
What is the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike? How has a motley group of self-appointed soldiers come to dominate the political discourse so quickly and so often? Who in the organisation decides what issues to take up? How does it work the media? How does it explain the violence and vandalism that has become its signature tune; the charges and suspicions?
With the media largely preferring to ignore a phenomenon that threatens to alter the social, political and business grammar of the State, DEEPAK THIMAYA, who hosts the Jedare Bale interview show on Udaya TV, and Time to Talk on Udaya News, throws light on the man behind the mission: T.A. Narayana Gowda.
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The first time I met Narayana Gowda was in the parking lot of the offices of Udaya TV in Vasanthnagar in Bangalore in 2005. The car park had been cleared out for a protest by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, supposedly at the behest of Tejaswini Sriramesh (before she morphed into Tejaswini Gowda midway into her term as the MP from Kanakapura).
The encounter was brief and ended with a sharp exchange of pleasantries, considering the fact that I was being seen as a “villain” by the Tejaswini gang for standing by the TV channel’s Tamilian management, when I was naturally expected by her to side with her.
The KaRaVe protestors were vocal and aggressive, and even walking in front of them could have been considered as effrontery. But the foolishness I indulge myself in from time to time pushed me to make my face be seen in their midst. In one such attempt I found myself standing directly in front of Narayana Gowda, who had incidentally walked to the point where I was standing to receive a phone call.
The face to face struck a cold lash in my heart because of the reputation KaRaVe had gained by then.
A portly, average bodied man with a thick vermilion spot on his forehead, and the red-and-yellow Kannada towel slung around his neck, Narayana Gowda, with his intensely investigating eyes, appeared the sort of person I should avoid at that moment. I knew who he was and he knew who I was, but we were in “opposite” camps because I was not seen to be with the Kannadigas.
The question was, “Was I was an enemy of the State, in the process of my loyalty to the company that gave me my identity?”
***
When, a few months hence, I heard that Narayana Gowda himself had expressed a desire to come on my show, I did something that I do not do normally: meeting the probable guest for a preparatory session.
Normally I do not break my head about any interview at all and, in this case, it was indeed a task only in terms of the travel to the part of the City. I did not find it uncomfortable considering the accepted axiom that anyone in the service of the language of the land is certainly above everything.
Everyone in the vicinity knew the exact location of the KaRaVe office in Gandhinagar, and I was able to easily locate it by spotting the trademark towel around a middle-aged men standing in front of the building.
But walking up the staircase of the building, I was shocked to see how low-key the whole atmosphere appeared.
The attendant manning the office failed to recognise me (deflating my self-importance straightaway!). But, he x-rayed my exterior from top to bottom with his eyes, went inside, and reported the arrival of the guest.
I was not made to wait for long to be ushered into the presence.
Narayana Gowda sat in a small, simple office, with large pictures and citations, behind him, along with a heavy setting of divinity in the form of pictures all around him. Most politicians stand up and greet if the man is someone important from the media. Not Gowda: I remember him sitting firmly in his seat. He did a namaskara and looked very cagey.
Since this was some time after the protest against Udaya TV, we had many things to discuss in retrospect. I was surprised to know that he was already bitter about Tejaswini and had some very uncharitable things to say about her. He told me how he and his organisation were used by her on many occasions before she became an MP and how she had little use for them now that she had other contacts.
As the conversation continued, he dropped his guard. Gone was the suspicious soldier; in his place was a seemingly simple man who had been caught in the throes of a movement.
This was a man, I felt, was not there by design. The moment had found the man; it just so happened that that man happened to be Narayana Gowda! He knew his importance but did not exhibit any over-confidence. He was glad about his support base but was careful not to tread an uncharted path.
I could sense that he was not at all favourably disposed towards outsiders, which many say is a sentiment he developed after a stint in Bombay during his early days. After speaking about many things and listening to him narrate the various accounts of his and his organisation’s experience, I was satisfied that whatever maybe his shortcomings, here was a man who would fight for the cause he believed in.
I formally invited him for my show. The interview went off well. I asked him every uncomfortable question possible. He patiently answered each one of them and, to my surprise, he was cool and composed.
Before the interview was telecast, I had a call from him, enquiring if everything was all right and whether he had offended anyone in his responses. He was, in particular, worried about an answer where he sounded like he was not in agreement with the other Kannada activists including Vatal Nagaraj. I had to assure him through a conversation over 20 minutes that he had not. I also heard that had gone underground to escape the police who were looking for him in connection with some trouble in Belgaum.
The show was telecast on a Sunday afternoon. I heard after that, that he was very happy and his followers were happy too, despite their initial apprehensions. When I called him, he sounded more humble and polite than in our first encounter; in fact, this time, he addressed me respectfully and told me how the show had helped him clear a lot of confusion in the minds of the people.
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Possibly because he is an activist of the media age, possibly because of the kind of issues he has taken up, possibly because of the manner in which KaRaVe activists work, Narayana Gowda has been subjected to more scrutiny than, perhaps, any other Kannada activist. Starting with the allegation that he is into “roll-call” (a label slapped on him recently by his one-time supporter, Tejaswini) to suspicion of how he goes silent about some issues after taking compensation for his silence, Gowda has been portrayed as a villain by his detractors.
On top of all of that, Narayana Gowda has seen the simmering tension in his organisation brim over and culminate in a fullscale split a year-and-a-half ago. Praveen Shetty, known for his aggression mostly resulting from his inability to articulate thoughts, led away a splinter group supposedly upset with Narayana Gowda’s Machiavellian agitations. Gowda maintains that the mischief mongers and blackmailers have been purged from KaRaVe, and that it is now a more decent and well-organised outfit working under guidelines and guided by values.
Nevertheless, the doubts, the questions and suspicions about the man, his motives and his motivations persist.
I remember having called him once to complain about the way some Kannadiga families were being humiliated in an apartment complex owned by some north Indians, but the unenthusiastic response I got from him raised some doubts in my mind about the scope and the choice of his activities.
