S.S. KARNADSHA and PALINI R. SWAMY write from Bangalore: Ours is a State of a million self-appointed Kannada activists. We have dozens of bodies to protect and promote Kannada. Our intellectuals are ever so vigilant in detecting any threat to Kannada. From politicians to film stars and everybody else in between, everybody is duty-bound to pledge their love for Kannada every few days.
Yet why is there not a whimper, not a protest, not a contrarian voice at the grisly sight of a 168-year-old English lady snatching away a 78-month-old Kannada baby in broad daylight?
We are talking, of course, of The Times of India—and its planned purchase of the Vijaya Karnataka and its younger siblings, Vijay Times and Usha Kirana.
Is there no pride—no swabhimana, dammit—left among Kannadigas in general and Kannada newspaper readers in particular at losing something their own? Is there no shame, no scare, no disgrace at the gobbling up of a product that was a Kannadiga’s baby; no worry, no concern at a monopoly situation that might strangle dozens of other smaller Kannada newspapers?
“I remember in the early 1970s when the Times of India tried to buy a small stake in the Nalapat family’s holding in Matrubhoomi, there was a major furore across Kerala,” recalls a Malayalee journalist. “There were angry protests at an outsider from Bombay eating into a newspaper that was part of the freedom movement. The protests were such that ToI had to tuck its tail between its legs and run.”
(A similar reaction came once again in the late 1980s when ToI tried to print an edition out of Kerala using Mathrubhoomi infrastructure, in return for a Mathrubhoomi edition from Bombay to service the Gulf region.)
Contrast this with the shocking silence, the quiet acquiescence, among Kannada writers, “intellectuals”, journalists, readers, politicians, language activists to Vijaya Karnataka’s majority sellout to a group that knows no business rules, no journalism ethics to write home about.
Ask yourself just two questions: Are we really bothered about what is ours—our State, our language, our people, our businesses, our arts and letters, our journalism?
Or are we just a bogus lot, just good at what most Indians are good at—bullshitting till the cows come home?
On the other hand, you can also ask yourself a third question: Why should anybody protest at what is a straightforward business deal between an unsentimental buyer and and even more unsentimental seller in this totally unsentimenal post-liberalised age?
So, to the question why avowed Kannada lovers and supporters are not springing up in angst, anger or anxiety at a mercenary Marwari organisation muffling the pride of Kannada journalism, a good counter-question is, was VK an emblem of Kannada pride to start with?
Pride may pass off as an emotional term, but it too has a sense of history and it is only when such history is confronted will the flags go up and slogans rent the air.
CHURUMURI NOTE: A section of the original story has been edited out in view of some distortions, assumptions and misrepresentations that have been brought to our notice. But our basic premise stands. Should the torch-bearers of Kannada not debate and discuss a sale of this nature that could alter the very DNA of the State?
Kannadigara aatmabhimanakke choori! huh!
Kannadigas need not protest if their (?) news paper is being sold. What if kerala did it? We understand that Vijay Sankeshwara (LaMa) is a business man and let him to the business the way he wants to. If it is profitable, let him sell it. If the quality of the paper is not good, we will switch to other newspapers. simple!
Agree with Girish.
So what the article suggests is that we take to the streets and burn effigies. If doing that is what it takes to be “non-bogus” and “non-bullshitters” then I would rather be bogus and a BS’er.
There are far more important things that need to be addressed in this country than worry about an “outside” paper buying out a local one.
Vijay Sankeswar is a businessman. I dont think he is obligated to take a public opinion before he sells.
If you take the hysteria out of the main question, I think there are several good points being made here. The key question is will we just lie down and let everyone run over us because we are such nice, docile people, or do we even have the elementary desire and intellectual atmosphere to debate what are critical issues to our lives and futures.
By what Girish and Vijay say, we should not be discussing anything, if it relates to business because money sings. Really? If the French and the Italians have anything called a “culture” left, it is because they strive to retain it in the face of American hegemonic forces. If what they do is nice and appreciable, why is it not so in our case?
This doesn’t mean burn effigies and taking out processions. It just means discussing the whys and wherefores without getting cheap and crude about it. Except the demagoguery in the Kannada tabloids, why aren’t we discussing such a major sale, the likes of which Indian media has not seen before?
Yes, there are far more important issues in this country than the sale of a newspaper. But a good newspaper is critical to those issues. It’s not just commerce. Just because somebody is raping us, it doesn’t mean we lie back and enjoy it.
