E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji felt she had run a marathon when it took more than seven hours to reach Mysore from Bangalore.
“Sakkappa Saku! How long this dispute over Cauvery will go on?” she asked without really waiting for an answer.
“Alvo Ramu. If the normal life is disturbed almost everyday won’t it affect our own people?”
“Nija Ajji. But the Tribunal has not given a fair judgment. At least that is what a majority of people feel. Namage anyaya agide.”
“Anyaya agabaradu. Agide antha itko. Your brother told me some years back that ‘Koldro’ river was being shared by seven States in America. It seems they celebrated 75 years of signing the water treaty recently.”
“Koldro alla Ajji, adu Colarado! Suri told me too.”
“Even India and Pakistan have a treaty it seems, of sharing Indus water, which is working well without any problem.”
“Parvagilla Ajji! Olle stock ittideeya, neenu.”
“If those States and even India and Pakistan could sit down and work out an agreement, why can’t Karnataka and Tamil Nadu? We will be neighbours, till eternity, that is God’s will. Cauvery ondu Jeevanadi; Annapurne for both of us. Without her, people from both sides would starve.”
“Howdajji! Aadre…”
“If it rains well, both sides would be happy. Here, we are talking of only Kashta Kala. When our Shyama had an attack and none of you were at home, didn’t our neighbour whom we hardly knew rush him the hospital in time? When Rame Gowda’s house caught fire, despite the problems you have with him, you jumped from the roof and pulled them out at the dead of night when they were sleeping. Didn’t you?”
“Ajji! It’s true. But…”
“Same thing here too! ‘Sankatabandaga Venkataramana’ anthivi. Adarajothe ‘akkapakkadavaru obbarigobbaru sahaya madkobeku.”
“This problem is different Ajji.”
“Ibbaru neravagii mathukathe nadsbeku. Third fellow will always do kithapathi! Kothi kajjaya hancho kathe aguthe! I read there was a committee of farmers from both sides meeting every year reviewing requirement of water both sides. They call themselves ‘Cauvery Family’. Isn’t it nice! This is done in the friendliest of atmosphere. If they could do it year after year, why not others?”
“Nija Ajji.”
“The main thing here is trust between members. Your brother Shekar when he came from Japan was telling me…. For every problem in their factory, people opposing each other’s views are put in the same committee with a simple advice: ‘Come with a solution which is acceptable to all in your Group.’ If they don’t, they are asked to go back to it till they find a solution!”
“That’s true, Ajji. It’s called ‘Quality circles’.”
“Kwality andhre ice cream madovra! Bidu. Such a Group will come back with a far better solution than a ‘ Tribnal’ which is subjected to outside force and will give a kajjaya verdict favourable to only one side!”
“Nija Ajji.”
“Kone maathu, Ramu… Jagaladinda yaaru uddara agolla… Shanthiindale baalu belakagodu.”
“Yuddhadinda, courtu kacherigalinda, ‘Bandh’ninda mooru kasu prayojana agolla…’
koldro nadi rofl…
vottalli chennagide article.
(aarenu, innu hecche tickles ive)
It was a nice read. Enjoyed it.
I only wonder if ‘Ajji’s’ wisdom would ever be taken seriously in a world where political survival takes precedence over finding lasting solutions. My thinking is that many political outfits have to close their shops if a solution is found to this issue and hence they would wanna keep it burning. I only wish Ajji’s suggestion could somehow change their mindset but i guess its utopia.
THis is a surefire method of solving the problems. But the quality circle should NOT include the babus and politicians ashte.
This is quite a practical solution. Let the farmers of the Cauvery delta in Karnataka and Tamilnadu meet and decide on sharing the water in a give and take spirit. Afterall no farmer flinches from going to the rescue of his fraternity member in times of distress. But politicians and babus do not understand this approach and hene all the complications have surfaced.
