have a lot of thoughts in you and are a better resource than me for sure. I really look forward for more articles from you which can spark a healthy discussion among others.
- Niharika
Hi Rakesh,
ReplyDeleteIt is really great that you have a friend from Mattur! Lucky you!
Ok, do you know that Bangalore belongs to Karnataka only coz of geographical reasons and not for any other? Let go Bangalore for multinationals. I am not telling we should not protect our mother tongue. Of course we should. Ok, most of the land in the Eastern, North-Eastern, South-Eastern Karnataka (Bellary district etc) is sold out to our neighbouring people. When they own the place (even by contract), people tend to bring in their extended families/friends to live, shooting up the numbers slowly (similar incidents have happened in South and North Karnataka, effect is not severe). Definitely they will not support for developing Kannada. You cannot evict as they are the owners of the place. People are not just migrating to Bangalore, but to else where. So, from where will you start ‘correcting’ the things? I paint quite a picture, ha?!
I read an article couple of months ago in Kendasampige.com (I searched the archives, could not get it- to paste the link here), where a Kannada language scholar told in an interview that Sanskrit was the biggest threat to Kannada language than anything else. It is only after that I learnt almost 85% of Kannada is actually Sanskrit!! We hardly feel that, right?
And school kids in Bangalore speaking Kannada – it is unimaginable. Their mother tongue has been English from ages. Let’s not blame parents alone. The whole system works this way. (Exclude those who speak in English for status reasons). For Ex in Japan – they have everything in Japanese language, education, work, living, pubs etc etc. They are determined to save their language, heritage, and their own-identity in the world. It’s not just them - Koreans, Most of European countries, and Chinese etc etc. This was possible for them coz the whole country speaks one language. Can you imagine such a thing happening in India? We have to speak in one language when at home, get knowledge in foreign language at school, and work is in foreign language too. There is a constant pressure of excelling in whatever we do. Eventually we eliminate the ‘foreign’ factor and embrace it as our own language. See, the root cause is not just one reason. We are not left with many options, are we? Rather than spending my time worrying about, I started looking at the positive side – I get to study the western literature, philosophy, to explore the west. I am getting perks too! Yay! Just grab the good things and keep going!!
I suggest you to read the main article in the Kannada Weekly Sudha, dated 24th November 2010. It is available online for free, just sign up – www.sudhaezine.com.
Certainly I am drifting away from your main article and I am eating up your space too. Apologies for that!
These are just my opinions, doesn’t have to be correct.
Keeping these things aside, you have a lot of thoughts in you and are a better resource than me for sure. I really look forward for more articles from you which can spark a healthy discussion among others.
- Niharika
Hi Rakesh,
ReplyDeleteIt is really great that you have a friend from Mattur! Lucky you!
Ok, do you know that Bangalore belongs to Karnataka only coz of geographical reasons and not for any other? Let go Bangalore for multinationals. I am not telling we should not protect our mother tongue. Of course we should. Ok, most of the land in the Eastern, North-Eastern, South-Eastern Karnataka (Bellary district etc) is sold out to our neighbouring people. When they own the place (even by contract), people tend to bring in their extended families/friends to live, shooting up the numbers slowly (similar incidents have happened in South and North Karnataka, effect is not severe). Definitely they will not support for developing Kannada. You cannot evict as they are the owners of the place. People are not just migrating to Bangalore, but to else where. So, from where will you start ‘correcting’ the things? I paint quite a picture, ha?!
I read an article couple of months ago in Kendasampige.com (I searched the archives, could not get it- to paste the link here), where a Kannada language scholar told in an interview that Sanskrit was the biggest threat to Kannada language than anything else. It is only after that I learnt almost 85% of Kannada is actually Sanskrit!! We hardly feel that, right?
And school kids in Bangalore speaking Kannada – it is unimaginable. Their mother tongue has been English from ages. Let’s not blame parents alone. The whole system works this way. (Exclude those who speak in English for status reasons). For Ex in Japan – they have everything in Japanese language, education, work, living, pubs etc etc. They are determined to save their language, heritage, and their own-identity in the world. It’s not just them - Koreans, Most of European countries, and Chinese etc etc. This was possible for them coz the whole country speaks one language. Can you imagine such a thing happening in India? We have to speak in one language when at home, get knowledge in foreign language at school, and work is in foreign language too. There is a constant pressure of excelling in whatever we do. Eventually we eliminate the ‘foreign’ factor and embrace it as our own language. See, the root cause is not just one reason. We are not left with many options, are we? Rather than spending my time worrying about, I started looking at the positive side – I get to study the western literature, philosophy, to explore the west. I am getting perks too! Yay! Just grab the good things and keep going!!