Wow! Sentiments like the ones expressed in this article always ring dangerous alarm bells. Sounds very much like the fanatic communalism present in Modi-state.
A newspaper, after all, is just a commodity that needs readers, which in turn gets the advertising revenues. And what has happened is a business deal, hassle-free by all indications, where the owner has sold his business for a neat profit. Why should there be such a hue and cry about the death of a Kannada “entity”? Why should anyone feel ashamed ? As if protesting and stopping this will enrich the Kannada language/journalism!
If there is a market and demand for it, Vijay Karnataka will continue to thrive like it did previously. If not, it will die, TOI or not!
There is nothing wrong in TOI’s bid to buy VK, if the Grand Old Lady of Boribunder doesn’t pose a threat to the cause of Kannada and Kannadigas.
There is nothing wrong in a business deal if buyer and seller are happy. Nobody wants to stop a business deal when it is not our business. And nobody wants anything to be burnt or boycotted like in Modi’s Gujarat. The simple point is that a newspaper is not like a car company that comes in or an industrialist who sets up shop in some other location. A newspaper is more than that. Unfortunately, given the kind of newspapers we are exposed to, we seem to have forgotten what they stand for. But make no mistake, they are something different. In their own subconscious way they mould our views, they affect our mental makeup. Can even the most ardent supporter of free market economics contend that even in the English language ToI has been been a good influence? Now imagine what they can do to Kannada, if they are allowed to ride roughshod.
Kannada Activists are more like ” aatakke untu, lekkake illa”
do kannadiga’s discuss anything serioulsy? we rest assured of our space, language, identity etc. we are not bothered about anything. assimilation, inclusion … everything is great. but folks, when are we going to really recognise, discuss ‘the other serious issues’ prashanth talks about?
as i see this matter-this is not just takeover of a newspaper and business. it is to do with invading a space, language, sensiblitiy. it doesn’t matter vijay karnataka did not have a specific agenda, idendity; the way it succmbed tells the world ‘ you can take anything in karnataka. people don’t worry or bother.’ you need not burn anything or walk down the street just because somebody in kerala did that. aren’t there anyways of showing that we care about what happens to our papers, state, language? think of what defines us. it may go beyond what we have known as karnataka; you might bring your own reading of your state and language. let us not worry about being objective. but don’t say i don’t care. S.S. KARNADSHAW and PALINI R. SWAMY’s language is little provocative; there are times where i dont agree with thier expressions; but let’s recognise the impulses behind these expressions and work towards recognising being more honest kannadigas.
This article is highly biased. VK is one newspaper in Kannada which revolutionised the entire journalism in the state. It is the real newspaper of the Kannadigas.
The writer is so biased he tries to connect HY Sharada Prasad with Pratap Simha. He also makes unsavoury comments about writing on Sadananda Mayya, a role model for kannadigas.
The writer should have mentioned that the same editor had (stooped to that level !!)written thrice about churumuri and its editor.
I have not expected this type of article in Churumuri. I thought this site is very fair as far as media matters are concerned. But this article is highly biased and one sided. And also painfully against the success of VK. Damn it.
Prashanth Krishnaswamy,
Why do you think that, VK is the only route for TOI to enter kannada news paper industry? TOI can very well buy all the staff of VK (VK has done the same to other news papers).
I dont agree with your view that ‘News paper is different from Car making company’.
Both are being run by human, have their own trics to live and prosper in business. Merger and Acquisition activity at any industry has the same philopsophy.
An industry is people driven, process driven and policy driven. Please narrate any other extra-ordinary capabilities of Journalism industry which makes it different from other industries.
Do you think people in news paper industry do their job as a service to the mankind? Every worker in any industry work to serve his family and then to his society.
You are feeling the heat because it is first of the kind in this industry. Be patient, you will have more if this is successfull. M&A will be part of every industry from now on as people are sensing the benefits of it.
A newspaper is not a fast moving consumer good (FMCG), although ToI has made sure it is perceived as being exactly that. It sells its front pages, banner and mast head to anyone willing to pay the highest price for talking about their products. After the NRS results, the paper’s front pages talk about how the newspaper, the ‘product’ has been a effective as a vehicle for its advertisers, and that was its main gloating point. Not the quality of news, not its investigative pieces, not what difference it made to society. The marketing department dictates terms to the editorial. To those of us who are cultivated on principles of journalism such as ethics, good writing, meaningful public discussion as being the backbone of its role as a watchdog, this trend is horrifying.