After Dr Raj Kumar’s funeral in 2006, I remember waiting to start for home when a group of people accosted me and got me to promise them that I would in my next television opportunity not forget to ask Gowda about his money transactions, his dubious business dealings, and unscrupulous tactics.
I escaped by giving them an assurance which I knew I would never be able to honour.
***
I have met him many times and sometimes during his arrival or departure in connection with a show or discussion, at the entrance of Udaya TV. I have interviewed him twice for Jedara Bale and once for Vijaya Karnataka (which was not published for strange reasons).
I have shared the dais with him several times and have crossed paths many more times. The last time we were at a function was the Kannada Sahitya Sammelana in Udupi, when the Praveen Shetty group was seen battling with the police to prevent Gowda from attending it.
How much should a television interviewer be bothered about the personal life and transactions of the leader of KaRaVe when there were larger issues to deal with? Should I take bazaar gossip seriously and have asked him to clarify the rumours and hearsay on air? For instance, should I have taken seriously a juicy bit I heard from a discotheque owner that he had seen Gowda in places that one should not find a KaRaVe type of guy in, before he became the leader of the organisation?
It is not a secret, and Narayana Gowda himself admits to it sometimes, that he was greatly influenced by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and that, to an extent, was even a Hindu activist, before he donned the mantle of a Kannada activist. His close proximity to the Hindu organisations has even earned him frequent brickbats from secular organisations.
Narayana Gowda may have had any kind of background or past. Should that be used to view the issues he raises and represents now? Should that be used to deflect attention from the issues he raises and represents now?
I have asked him many times about the source of his money. He says that he does get a lot of contributions from various people from all over the world. He has also admitted to this openly in many public fora too.
Narayana Gowda may not come across a person of striking intellect but it is clear that he has his ear to the ground and the uncanny ability to judge what issues will strike a chord among the silent masses he thinks he represents.
Contrary to the belief of his detractors, he is not someone who openly advocates violence. He has time and again reiterated the fact that all the violence, if you call it violence, has been against the property of the provoker than at any person.
Gowda is careful about what he speaks and chooses his words carefully. He avoids confrontation with the police, as best as possible and carefully plans the “attacks” in consultation with his trusted lieutenants and confidantes. His Men Friday say that nothing happens in KaRaVe without Narayana Gowda’s knowledge and OK.
He is known to make a serious attempt to understand an issue before agitating against it. He is a patient listener and respects people more knowledgeable than himself. When the Cauvery verdict came out, I have heard that he took the trouble of getting some legal experts to explain to him the intricacies of the judgment.
Sometimes, his poor knowledge of English may have led to a lot of misunderstanding. Sometimes, his agitations have been misdirected. Sometimes, he sounds like a man suffering from the ‘I’ malaise, that is more out of practice than intention. (Whenever he has a chance to take his own name, he calls himself respectfully as “Narayana Gowdru” instead of referring to himself in first-person.)
But make no mistake, Narayana Gowda is a Kannada hero—in the absence of anyone to play that role.
This is the first time Kannadigas feel that someone is standing up for them and fighting for them. This is the first time Kannadigas feel that somebody is willing to be seen in negative light to do something positive for them.
He may be bad in the eyes of the world, but he is good in the eyes of many Kannadigas.
During the Mysore Utsava I had organised last year, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, among other organizations, protested against me. I talked to Narayana Gowda on the phone and explained the situation. The protest was eventually called off. But it’s still a mystery to me whether I had successfully convinced the protesters or whether it was a phone-call from Gowda that did the trick.
Since, nothing happens in KaRaVe without Gowda’s knowledge, what shall I conclude?
Photographs: Karnataka Photo News (main); deepakthimaya.com
Also read: Karnataka Rakshana Vedike: Good, bad or sad?
Sign of an alive democracy, or a sad mobocracy?
M.S. Sathyu versus Karnataka Rakshana Vedike
We are cooking up new reasons to justify violence. There are other, peaceful ways to protest and make a point.
They destroy property and break furniture now. How long before they start breaking bones?
enu samachara Thimmaya avre..neevu narayana gowdrige istondu benne hacchidre Davanagere Benne Dose-ge benne sigalla amele !
@ Dileepa , hopefully asap
I didnt read the article, but just one line caught my eye. –> ” With the media largely ignoring the phenomenon”
Err, can anyone tell me why the media is ignoring the phenomenon?
So what next DEEPAK THIMAYA, media consultant/ press secretary to Narayana Gowda? They say fear is the key!!!
Is it April yet?! Or is this Rangayana? Wow!
Well whatever the KaRaVe is one thing is clear from this post- Deepak Thimaya is a pompous ass and a long-winded f**t. I suppose he would do his soul a afavour if he were to actually focus on his grammatical errors rather than on presuming that Narayana Gowda’s English is bad.
whatever said and done, before the rise of KA RA VE kannada and kannadigas didn’t stand a chance in bengalooru, kannada pride was in the category of a species on the verge of extinction , but this man NARAYANA GOWDA changed it all.
u see his body language , what strikes the most is the POSITIVE BODY LANGUAGE AND CONFIDENCE. he comes across as a man on a mission, a mission to make kannada,kannadiga supreme in karnataka.
NO ONE CAN STOP AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME.
Well said Mr.Ramesh…. Those opposing narayan gowda must know that the language will survive inspite of them but they will not survive if tomo kannada and karnataka is destroyed.. Look the decline of bihar and UP started when outsiders(mughals) started ruling them and local people were unable to control these migrants whereas punjabis and gujaratis were able to control muslim invaders to a large extent and they are still prosperous although not as prosperous 1000 years ago.. still they have the spirit of hard work with them whereas biharis and UPities have lost it due to constant invasion..
So its in the hands of the kannadigas to decide whether to follow gujjus or punjabis or UP or biharis…. If read and interpreted correctly history can teach lot of valuable lessons..
Gowda’s army’s way of protest is intensely loud (thud – phud).
He has to come up with constructive ideas.
Had Praveen Shetty formed a new Kannada vedhike?
OR he follows KRV to protest against Gowda?