I suggest you to read the main article in the Kannada Weekly Sudha, dated 24th November 2010. It is available online for free, just sign up – www.sudhaezine.com.
Certainly I am drifting away from your main article and I am eating up your space too. Apologies for that!
These are just my opinions, doesn’t have to be correct. Keeping these things aside, you have a lot of thoughts in you and are a better resource than me for sure. I really look forward for more articles from you which can spark a healthy discussion among others.
- Niharika
Hi Rakesh,
ReplyDeleteI am publishing the comments in parts as it is too large.
It is really great that you have a friend from Mattur! Lucky you!
Ok, do you know that Bangalore belongs to Karnataka only coz of geographical reasons and not for any other? Let go Bangalore for multinationals. I am not telling we should not protect our mother tongue. Of course we should. Ok, most of the land in the Eastern, North-Eastern, South-Eastern Karnataka (Bellary district etc) is sold out to our neighbouring people. When they own the place (even by contract), people tend to bring in their extended families/friends to live, shooting up the numbers slowly (similar incidents have happened in South and North Karnataka, effect is not severe). Definitely they will not support for developing Kannada. You cannot evict as they are the owners of the place. People are not just migrating to Bangalore, but to else where. So, from where will you start ‘correcting’ the things? I paint quite a picture, ha?!
I read an article couple of months ago in Kendasampige.com (I searched the archives, could not get it- to paste the link here), where a Kannada language scholar told in an interview that Sanskrit was the biggest threat to Kannada language than anything else. It is only after that I learnt almost 85% of Kannada is actually Sanskrit!! We hardly feel that, right?
- Niharika
Rest of the comment -
ReplyDeleteAnd school kids in Bangalore speaking Kannada – it is unimaginable. Their mother tongue has been English from ages. Let’s not blame parents alone. The whole system works this way. (Exclude those who speak in English for status reasons). For Ex in Japan – they have everything in Japanese language, education, work, living, pubs etc etc. They are determined to save their language, heritage, and their own-identity in the world. It’s not just them - Koreans, Most of European countries, and Chinese etc etc. This was possible for them coz the whole country speaks one language. Can you imagine such a thing happening in India? We have to speak in one language when at home, get knowledge in foreign language at school, and work is in foreign language too. There is a constant pressure of excelling in whatever we do. Eventually we eliminate the ‘foreign’ factor and embrace it as our own language. See, the root cause is not just one reason. We are not left with many options, are we? Rather than spending my time worrying about, I started looking at the positive side – I get to study the western literature, philosophy, to explore the west. I am getting perks too! Yay! Just grab the good things and keep going!!
I suggest you to read the main article in the Kannada Weekly Sudha, dated 24th November 2010. It is available online for free, just sign up – www.sudhaezine.com.
Certainly I am drifting away from your main article and I am eating up your space too. Apologies for that!
These are just my opinions, doesn’t have to be correct. Keeping these things aside, you have a lot of thoughts in you and are a better resource than me for sure. I really look forward for more articles from you which can spark a healthy discussion among others.
- Niharika
Rest of it-
ReplyDeleteAnd school kids in Bangalore speaking Kannada – it is unimaginable. Their mother tongue has been English from ages. Let’s not blame parents alone. The whole system works this way. (Exclude those who speak in English for status reasons). For Ex in Japan – they have everything in Japanese language, education, work, living, pubs etc etc. They are determined to save their language, heritage, and their own-identity in the world. It’s not just them - Koreans, Most of European countries, and Chinese etc etc. This was possible for them coz the whole country speaks one language. Can you imagine such a thing happening in India? We have to speak in one language when at home, get knowledge in foreign language at school, and work is in foreign language too. There is a constant pressure of excelling in whatever we do. Eventually we eliminate the ‘foreign’ factor and embrace it as our own language. See, the root cause is not just one reason. We are not left with many options, are we? Rather than spending my time worrying about, I started looking at the positive side – I get to study the western literature, philosophy, to explore the west. I am getting perks too! Yay! Just grab the good things and keep going!!
I suggest you to read the main article in the Kannada Weekly Sudha, dated 24th November 2010. It is available online for free, just sign up – www.sudhaezine.com.
Certainly I am drifting away from your main article and I am eating up your space too. Apologies for that!
These are just my opinions, doesn’t have to be correct. Keeping these things aside, you have a lot of thoughts in you and are a better resource than me for sure. I really look forward for more articles from you which can spark a healthy discussion among others.
- Niharika
Hi Rakesh,
ReplyDeletehttp://kendasampige.com/article.php?id=3201 - This is the article that I mentioned (I got it finally!).
And some more related articles.
http://kendasampige.com/article.php?id=1670
http://kendasampige.com/article.php?id=3264
I have given you a pretty heavy dose! Hope you are OK…….
- Niharika