The role of a newspaper is as important in a society as is the role of a teacher, a doctor, an architect and all those noble areas of work. It is not something to be ignored in the wake of a business decision and it should not be reduced to a pamphlet for advertisements. I hold nothing against advertising. It is a necessary part of the ‘media business’ and pays for the bulk of the salaries. But the lines should be drawn clearly. We cannot confuse advertising to be news and advertisers should be told to respect these boundaries.
The trend that ToI has unleashed upon journalism in India in the last few years should be pondered upon, and if it spreads to our language newspapers, god help them!
A debate is a good idea at least to reaffirm ourselves we are a democracy. Here, in the US, every action of the media, especially mergers and acquisitions, results in an extraordinary amount of time and space being devoted to its scrutiny. But having said that, a key question that the authors seem to miss is the lack of space to debate such issues. Vijaya Karnataka and Times of India will not touch the story for obvious reasons. Prajavani and Deccan Herald couldn’t care less, especially when they are most threatened by the deal. Kannada Prabha and the others are too inconsequential to count. The tabloids have their own agenda. So, where, except outlets like these, do the writers and intellectuals debate whether this is good or bad or where it will lead Kannada and Karnataka?
I dont think there is a need to protest in this matter. Vijay times is very good when compared to TOI. It is giving a tough competetion to TOI. But when it comes to business, we dont have any rights to interfere in their personal business.
I don’t know why the issue of buying or selliong a news paper is taken so seriously. I have written about swabhimana of all kannadigas when the owner of the paper who launched a party and was pomping himself as aprotector of kannada didn’t bother about the language infront of the big money. Now my suggestion is instead of caarrying out amorcha or crying hard what one can do is stop buying vijayakarnataka(if u are buying). ToI bought because of its popularity, we have to protest silently by bycotting the paper then automatically they will wake up isn’t it.
When we are in the age where producers are forced to bring back the dead characters whgy can’t we force a paper to be as it should we can do it only thing is we have to have the strength anf firm decision thats all.
If we do that then who ever buys what ever it doesn’t matter at all
No doubt, Vijay Sankeshwar will lose his fame and name if this deal is through. People will definitely going to reject this once TOI acquired these newspaper. Because one cannot sit at home and read Bangalore Times at present, in future Vijay Times will add to this.
But the question about Vijaya Karnataka is will TOI will keep all the editions especially from North karnataka?
“Kottovnu Kodangi yeeskondavnu yeerbhadra”…neevu yakrala yegradtheera Inge ‘Olle Ying thindha mangagaLange”….Nimmgenana PAAL sigbekagitha…Astukku neevu kannadakke yen kith haakidheera helri.
Modhalu nimma makkalige Kannada kalsi ..Pustaka odhakke kalsri amele duddu kottu Paper thagalli…….
yilli namma kennection kalappa ””ayyeyyayyyayyyeyyaa(musuri style) anthavne
The owner of the newspaper is selling it. Will S.S. KARNADSHAW and PALINI R. SWAMY purchase the paper only for the pride.
KANNADA is larger than a popular news paper started with only profit in mind. Don’t bother……..KANNADA will live longer…………….
Le Thamme KARNADSHAW and PALINI saamy…..
1.Modhalu naav kelka beku..naavu yen kithaktheevi beligge yedhu kannadhaagae.
2.Namma makkalana english saalaege kalstheevi..maneli ‘Mummy’ Daddy aniskatheevi..Uncle aunty annistheevi
3. Kannada mathadavaaga sikkapatte english sersi kalberkae maadtheevi
4. Byanku ,aaphissu aage kannada mathadadre avamana antha english maathadtheevi
5. Bangalore ‘PETE’ ( MALL) ge hodhre bari english nage keeltheevi
6. Time Sikkaga ‘CHURUMURI’ ge bandhu sikkapatte english upyogsi baritheevi…
Ondhu kelsa boo oledhaythadhe…CHURUMURIna yaake ‘KANNADA’ maadbardhu..yaake MODHALANAE athyantha Odhugarannu Hondhiruva
Antharjaala patrike aanisbardhu…
Yenara helbeku andhre..olle hudki maadi olle english padha balastheeralla
nimma baravaNigae Chaturya kannadakke yaake balasbardhu.
Yivalla maadlilla andhmele adhara bagge mathada yogyathe yilla
THAGA SAAKU……….