There is a dispute and it needs to be resolved. However I am more concerned about ‘unofficial’ ban imposed on Tamil TV channels, screening of Tamil movies etc. in Karnataka. No intellectual here has anything to say on that. Not have I seen any reaction from the state government officials on this issue.
What kind of a state Karnataka wants to appear to the rest of India?
>‘unofficial’ ban imposed on Tamil TV channels, screening of Tamil movies etc.
It was only during “BUNDH”, try getting a KannaDa channel through a cable operator in Chennai.
Of course, theatres(not even swanky ones) show kannaDa movies.
In Chennai, I get all the Kannada channels of Sun TV group. We have a set top box and receive only what is there as part of the package. I can subscribe to all the other Kannada channels at Rs. 5 a channel. Dish TV as well as Tata Sky have all the Kannada channels that one can subscribe to. There is no ban, official on unofficial, right through.
Theatres in Chennai do not show Kannada movies because of lack of audience. They do show Telugu and Hindi movies on the same day they are released. They also show Malayalam movies (for entirely different reasons). Though Tamil Nadu has a continuing dispute with Kerala (for what else, but water), the linguistic minorities in either state (TN or Kerala) have not been put to any stress.
While you say the ‘ban’ was only during bandh, the news is that, to this day the channels are still not on. I refer you to the following news stories.
http://us.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/feb/feb231.htm
http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Tamil+channels,+films+blocked+in+Bangalore&id=101002&category=National
Also notice the news item related to people afraid of coming out with TN number plate vehicles.
One thing must be said though. Things have improved phenomenally since 1991.
Thats ok. Atleast Mungaru maLe is a big hit and running successfully allover karnataka . Tamil movies would have eaten into its share .
Mr Badri u probably don’t know that these Kannada channels were not available during veerappan problem in 2003 allkannada channels were blocked. Sir if they put he kannada films then only they will know whether there is a viewership or not
BY the Way Mr ERR good piece Nimma ajji govt ge legal advisor aadare chennagiruthe.
Jokes apart the solution of ur ajji is too good and is probably one of the better solutions.
Aadare ajji enu madodu ee problem solve aadare rajakarnigalu amele enu maduthrre alva?
Basically all tamil people are hypocrites, greedy, selfish, crooked and opportunists at other costs. These tamil people keep talking of minority rights, nationalism and what not if they think that suits them. Why cannot they preach and and practise these in Tamil nadu first? Every tamilian is a double standard (multi standard) crook whether he is a third class laborer or a high diplomat or bureaucrat. The world knows enough of these tamilians. Every tamilian is a crazy fanatic and they think the whole world is Tamil nadu. If they create one. Theya re the most dangerous species in the world. Living with Tamilinas side by side is living with a poisonous serpent. Any time they are dangerous. Tamilians in Sri Lanka is one example. Let them first learn to live in harmony with others rrather than being told to others.
Regarding cauvery tribunal verdict, it is a clear case of manipulation by tamil nadu with central government. The cauvery river takes birth in Karnataka and karnataka can decide whether water be given to TN or not? They cannot demand. They are beggars. beggars are not choosers.
As regards screening of films and TV channels in Karnataka, All tamil chaanels including hIndi must be banned. According to me it is a cultural pollution. Not only they be banned, but also all Tamilians must be driven out. Let those tamilians first learn and practise harmony and give freedom to kannada culture and opportunities to kannadigas in Tamil nadu. Kannada films cannot be screened in Tamil nadu is mere reflection of supression. They use all sorts of convenient reasons like like of audience and all those bull shit. Infact it is creation of fear for kanndigas in TN that kannadigas are even afraid of identifying with themselves as kannadigas. This is the type of hypocrite tamil nadu and tamilians we have. Never believe them. When Karnataka and kanndigas are suffering, these tamilians in karnataka want to enjoy tamil movies and tamil tv programs instead of fighting for the cause of karnataka and kannadigas. Thse tamilians are kanndigas only for the purpose of grabbing jobs, sites, houses and what not. They spread like cockroaches. They are dangerous. We need many sunamis in TN
Janaki Sridharan. People like you are polluting Karnataka. shame on you for trying to pollute Churumuri.