Like most mediamen who want the cake and the cakemaker too, Deepak Thimaya finds it so difficult to say what he wants to say about KRV. Either he is in awe of it, god forbid, or he is afraid of being bitten by it, which is worse. Since he uses the very first paragraph to score points against his former colleague Tejaswini, let there be no doubt.
“The face to face struck a cold lash in my heart…” Why? Here is an interviewer who has met many politicians and businessmen. But he claims the sight of a professional nuisance maker, elected by no one and answerable to none, caused triggered tremors in him, and that he decided to meet him before interviewing him, as if he were meeting Richard Feynman.
“The moment had found the man; it just so happened that that man happened to be Narayana Gowda!” This is just smooth chamchagiri couched in cliches. Thimaya is either ignorant or forgets the role of Janagere Venkataramaiah in the creation of KRV. Why?
No sane person can find a problem with KRV’s objectives or that of any other organisation which wants to do good to the land, the language and its people. It is the method that it adopts that is debatable. But Thimaya steers clear of telling us what he thinks of it. Merely because Narayana Gowda has told him so, are we to take it at face value that he abhors violence? Do recent incidents give that impression?
With or without Praveen Shetty, KRV’s only strength is the ability to muster lumpens to strike terror in the hearts of those who do not subscribe to its core values, and destroy public and private property. Has Gowda ever publicly condemned the “violence or vandalism”?
“Narayana Gowda is a Kannada hero—in the absence of anyone to play that role.” Says who? If a man who cannot pronounce the most basic Kannada words properly is going to be a Kannada hero, it is a good thing that Champa as the president of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat is busy switching the last light of the language in the full glare of the TV cameras.
Aatmasakshi,
Let me congratulate you on recognizing that KRV’s objectives are okay. Many stumble there itself. Coming to the means, it is first of all debatable whether the means are a care-about at all. Everything is fair in love and war. And what KRV indulges in is both love and war.
I have replied to many on this issue. Some of my comments on this question can be found here: http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/from-far-even-a-fire-looks-like-a-nice-little-spark/#comment-71187
As to who can pronounce basic Kannada words and what exactly basic Kannada is, many a word has been written by me on Churumuri itself, for e.g. here:
http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/when-kuvempu-didnt-want-to-write-in-kannada/#comment-25576
Rest assured, you don’t have a clue what real Kannada is, what its grammar is, and what grammar itself in general is. Neither you nor or any of your teachers nor any of your kinsmen upto 4 generations ago have known these truths (earlier ones have known).
It is Narayana Gowda who speaks the true Kannada. It is the uneducated farmers of our villages who speak the true Kannada. Not you, my friend. You have gone too far from the aroma of this soil. Unknowingly, you have been so distanced from the true language of this land that you think what you have heard amidst the handful elite around you is true Kannada! Repeat not this mistake! Realize that you are simply outnumbered by those who you deem unfit to pronounce Kannada! And remember, the rules of language — grammars, as it were — are not what a handful decide should be, but what the millions speak without being conscious of those so-called rules!
If you have read the above after removing your bias, you have begun to learn the basics of Grammar, and have started to appreciate some of the reasons why Kannadigas have somewhat failed to unite after breaking down barriers of caste and religion.
If not, you lie where you were.
In any case, thanks to the efforts of determined men like Narayana Gowda, your ilk is fast vanishing. No, not getting killed, stupid, transformed.
“What’s bad for the world is good for Kannadigas?”
I dont know about that. But whats good for kannadigas seems to be projected as bad to the world.
Gowdru has the right objective. But his vision needs to be broadened by having a broad-based set of advisors. His organization needs to be morphed in such a way that people of all strata of society would willingly join. The educated, professionals supporting and part of KaRaVe should be presented to the world as well.
As shreeram said, hopefully Narayana Gowda and other leading lights of KRV will study history of such movements fully before the go on to the next level. And draw inspiration from the deeds of great leaders like Gandhi etc. while rejecting the narrow-mindedness of some of our political leaders.
What actions they take in the coming months will shape what this movement will be in the coming years.
Will it be viewed a great organization which bought about a renaissance for Kannada, Karnataka and its people. Or just end up as another rabble rousing group controlled by some political figures for their own small purposes? For the sake of all I hope it is the former.
>>”No sane person can find a problem with KRV’s objectives or that of any other organisation which wants to do good to the land, the language and its people. It is the method that it adopts that is debatable.”
Yes.. you can keep debating his methods from the confines of your ivory tower all you want.. but that wont stop him from continuing to selflessly serve Kannada and Karnataka. When the stakes are so high (a language, a culture, the very livelihood of millions) you either have to be extraordinarily stupid or extraordinarily perverted to nitpick about the ‘methods’. When the stakes are so high you either “lead, follow or get out of the way”. Divinities like TANG LEAD, people like myself follow and people like you can bloody well get out of the way.
Good write up indeed by Deepak Thimmaiah.
One of the noted and intellectual journalist of the state will obviously be sensible, practical and truthful.
Good to know many things about the man with a vision.
Mr.T.A.narayana Gowda..Keep up your good work. Kannadigas will support you throughout
Aatmasakhsi, it is attitudes like this – talking about mere pronunciations and spellings that actually bring disgrace to the language and the people that speaks it.
It is this sense of inferiority in minds like yours, which think that a language lives by its mere exuberant literary content, or if you like it that way, by its beneath-the-carpet invasion on linguistic grounds, and the resultant diglossia.
It is also because of such feeling of inferiority in one’s tongue, that we find a large chunk of kannada speaking community finding shame in speaking out in their own tongue on their own land. It is emotions such as yours which has made people turn on the “English switch” soon as they cross the borders of a Jayanagara market (in Bangalore) and enter the streets around MG Rd and Brigade Rd., and think its essential to speak in English when one is standing there.
But soon all this inferiority will be gone, like it is said – “ellaa maaya, naaLe, neevoo maaya!” – of course, thanks to KRV which is out there to help us all reach.