I think the writers have ‘misplaced’ thoughts. If TOI to be quoted, newspapers are commodities like any FMCG. With the present days of consumerism and globalisation, these kinds of ‘gobbling’ are expected. And its no wonder that VK group is bought over (to be precise swallowed) by TOI. But tell us now, why should any ‘self-respecting’ Kannadiga should protest about a business deal? Though the newspaper claimed in its masthead ‘samasta kannadigara hemme’, the owners never had any such pride of owning the paper. For them the newspaper was as important as a bus ticket or a lorry bill. The editor and his staff were as good as their lorry drivers. For them it never mattered honeymooning with BJP or Kannada Nadu or JD (S). What mattered them most was money. At some point of Time Sankeshwar thought he could become CM of Karnataka through his newspaper. Sooner the dream shattered, the businessman within him took over. He nicely took readers for a ride and sold their ‘vishwas’ for peanuts.
Its the ground reality. Kannadigas must have protested when NGEF was closed or HMT is at the verge of closing or Mysore Lamps was switched off or many such real prides were systematically closed down. For the history and pride of Karnataka, the contribution of VK and its group is negligible. And none of us need to sensationalise the issue. We still have better newspapers around. If VK turns out to be a Trash, we can show it its place, and switch over to other newspapers. Who knows, may be with TOI’s backing, VK might shine better than earlier.
Let us wait and watch!
Chennagi heldhe ARVINDA …bess kanla Thamma..By the BY yaavooru
karnadshaw mathu palanisaamy avre
“Admit it. Kannadigas are a bogus, bullshitting lot.”
IDHANNA swalpa yethavathagi KANNADAdhalli helthira nima Slogannu
Dheerendra Gopala! thumba haasyaspadavaagide aagide nimma kuyukti! :D
ee Karnadshaw yaaru?
nijavaaglu obba manushyana hesaraa?
Google maaddre ondeondu bidigaasu maahiti sigalilla!
Thanku Thanku Ravi thamma… Yenoo nimmanthavra abhimaana protsaha yillivarge thandhaythae..
Namma Padavarahalli kade bandhaga banni ‘Mane’ ganta …angae namma
kannexion kaLapannu beti maduvranthae…yeLneeru kudkand hoguvranthe
Give me a break……………..
when i moved to Mysore, the newspaper boy dropped TOI free of cost for one week. then i subsribed it. then i unsubscribed it. changed to THE Hindu. for unknown reason I then switched to VK. NOw it’s coming to a full circle…………………
Give me a break……………….
Nice “spin” from the churumuri team by editing the “original post”.
Mr. Gopallanna ,
Madhya ratrili ithara baritha iddiralla innu beligge hotthu yava tharada spirit nalli bari bahudu neevu , Ad sari padavarahalli gatthu ide bidi nimma baravanigeli
The latest news is Vishveshwar Bhat is joining Prajavani!!
Let us ‘Vish’ the news is true!
PV gonna get more benefit out of this defection.
The only loss for PV is all those Old Timers might leave, its good for the readers
PV’s technical production is good, with Bhat’s entry the content would definitely improve.
VK might loose its readers, columnists, writers, and good hands at the editorial department.
As a matter of fact Bhat is a shrewd person. With his contacts and personal charishma he can outsmart anyone. He might as well bargain more at VK and strengthen his position much better under TOI.
Let us wait and watch.
If Bhat leaves VK, who else can takeover his position?
– Venkatanarayana
– Ishwar Daitota
– HR Ranganath
– Dr R Poornima
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No.. he will not leave VK. VK is VB and VB is VK. Bet he will not leave VK.
Sunita,
How are you so sure about VB’s movements? Did you ever imagined VB joining VK? Like in politics, anything can happen in Press too. As I was mentioning to you, VB is a shrewd person, he would weigh the pros and cons, prior to taking any hard decisions.
For an argument sake, let us believe he joins PV. His target would be to make PV the No.1 newspaper. Its not too difficult for him because the margin between the No.1 and No.2 is very less. Compared to VK, the creditbility of PV is much better. In terms of technology adaptation, PV is far ahead. Its not going to be a herculean task. With his long service ahead (unlike the dummy editors of PV for the last decade or two with one or two years of service left behind), VB can make wonders at PV. Compared to VK, PV is more institutionalised and much better to handle.
At the same time, these kinds of offers in hand, VB can bargain more with TOI. As a matter of fact VB fits well into TOI’s requirements. Youthfulness, Ideas, High Qualifications, Go-gettingness and what not. VB might as well stick on to VK with more say.
We can keep our fingers crossed for some more time, till the official announcement of merger (or submerger) gets released!
