Namma Bengalooru, Namma Hemme?
Translated...the title means "Our Bangalore, our Pride"?
No, I am not going to talk about the pathetic infrastructure of Blore or the umanageable traffic or the increasing crime rates...its about something else.
Last month I had been to Mysore during diwali time and I visited the exhibition that starts during dusshera time in the grounds in front of the palace. When I came out of it...the one thing that I felt was a pride for my mother tongue. Living in the capital city of Kanataka for so many years now, I have never actually felt at home. Nobody speaks to you in Kannada! Even the auto drivers assume I speak Hindi...!
At mysore, I could see people so proud of their language and they do not hesitate to use it. Now, I know why my cousins born and bought up there have so much of an attachment to the language! I know I have never bothered improving my reading skills of Kannada...and now I wish I had tried!
The joy of hearing everyone around you speak your language is something that I never knew existed! Well, you lose out on a lot of things when u decide to settle down in a cosmopoiltan city. I understand that people from different states are around and kannada cant be the only language in use, but what I dont understand is why do kanndigas not use the language with fellow kannadigas! Are we ashamed of our language? Or speaking English is a status symbol of any sorts?
All I can say is that it is quite sad that people here are not attached to their mother tongue....are not proud of using it. Sigh....
Last month I had been to Mysore during diwali time and I visited the exhibition that starts during dusshera time in the grounds in front of the palace. When I came out of it...the one thing that I felt was a pride for my mother tongue. Living in the capital city of Kanataka for so many years now, I have never actually felt at home. Nobody speaks to you in Kannada! Even the auto drivers assume I speak Hindi...!
At mysore, I could see people so proud of their language and they do not hesitate to use it. Now, I know why my cousins born and bought up there have so much of an attachment to the language! I know I have never bothered improving my reading skills of Kannada...and now I wish I had tried!
The joy of hearing everyone around you speak your language is something that I never knew existed! Well, you lose out on a lot of things when u decide to settle down in a cosmopoiltan city. I understand that people from different states are around and kannada cant be the only language in use, but what I dont understand is why do kanndigas not use the language with fellow kannadigas! Are we ashamed of our language? Or speaking English is a status symbol of any sorts?
All I can say is that it is quite sad that people here are not attached to their mother tongue....are not proud of using it. Sigh....
posted by Pooja Subramanya at
4:05 AM
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