Now coming to this part in your reply – “The face to face struck a cold lash in my heart…” – simply said, when a person ends up looking into the face of a person who is fighting for the truth, and doing that so very selflessly, its but saying the least if one says his heart was struck with a cold lash.
I am sure there is soon going to be a time when more people will be enlightened to this “cold lash” too..
The title itself is misleading…How is KARAVE or Narayana Gowda bad for the world…what is the context here. Why would the world care a damn for the plight of kannada and kannadigas in their own state?
Narayana Gowdre!
Please carry on with the good work. All sincere Kannadigas support your organization.
‘gree wih gaby & AS.
the ideas in the post don’t stand half as as high as the all the self aggrandizing pomposity in the article. and i am not even talking about the patronizing tone of the article.
at the very least DT would do well to put his ears to the ground and learn about the nuances of spoken kannada before making purile comments about gowdru calling himself gowdru.
The article says:
“I could sense that he was not at all favourably disposed towards outsiders, which many say is a sentiment he developed after a stint in Bombay during his early days.”
I am wondering: How long was he in Mumbai?? Did he pick up any Marathi??
@RF: Hopefully, they will start with you.
Jealousy, thine names are Gaby and Tarlesubba. Guys, pompous or stupid, DT is somebody. Who are you?
I don’t know about other parts, but the recent result of belagavi mayor polls clearly shows what KRV’s strength are. They have single handedly braught a revolution of kinds in this border district and has brought immense confidence in kannadigas here. They united the kannadigas here and the results are to be seen by everybody. A kannadiga becoming a mayor after 17 long years in one of it’s own districts.
KRV, we trust you and your agitations for the cause of Kannada and KArnataka.
Shwaana bogalidede devalokakke yenu haani illa,,, nimma kelsa munduvarisi..
Event hough voilence is bad, the kind of people getting migrated to bangalore and the intensity of migration happening to bangalore, Ka Ra Ve to some extent is relevant.
In a rediff forum i saw many Kongas declaring “come what may we will not learn or respect kannadain bangalore” in a discussion on kavery issue.
And Kannadigas please take note of Ka Ra Ve’s role in establishing a Kannadigaa mayor in recently held Belagavi palike election. If not Ka Ra Ve this time too it would have been MES again.
So i feel there is limited role to play for Ka Ra Ve in the present situation.
Aaadhare Narayana gowdaru “role call radhakrishna” aagabaaradu ashte.
@Dileepa: Hopefully, you will stop preaching about peaceful ways in one post and follow it up with suggestions of violence in the next.
-> Manku Thimma,
ellaa jaaNa tusa kONa aagbiTTri kaNree..
What makes you think that a roll-call is indeed what ka.ra.ve is after?
If you dont go by words before forming a positive opinion about some one or some organization, so should you not go by someone’s words before forming a negative opinion about someone.
Now suit yourself.
@nijavada,
I was totaly positive for Ka Ra ve and for thier work. please read carefully.
The lost line was my request to this to them, that they shd not become like many other oganisation where in they indulge these kind of activities, thats it!
One day even i would love to become a member of Ka Ra Ve :)
“He says that he does get a lot of contributions from various people from all over the world.”
One way TAN Gowdru collects his “contributions is as follows.”
There was a function KaRaVe had organized in Koramangala. They went to the UTI Bank office and asked for contributions. The Bank people said they had no authority to donate anything as it required clearance from their Head Office. The KaRaVe gang did not say anything and went back. A A couple of days after the function, they came back to the same office and presented a Bill for lighting or some such expense associated with the function. The employees of the Bank joined together and paid the money without a word. The amount: Rs.22,000 !
Ka Ra Ve is already full of Manku Thimmas. You can join..
@Anonymous Guy: RF desperately wants some violence… why not start with him? ;)
Good write-up by Deepak Thimmaiah. I did not get a chance to view his interview with Mr. Gowda. But got a good picture of what he is like. I was really impressed with what he wrote –
“This is the first time Kannadigas feel that someone is standing up for them and fighting for them. This is the first time Kannadigas feel that somebody is willing to be seen in negative light to do something positive for them”.
Very true indeed. How many of us are willing to give up our jobs and comforts and are ready to fight for the cause of Kannada? When someone like N.Gowda is doing that, least we can do is support him morally and financially.
gaby!
“rather than on presuming that Narayana Gowda’s English is bad.”
Ahem…
Ramesh Gowda
It is Narayana Gowda who speaks the true Kannada
HAHAHA! haLLi kaDe heege hELi nODi… ee yappa grameeNa bhashe nu maataDalla, “modern” kannaDa nu maataDalla.
avardu ee Crime serialgaLa haagu TV channelgaLa kannaDada thara hosa variantu!
but kannaDa nevertheless! :D
@ Nina ; How many of us are willing to give up our jobs and comforts and are ready to fight for the cause of Kannada? When someone like N.Gowda is doing that, least we can do is support him morally and financially.
If Churmuri readers and fellow bloggers support me financially Iam more than willing to take up any cause.Since the support is total , do not feel offended if i use extortion and blackmail to finance my lifestyle.
DEEPAK THIMAYA – Just as you know Narayana Gowdru well, i too know Mohan Kumar Gowda @ madappa @ chicken center madappa at koppalu very well. He is a honorable man with genuine Kannada interest at mind but that doest make take him above constitutionally laid laws of India. I think you are worried too much about your job and image, sad.
Kataari Meshtre,
Yes I agree with you that DT is ‘someone’- so are Deve Gowda, Yeddyurappa, U R Anantha Murthy, N Narayana Murthy etc. All I did was put a few adjectives to that ‘some one’ -pompous, long winded etc.
If Narayana Gowda is our sole defender along with his literary lieutenant generals like C. Patil, Bhuvaneshwari help us all.
Katari Mestrey!
Gaby and Tarlesubba are pompous or stupid, just like DT. If it pleases you DB would like to be pompus or stupid, just like DT.
Pulilkeshi –
how about starting to believe that TAN is Bhuvaneshwari sent.. I am sure now your prayers will be answered too :)
The discussion about what is the right Kannada brings to memory an incident involving Winston Churchill and Rt. Hon. V. S. Srinivasa Sastry, which I would like to quote here to help people reform their ideas on “correct Kannada”.