One more update for the PRESS
Ramakrishna Upadhyaya of VT is joining Deccan Herald!!
By this great discount sale, Sankeshwar has achieved one thing! The churning of Kannada Journalism, which was quite stagnant for sometime. There would hopping in and out of newspapers, the competition might pick up. Ultimately the readers would get benefitted.
With the entry of TOI, Kannada Journalism might look more glamorous. The poor journos of Kannada papers might get handsome(full) salary from now onwards. Ethic(s) and Ethnic centred journos might sit next to each other and bring out 100s of suppliments. Hitherto unknown publishing practices might get more prominence.
Dear Aravind,
I fully agree with you. I share your arguement. You have analysed the situation correctly.
Yet my gut feeling says, VB will not join PV for the simple reason that he is more attached to VK as he was instrumental for its success. But there is no base for my argement.
I think he is the only editor writing so profusely and prolifically in Kannada after Ravi Belagere. In fact he is the star journalist. We wait for his columns. His language and style is fantastic. I had met him once. He is very smart, nice and down to earth person. I never imagined that editors are so easily approachable.
Any way VK has brought in revolution in Kannada journalism. Thanks to Vijay Sankeshwar and Vishweswar Bhat. At this time it is not fair to criticise Vijay Sankeshwar.
At this time its our responsibility to say a few good words about Vijay Sankeshwar. When Vijay Sankeshwar made VK No.1 we all showered praise on him. Now he sold the paper, and we are criticising him. Moreover we are treating him as a villain. This is not fair.
Come on, my friends, please join me in conveying our gratitudes to Vijay Sankeshwar. Let us show that Kannadigas are swabhimaanigalu.
Let VK will flourish under the leadership of V.Bhat
Its true that Vijay Sankeshwar is a businessman and wants to make money; but, VK is one paper with whom, we have grown. VK became one with most of our thinking, our culture and our language. If VK loses this, it will be very sad. It surely will not affect our language or culture, but the impact will not be the one to be ignored. Hope, there will not be much change in VK inspite of TOI taking it over; and Vijay S’s shrewdness might also make him a part in the deal, so as to give the same freedom to the editor as he had given so far.
yidhyakralla THAMMA tHANgiyeeerella yinnu yidhanne ‘MELKaakthavre’
yaaru Pyaper suru maadiru Duddu maadkandru…
Neevella Hogi mathe VK aaphisu mundhe dharNae kuthkambidi…
‘MAARBEDA kaNappa…Namge nimma pyaperinda thumba UPYOga agaythae…
Navella ningae ThALA ‘ONDHU KOTI’ kodtheevi ….Nee Angella MAARAK Hogbeda antha’…..Namma jana yistae….
‘BARI MAATHNANNA PUTNANJI…BAAYI THUMBA APARANJI’….amele
‘KAAYAALI AAGLILLA annovnu MAY PARICHKANDA’ andhaange…
Yee CHURUMURI naage Ghatanghati pyaper navru avaralla…angare suru maadli ondhu KANNADA pyaper..naanu pirst KONDOKOTHEEVNI….
Yen helthya thamma “KP’
BAALU…Namaskara haagu ‘THANKU’ THANKU…
Nimma prashnae ge UTTARAaythe..
Monne VIJANANDA bus atheena…..Angae NIDHE athkathu ….
Kannu bittre ‘AMERICAge’ thand neelsavnae..yaakayya andhe…
namma LORRY maalikrige YEEGA DUDDU bandhaythae…JANRANNAyella
KAALASIPALYAkke ticket thagandre ‘AMERICA’kke bidthaare antha yelddhaa………Adikke NIMGAE beligge aagidhaaga NAnge rathri aagirthadhe….kshemsbidi….adjust maadkalli
Dheerendra gopal.
its high time you start a blog. more than 40% comments are from you and people are liking it. It is good if we have a post from you rather reading bits and pieces in comments
dheeraNNa…
nam gireesappa ELOdu correcteyaa.
nindE ondu blogmanDala maaDkonDre bO sandaakirtaite. yOsne maaDappa, Enaanaa sahaayaa bEKidre yELu.
oTnaage ninna jokes baaLa gammattaagirtaite sivaa.
namskaara kaNaNNO
batteeni
sivaa oLLEdu maaDli
elrigoo
vk should not be sold in this fashion. it is certainly a matter of prideto have such a paper amidst us. let the toi build another vk or whatever it is it has no business to do such a deal. a keralite would never allow this balla
Dheerendra Gopal,
Please do not dilute the serious discussion. We donot think otherwise if you keep your mouth shut for some time. Neverthless I enjoyed your dialect. Thanks Dheeru..
