For over half a century (54 years to be accurate), the incessant toil and hard work of a group of Kannada grammarians and linguists saw the publication of what is probably the most comprehensive Kannada dictionary till date — a tome which runs to about 9,000 pages. The man who led this herculean effort was…
Mysore/Mysuru: Everyday, all of us receive many ‘Words of Wisdom’ as WhatsApp messages on mobile phones. Most of the time, we would just quickly leaf through them and move on with our daily lives. But this retired school teacher, from the past 15 years, has been penning such beautiful Kannada quotes, walking down every day…
Mysuru: A two-day seminar on e-Kannada organised by Kannada Development Authority (KDA) and Department this morning at the premises of Administrative Training Institute here. About 30 Kannada software experts from across the State are participating in the seminar where resource persons would speak on various topics pertaining to Kannada software. Inaugurating the programme writer T.V….
Mysuru: Expressing concern that the love for English among parents are depriving their wards from learning Kannada, noted writer Dr. Vijayalakshmi Balekundri said that it was really unfortunate that Kannada is being neglected by Kannadigas alone. She was speaking after inaugurating ‘Sahityayaana Roopaka, Gangothri Kavigoshti (Poets’ Meet) and Dr. Ha.Ma. Nayak Endowment Prize Distribution programme…
November 1st was Karnataka Rajyotsava, our State’s birthday. It was on this day in 1956 that all Kannada-speaking provinces were brought together and named Mysore or Mysore State under the States Reorganisation Act. Then on November 1, 1973, it was renamed as Karnataka. Every year to mark this day, our leaders after hoisting the yellow-red…
Mysuru: Members of the District Kannada Implementation Committee visited several Government offices yesterday to find out the status of Kannada implementation. The members first visited Vijaya Bank City Head Office on D. Devaraj Urs Road and reviewed the progress made in Kannada implementation by scrutinising Bank application forms, correspondence letters, Kannada notifications etc. They directed…
Primary & Secondary Education Minister S.R. Srinivas warns of action against schools violating rules Bengaluru: The teaching of Kannada as a subject will be made compulsory in ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) and CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) schools, said the new Primary and Secondary Education Minister S.R. Srinivas and warned the schools…
Belagavi: The Union Home Department has rejected a request by Karnataka government for use of Kannada language in the High Court and similar requests from some other States had also been rejected, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Krishna Byregowda said. During question hour in the Legislative Council, he said other States like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil…
By Rajkumar Bhavasar I am not a November Kannadiga. I am 365 days, 24×7 Kannadiga and I am proud to be born a Kannadiga,” is the strong message that this man in uniform sends. The man in uniform, who is a bus conductor on route no. 94 K/5 in the KSRTC Mysuru City Bus service,…
Rivalry ruled among protagonists of the three tongues — Tamil, Telugu and Kannada — as old timers of the erstwhile Princely Mysore State may recollect, taking due care to avoid unwarranted animosity among the populations speaking these tongues. That was the scene decades ago when the literati of the State, with their unalloyed love for…
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