Churchill had used the word “Triphibian” to denote the “three-pronged nature of the Allied attacking forces in the Second World War”. Srinivasa Sastry’s pustakada badanekai boiled and he couldn’t help correct Churchill saying the word should be “Tribian” instead. After a lot of dicussion among grammarians and men of English letters, Srinivasa Sastry was proven right, and Churchill, wrong.
Just as those who think Narayana Gowda’s Kannada is incorrect can be proven right according to established grammar, and Gowda himself, wrong.
Coming back to Churchill’s story, it went down as one of the greatest lessons on the meaning of Grammar and Language when Churchill replied to Sastry – “Never mind what is right. What the English speak is English”. Sure enough, the word “Triphibian” is pretty much in vogue today. Not Tribian.
The intelligent will be able to understand the parallel and correct their understanding of Language and Grammar. The unintelligent will neither be able to comprehend the incident and connect it to themselves, nor stop taunting 95% of Kannadigas that their pronunciation of Kannada is wrong. In reality, it is pure ignorance on the part of those who think they know the “real Kannada”. Ignorance about what grammar is, what language is, and what they’re not.
It is surprising this piece has been allowed on churumuri. I didn’t know that the people who run this blog are f***ed up in their head.
@armugam,
A f***ed up mind always thinks like this and writes insane comments the way you wrote.
Dileepa Says:
We are cooking up new reasons to justify violence. There are other, peaceful ways to protest and make a point.
Sir, please name some of them.
armugam,
Do tell us what is wrong with this ‘piece’?
Thanks ramesh Gowda for the intersting anecdote on V. S. Srinivasa Sastri. Shows how the Brit mind works and also the attitude that built the British Empire ( much as we dont like it). Curious to know the circs in which Sastri interjected and then wasnt he a spokesperson of India which was breaking up the Empire- no wonder Churchill’s acerbic remark.
Most of to me this recounting showed me how Kannadigas always will respect scholarliness- even if it is in a Tamilain like Srinivasa Sastry!
Gaby,
You seem to think that you are qualified to comment about everyone. Instead of correcting your incorrect but bombastic language, how do you think you are qualified to comment about other people’s English, please?
Katari Meshtre isnt that exactly what we are called – commentators ( people who comment)- it isnt the qualification for commentary – its simply the inclination to do so at any blog- so as ineligible as you might be to call my writing bombastic and flawed I fully support your inclination to call me so .
It is heartening to see that even the DTs of the world have admirers!!!
kannada anuvaada nOdi………….
ಇತರೆ ಪ್ರಪಂಚಕ್ಕೆ ಅಹಿತವಾದುದು ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗೆ ವರದಾನವಾಗಿದೆಯೆ?
ಏನಿದು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಕ್ಷಣಾ ವೇದಿಕೆ? ಹೇಗೆ ಈ ಸ್ವಘೋಷಿತ ‘ವಿದೂಷಕ’ ಸೈನಿಕರು ತ್ವರಿತಗತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಆಗಿಂದಾಗ್ಗೆ ರಾಜಕೀಯವಾಗಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರಭಾವವನ್ನು ತೋರಲು ಸಮರ್ಥರಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ? ಯಾರು ಈ ಸಂಘಟನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವ ಹೋರಾಟವನ್ನು ಕೈಗೆತ್ತಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ? ಮಾಧ್ಯಮದವರನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಇವರು ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ? ಇವರ ತಾಳವಾದ್ಯ ಹಾಗು ಗುರುತಾಗಿರುವ ಅಹಿಂಸೆ ಮತ್ತು ದಾಂಧಲೆಗಳು ಏನನ್ನು ಸಮರ್ಥಿಸುತ್ತದೆ: ಕೇವಲ ದೋಷಾರೋಪ ಮತ್ತು ಗುಮಾನಿ?
ಹೀಗೆ ಒಂದು ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ, ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಮತ್ತು ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ವ್ಯಾಕರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಬೆದರಿಕೆಗೆ ಈಡು [ಹೊಸ ಭಾಷ್ಯ!]ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಈ ವಿದ್ಯಾಮಾನವನ್ನು ಬಹುತೇಕ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳು ಉದಾಸೀನತೆ ತೋರಿರುವ ಈ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ, ಉದಯ ಟಿವಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಜೇಡರಬಲೆ’ ಮತ್ತು ‘ಟೈಮ್ ಟು ಟಾಕ್’ ಎಂಬ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ನಡೆಸಿಕೊಡುವ ಖ್ಯಾತ ಸಂದರ್ಶಕ ದೀಪಕ್ ತಿಮ್ಮಯ್ಯ ಅವರು ಈ ಲೇಖನದ ಮೂಲಕ ಬೆಳಕು ಚೆಲ್ಲಲು ಹೊರಟಿರುವುದು, ಮೇಲಿನ ನಿಯೋಗದ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ : ಟಿ. ಎ. ನಾರಯಣಗೌಡ.
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ದೀಪಕ್ ತಿಮ್ಮಯ್ಯ
೨೦೦೫ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ವಸಂತನಗರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಉದಯ ಟಿವಿ ಕಚೇರಿಯ ವಾಹನ ನಿಲುಗಡೆ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಮೊಟ್ಟ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡ ಅವರನ್ನು ಭೇಟಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು. ಆ ದಿನ ಆ ನಿಲುಗಡೆ ಸ್ಥಳದಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ವಾಹನಗಳನ್ನು ತೇಜಸ್ವಿನಿ ಶ್ರೀರಮೇಶ್ [ ಆಕೆ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿನ ಗೌಡ ಆಗುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಮೊದಲು, ಕನಕಪುರದ ಸಂಸದೆಯಾಗಿ ಕೆಲಕಾಲ ಸಂದ ನಂತರ] ರ ಕುಮ್ಮಕ್ಕಿನಿಂದ ನಡೆಯಬೇಕಿದ್ದ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಕ್ಷಣಾ ವೇದಿಕೆಯ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆಗಾಗಿ ತೆರವುಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗಿತ್ತು.