AMMOOOO……………
Nanna Point kelu
1. Seriousaagi ‘DISHCUS’ maadi yen TALA 1 KOTI kottu VK kondkanakke
aythetha??….YILLA ..( to Myself :KOTI maadgidhre yillyaake barovru )
2. VB bittu yinnonkade serkanda….Innobba yinnonkade serkonda…..
Yelru Otte paadge ondhkade kelsa maadle beku….Yilla andhree Naanu
Neenu Sambala Kodakke aythadha??? ….Yilla..
3.Yinnu 100 Pyage barudhru yenu Lorry malkika (VS) pyaper maardhe
yirthaana….Yilla
Tamilnavru Malyaali galu 10 Rupaayee dududhre 1 rupaayege Tamil paper thagathare..vaarukkomme 3 rupaaye kottu Vaara patrike,Maasa Patrike kondkothare…
Naavu Anthajala(Internet) dhalli bitti Pyaper odhtheevi .
Modhalu Kannada baashe ,Vishya makkaLige helkodi..Kannada Pusthaka/Pyaper Kondu Odhi ..Kannada Cinema nodi …Banku ,Kacherinalli
Kannada Maathnadi …..PHONE YETHKONDAAGA ‘HELLO’ BADLU NAMASKARA anni..
Hi Serious Sunita,
You said it right. Let us concentrate on the basic issue of VK’s sub-merger here. Its impact on common Kannada readers like us must be discussed. Bloggers can air their view on why and why should not we go to streets against the monopolistic attitude of TOI.
Let us restart the discussions
I completely agree with Sunita as well Arvind!
There is no great news coming out. Excepting TOI is buying or already bought a building near Apsara Theatre. The Hubli office is already in the hands of TOI, with a strict warning for VRL employees not to enter the Newspaper premises.
As per the rumour mill, there is going to be a formal announcement on 15th June 2006. We may get some masala by tomorrow through ‘Hi Bangalore’. Lesser heard ‘Garva’ (Kannada Tabloid Weekly) is carrying stories on VK takeover for the past two weeks. Lankesh (both putrike and patrike) are silent for the time being. Haven’t had a chance to see Agni.
Thanks Arvind and Anilkumar..
What is there to discuss. Kannada or English journalists will not be getting any better salaries. TOI will just get a monopoly on journalism in Bangalore and India and ultimately they will be calling the shots on content and pay. Journalists will have no choice but to agree because there will be no worthy competitor. It takes a lot of money and strategy to run a newspaper and make it a success. So unless there is a strong opposition with hard hitting, interestingly packaged content from any other newspaper, ultimately we will all be forced to say TOI ge jai!
Yes, that’s an opinion. What’s more important in the ground realities. Journalists were herded like cows. All right. But how many are protesting against issues now. Swalpa adjust madkolli is the buzz word. If not for the take over many would have lost jobs. That process is delayed by a few months now. Again, the chairman himself did not have any love for what he supposed to have stood for. It was all a business stunt. It is an excellent business decision.
As far as Kannadiga pride is concerned it has never been too vocal as it is made out to be. The softness and independent thinking of the people of the land have landed them in trouble quite often. But they will take on when pushed to the corner. Cultural bastardisation is on the rise due to influx of tv and radio channels. There will come a day when a Kannadiga will rise with pride but not the harm others but to rightfully claim his due __ his culture and identity.
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My comment is not related to this article…… but it’s related to the technical problem in Vijaykarnatakaepaper.com. (web site problem) when ever i log says page can not be displaid. am staying in chennai and here kannadigas will not get kannada news papers. thus almost of us will go for net to read our state possition as well as daily news. request Vijay karnataka News paper team to look into this problem hope it will be rectified soon.
Thanks
Krishnaveera
krishna_veera@dell.com
We as Kannadigas have lost faith in ourselves we are lazy that is why people from other states come and overtake us leaving us far behind and we only know how to create trouble then how to be productive.
We should be more aggressive and work towards achieving our goal in a land which was full of Great Warriors poets Musicians and Scholars very few such people are left out today.
We should have a new paper of our own for which we need support from our people who are industrialists and people who can contribute for the cause of Kannada it may even be a meager amount but when we all cone together as one we can achieve it.
Praying that people will stop talking and jump into action to make this a reality.
Srikanth