Better Kannadiga
Janaki,
nice to know there are people like me.
There is considerable truth in what you say about kannadigas living in madras.But though kannadigas fear about identifying themselves in chennai,otherwise they lead secure lives.
Minorities like jains,sikhs,punjabis,mallus,north indians run many schools and engineering colleges in madras.For example DAV schools,Anna Adarsh,the following colleges and engineering colleges-MOP Vaishnav,SNDT Vaishnav,DG Vaishnav,Sindhi,AM Jain,DB Jain,MNM Jain Engg,Guru Nanak,hundreds of christian colleges and engineering colleges,a score of muslim colleges and engg. colleges.Telugus are entrenched with atleast 65 engg. colleges.
Kannadigas do not run a single college in TN!!.In fact only three schools in madras are run by kannadigas.1.The kannada sangha school in T.Nagar2.VVV school in Besant Nagar3.GV Shetty Hindu Vidyalaya in Tambaram and one in North madras.
You have painted tamils with a very dark brush.We should not exaggerate.
I agree completely with janaki she has not painted the tamilians with dark brush but she has shown the mirror she is absolutely right. One has to live the tamilians to know what they are otherwise it is highlu impossible to judge them from outside.
Mr KL whether the kannadigas run college or not but theyu definetly run most of the restaurants in chennai. Janki is not talking just about chennai but whole world. And the attitudes of tamilians. Janaki I agree with u tamilians are beggars they cannot choose things .
Namma MP galu M.L.A galu idannu kendra sarakarakke manavarike madabeku adakke pakshaatheethavagi horadabeku
Jai karnataka
This article is very interesting. Could be used to create a small play? But unfortunately the article too is polluted now, due to comments; issue of farmers and water gets displaced when issue of language is discussed (a trend in any agitation in Bangalore). We need focus more on the issues than get waylaid. Because clearly issue to most people is about perceived competition to jobs from Tamil’s than issue faced by farmers. This perceived fear is what is behind banning channels etc. It’s an urban issue …
For me channels blocking is human rights issue. Cinema is commercial in nature and hence market dynamics takes precedence. Therefore I don’t agree to sentiment that only Kannada is not shown in TN. I think if kannada film industry believes that there is large kannada speaking people, then they are not the kind to sit and grib, Kannada film chamber will fight for there rights.
In Africa for example, most of the genocides occur due to the degradation of human beings by metephoring them to a cockroach, leech etc. In most comments in this thread this trend is seen, generalization and attempt to associate people to second grade citizenship.
It takes two people to create harmony and general well being. Today in Bangalore most white collar jobs are on merit and companies tend to recruit were ever there is talent in India and tend to avoid being bottled into ‘kanndiga only bracket’, hence local population needs to be truly good w.r.t to education and communication skills.
As for administration oriented government jobs are held by kannadigas only, though it requires a good word from a minister (specially teaching and health care). Most private nursing is malu. To me telugu people are better integrated into our local culture without necessary giving up there own language. Tamils who are born and brought up here are exposed to Kannada in there schooling and hence there is better understanding of language. Otherwise it’s near impossible to read bus boards or communicating with any gov agency. Kannada is clearly a must in Bangalore, but what happens in living room of an house is not something that should be controlled by anybody.
Most importantly, it would be great if development occurs outside Bangalore i.e., more cities in Uttar Karnataka getting opportunities with respect to technology and growth. This should help Kannada cause and culture movement. Bangalore was a city with sizeable population of non kandidagas during the British rule; hence a mix of language with conflicts.
In the end the message of ajji is lost to most people who have commented in this thread. But Ajji receipe if taken to a new height can reduce friction between neighboring states.