ಆ ಮುಖಾಮುಖಿ ಕೆಲವೇ ಕ್ಷಣದ್ದಾಗಿತ್ತು ಅದು ಕೆಲವು ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣ ಲೇವಡಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕುಚೋದ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊನೆಗೊಂಡಿತು. ಸ್ವಾಭಾವಿಕವಾಗಿ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿನಿ ಎಣಿಸಿದಂತೆ, ಆಕೆಯ ಬೆಂಬಲಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಟಿವಿ ಛಾನಲ್ ನ ತಮಿಳು ಆಡಳಿತಮಂಡಳಿಯ ಪರವಾಗಿ ನಾನು ನಿಂತದ್ದೆ ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿತ್ತು.
ಕರವೇ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರು ಆಗ್ರಹಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಏರಿದ ಧನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು, ಅವರ ಮುಂದೆ ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ ನಡೆದು ಹೋಗುವುದೂ ಧೈರ್ಯದ ವಿಷಯವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಆಗಾಗ್ಗೆ ನಾನು ಮಾಡುವ ತಪ್ಪಿನಂತೆಯೇ ಅಂದು ಸಹ ಆ ಗೊಂದಲದ ನಡುವೆ ನನ್ನ ಮುಖ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಕಾಣಿಸುವಂತೆ ಆಡ್ಡಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ. ಒಂದು ಸನ್ನಿವೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಕರೆಗೆ ಉತ್ತರ ನೀಡಲು ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದ ನಾರಯಣಗೌಡರಿಗೆ ನಾನು ನೇರವಾಗಿ ಎದುರುಬದುರಾಗಿ ಕಂಡುಬಂದೆ.
ಆಗಾಗಲೇ ಚಳುವಳಿ ಮತ್ತು ಹೋರಾಟಗಳಿಂದ ಹೆಸರುವಾಸಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದ ಕರವೇ ಮತ್ತು ಆ ಮುಖಂಡನ, ನೆಟ್ಟ ಕಣ್ಣನೋಟಕ್ಕೆ ಒಮ್ಮೆ ನನ್ನ ಎದೆ ಧಸಕ್ಕೆಂದಿತು.
ಕಡುಗೆಂಪು ಸಿಂಧೂರವನ್ನು ಹಣೆಗೇರಿಸಿ, ಹಳದಿ-ಕೆಂಪು ಕನ್ನಡದ ಚೌಕವನ್ನು ಹೆಗಲಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊದ್ದ, ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಧಡೂತಿ, ಮತ್ತು ಸಾದಾರಣ ಮೈಕಟ್ಟು ಹೊಂದಿ ಕುತೂಹಲದಿಂದ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ದಿಟ್ಟಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯ ನೋಟದಿಂದ ಆ ಕ್ಷಣ ನಾನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಉದ್ಯುಕ್ತನಾದೆ. ನನಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತು ಆತ ಯಾರೆಂದು ಮತ್ತು ಆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗೂ ನಾನು ಪರಿಚಿತನೆ ಆದರೆ ಅಂದು ನಾವಿಬ್ಬರು ವಿರೋಧಿಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದೆವು. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಅಂದು ನಾನು ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರೊಡನೆ ಗುರುತಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ.
ಅಂದು ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಉಂಟಾದ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ? ನನಗೆ ಕೆಲಸ ನೀಡಿ, ನನ್ನ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ ರೂಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಸಹಾಯಕವಾಗಿದ್ದ ನನ್ನ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಪರವಾಗಿ ನಾನು ಗುರುತಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಈ ರಾಜ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಶತ್ರುವಾದೆನೆ?
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ಈ ಘಟನೆಯ ಕೆಲ ತಿಂಗಳ ನಂತರ, ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡ ನನ್ನ ಸಂದರ್ಶನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವ ಇಚ್ಛೆ ತೋರಿದ ವಿಷಯ ನನ್ನ ಕಿವಿಗೆ ಬಿತ್ತು. ಆಗ ಅತಿಥಿಯನ್ನು ಮೊದಲೇ ಭೇಟಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಸಂದರ್ಶನಕ್ಕೆ ತಯಾರಿ ನಡೆಸುವ ಪರಿಪಾಠ ನಡೆದು, ಕ್ರಮಬದ್ಧವಾದ ನನ್ನ ರೂಡಿಯನ್ನು ಬದಾಲಾಯಿಸುವಂತಹ ಪ್ರಸಂಗವೆದುರಾಯಿತು.
ಸಾಧಾರಣವಾಗಿ ನಾನು ಸಂದರ್ಶನದ ಕುರಿತಾಗಿ ತಲೆ ಕೆಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೆ ಈ ವಿಷಯವಾಗಿ ನಾನು ನಗರದ ಭಾಗವೊಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಿಬರಬೇಕಾದದ್ದೆ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕಾರ್ಯವಾಯಿತು. ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡು ನುಡಿಗಾಗಿ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸುವವರು ಮಿಕ್ಕೆಲದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನದಾದಾಗ, ಬಹುಜನರು ಇದನ್ನು ಸಮ್ಮತಿಸಿರುವಾಗ ನನಗೆ ಈ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಮುಜುಗರವೆಂದೇನೂ ಅನ್ನಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ.
ದಾರಿಯುದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಗಾಂಧೀನಗರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕರವೇ ಕಚೇರಿ ಪರಿಚಿತವೇ. ಮಧ್ಯ ವಯಸ್ಕರನೇಕರು ಹೆಗಲಿಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಂಕೇತದ ಶಾಲನ್ನು ಹೊದ್ದು ಒಂದು ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಮುಂಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತದ್ದು ನನಗೆ ಕರವೇ ಕಚೇರಿಯನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸಲು ಮತ್ತಷ್ಟು ಸಹಾಯಕವಾಯಿತು.
ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಮಹಡಿ ಮೆಟ್ಟಲುಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಡಿ ಇಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆಯೇ, ತೀರಾ ಸಾದಾರಣ ಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ವಾತಾವರಣವನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ಅವಾಕ್ಕಾದೆ.
ಕಚೇರಿಯನ್ನು ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಸಹಾಯಕ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಗುರುತು ಹಿಡಿಯಲಿಲ್ಲ [ನನ್ನ ಬಗೆಗಿದ್ದ ಜಂಬದ ಬಲೂನಿನಿಂದ ನೇರವಾಗಿ ಗಾಳಿ ಹೋದ ಅನುಭವ]ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಕ್ಷಕಿರಣ ನೋಟದಿಂದ ಮುಡಿಯಿಂದ ಅಡಿಯವರೆಗೆ ಅಳೆದ, ಒಳಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಅತಿಥಿ ಆಗಮನದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವರದಿ ನೀಡಿದ.
ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ಹೊತ್ತು ಕಾಯಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ, ಪ್ರವೇಶಕ್ಕೆ ಅನುಮತಿಯಾಯಿತು
ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡ ಸಣ್ಣ, ಸಾಧಾರಣವಾದ ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಚೇರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಸೀನರಾಗಿದ್ದರು. ಹಿಂಬಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಫಲಕಗಳಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕರಣಗೊಂಡು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದವು. ಮಾಧ್ಯಮದವರು ಎದುರಾದಾಗ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ರಾಜಕಾರಣಿಗಳು ಎದ್ದು ನಿಂತು ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆದರೆ ಗೌಡರು ಹಾಗಲ್ಲ: ನನಗೆ ನೆನಪಿದೆ ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಕುರ್ಚಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲುಗಾಡದೆ ಕುಳಿತಿದ್ದರು. ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ಹೇಳಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ಗಮನಿಸಿದರು.
ಉದಯ ಟಿವಿ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ ನಡೆದ ಕೆಲಕಾಲದ ನಂತರದ ಈ ಭೇಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಹಲವಾರು ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಕುರಿತು ಮಾತನಾಡುವ ಇಚ್ಛೆಯಾಗಿತ್ತು. ನನಗೆ ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯವಾದದ್ದು ಗೌಡರಿಗೆ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿನಿ ಕುರಿತು ಕಹಿಯಾದ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದು ಆಕೆ ಕುರಿತು ಬಹಳ ಕಟುವಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು. ತನ್ನನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಘಟನೆಯನ್ನು ಹಲವಾರು ಸನ್ನಿವೇಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಸಂಸದೆಯಾದ ಆಕೆ ನಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಇತರರ ಜತೆಗೂಡಿ ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಕಡೆಗಣಿಸಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿದರು
ಸಂಭಾಷಣೆ ಹೀಗೆಯೇ ಮುಂದುವರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ ಸಡಿಲಗೊಳಿಸಿದರು. ಅನುಮಾನಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಸಹಾಯಕರು ಮರೆಯಾದರು. ಆ ಜಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ತೋರಿಕೆಗಳು ಮರೆಯಾಗಿ, ಚದುರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಲುಕಿ ತೀವ್ರ ಸಂಕಟ ಅನುಭವಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಒಬ್ಬ ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕ ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಕಂಡುಬಂದ.
ನನಗನ್ನಿಸಿದ್ದು. ಇದು ಯಾರಿಂದಲೂ ರಚಿಸಲ್ಪಡದೆ, ತನ್ನ ಸ್ವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯದಿಂದ ಮೂಡಿ ಬಂದಿರುವ ಗಂಡು. ಕ್ಷಣ ಚಾಲನೆಗೆ ತಯಾರಾಗಿರುವ ಗಂಡಸು. ಇದು ನಾರಾಯಣ ಗೌಡರಾಗಿರದೆ ಬೇರೆ ಯಾರಾಗಲೂ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ. ಅವರಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಬಗೆಗಿನ ಮಹತ್ವದ ಅರಿವಿದ್ದರೂ, ಅತಿಯಾದ ಆತ್ಮವಿಶ್ವಾಸದ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ ನಡೆಸಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಅವರಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಹಿಂದಿರುವ ಪಡೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸಂತಸವಿದೆ ಅವರು ಅನಧಿಕೃತ ಮಾರ್ಗ ತುಳಿಯದಿರುವಂತೆ ಎಚ್ಚರವೂ ಇದೆ.
ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ವಲಸಿಗರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ಮೃಧು ದೋರಣೆ ಅವರಲ್ಲಿ ನನಗೆ ಕಂಡು ಬರಲಿಲ್ಲ.ಈ ಹಿಂದೆ ಕೆಲದಿನಗಳು ಇವರು ಮುಂಬೈನಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲಸಿದ್ದಾಗ ಆದ ಕಹಿ ಅನುಭವದಿಂದ ಬೆಳೆದು ಬಂದ ಭಾವನೆಯದ್ದಾಗಿದೆ. ಬಹಳ ಹೊತ್ತು ಅನೇಕ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಕುರಿತ ಮಾತುಕತೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಅವರ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಘಟನೆಯ ಕುರಿತಾದ ಅನುಭವವನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡರು. ಇವರ ಕುರಿತು ಏನೇ ದೋಷ, ನ್ಯೂನತೆ, ಕುಂದುಕೊರತೆಗಳಿದ್ದರೂ ನನಗೆ ಸಮಾಧಾನ ತಂದದ್ದು, ತಾನು ನಂಬಿಕೊಂಡ-ಅಂಟಿಕೊಂಡ ಗುರಿ ತಲುಪಲು ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಹೋರಾಟಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿದ್ಧರಾಗಿರುವ ನಿಜವಾದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಗಂಡು ಈತ ಎಂದು.
ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾಂಪ್ರಾದಾಯಿಕವಾಗಿ ಅವರನ್ನು ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸಿದೆ. ಸಂದರ್ಶನ ಬಹಳ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮೂಡಿಬಂದಿತು. ನಾನು ಅವರನ್ನು ಮುಜುಗರಕ್ಕೀಡು ಮಾಡುವ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ತರಹದ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಂದಿಟ್ಟೆ. ಬಹಳ ಸಮಾಧಾನ ಚಿತ್ತರಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಉತ್ತರಿಸಿದರು. ನಾನು ಚಕಿತನಾದದ್ದು ಅವರ ಶಾಂತವಾದ ಮತ್ತು ಗೊಂದಲವಿಲ್ಲದ, ವಿಚಲಿತವಾಗದ ನಡವಳಿಕೆ.
ಆ ಸಂದರ್ಶನ ಪ್ರಸಾರಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಮೊದಲು, ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಬಂದಿದೆಯೆ, ಅನಾವಶ್ಯಕವಾಗಿ ಯಾರನ್ನಾದರೂ ಹೀಗೆಳೆದಿದ್ದೆನೆಯ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಯಲು ಅವರು ನನಗೆ ಕರೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರು. ಇತರ ಚಳುವಳಿಗಾರರ ಮತ್ತು ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ವಾಟಾಳ್ ನಾಗರಾಜ್ ಕುರಿತಾಗಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಸಮ್ಮತವಿಲ್ಲದ ಉತ್ತರವೊಂದರ ಕುರಿತಾಗಿ ಅವರ ಕಾಳಜಿ ಇತ್ತು. ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ನಿಮಿಷದ ಆ ದಿನದ ಸಂಭಾಷಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂತಹ ವಿಷಯವ್ಯಾವುದೂ ಇಲ್ಲದಿರುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಭರವಸೆ ನೀಡಿದೆ. ಆ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ತಾವು ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಕುರಿತಾದ ಘಟನೆಯೊಂದರಂದಾಗಿ ಪೋಲಿಸರಿಂದ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಭೂಗತರಾಗಿರುವುದಾಗಿ ಹೇಳಿದರು.
ಭಾನುವಾರದ ಮಧ್ಯಾನ್ಹದಂದು ಸಂದರ್ಶನ ಭಿತ್ತರವಾಯಿತು. ಆತಂಕದಿಂದ ಎದುರು ನೋಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಅವರು, ಈ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ನಂತರ ಅವರು ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಘಟನೆಯವರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಬಹಳ ಸಂತುಷ್ಟರಾಗಿದ್ದರು ಎಂದು ಕೇಳ್ಪಟ್ಟೆ. ನಾನು ಕರೆ ಮಾಡಿದಾಗ ಅವರು ಈ ಹಿಂದೆ ನನ್ನೊಡನೆ ಸಂಭಾಷಿಸಿದ್ದಕ್ಕಿಂತಲೂ ಬಹಳ ವಿನೀತ ಮತ್ತು ಸೌಜನ್ಯದಿಂದ ಮಾತಾಡಿದ್ದರು. ಈ ಬಾರಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಬಹಳ ಗೌರವವಾಗಿ ಸಂಭೋದಿಸಿದ್ದರು ಮತ್ತು ಈ ಸಂದರ್ಶನ ತಮ್ಮ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಜನರಲ್ಲಿ ಅನುಮಾನಗಳು ಮಾಯವಾಗಿ ಹೊಸ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಾಕಿರುವುದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವಿವರಿಸಿದರು.
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ಬಹುಷಃ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ಶೆಕೆಯ ಜತೆಗೆ ಗುರುತಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವ ಒಬ್ಬ ಕ್ರಾಂತಿಕಾರಿಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ, ಬಹುಷಃ ಇವರು ಆರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ , ಬಹುಷಃ ಕರವೇ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರು ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ರೀತಿ ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡರು ಇತರ ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಳುವಳಿಗಾರರಿಗಿಂತ ಭಿನ್ನವಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಬಹಳ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಮತ್ತು ಚರ್ಚೆಗೆ ಗ್ರಾಸವಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇವರಗೆ ಕೆಡಕು ಬಯಸುವವರು ಇವರನ್ನು ರೋಲ್-ಕಾಲ್ [ತೇಜಸ್ವಿನಿ ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಇವರ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೊರೆಸಿರುವ ಅಪಾದನೆ] ಚಳುವಳಿಗಾರರು, ಹಣ ಪಡೆದು ಕೆಲ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಕುರಿತು ಇವರು ತಣ್ಣಗಾಗಿಬಿಡುತ್ತಾರೆ ಎಂದೆಲ್ಲಾ ಅಪಾದಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಎಲ್ಲಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನದಾಗಿ ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡರು ಒಂದು ವರೆ ವರ್ಷದ ಕೆಳಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಸಂಘಟನೆ ಇಭ್ಭಾಗವಾದಾಗ ಬಹಳ ಆತಂಕ-ತಲ್ಲಣಗಳನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಆಗ್ರಹದ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರಾದ ಪ್ರವೀಣ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡರ ಕುಟಿಲ ತಂತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಬೇಳೆ ಬೇಯುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬ ಕಾರಣಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ವಿಭಜಿತರಾಗಿ ಬೇರೆಯಾದರು. ಕುತಂತ್ರಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ತಲೆಹಿಡುಕರು ದೂರಾದರು ಮತ್ತು ಕರವೇ ಇಂದ ಹೊರಗಟ್ಟಲ್ಪಟ್ಟರು. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ಸಂಘಟನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಈಗ ಹೆಚ್ಛು ಶಿಸ್ತು, ಸಂಯಮ ಮತ್ತು ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳ ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದನೆ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಗೌಡರು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.
ಹೀಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಗೌಡರ ಕುರಿತು ಇಂದಿಗೂ ಅವರ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳ ಕುರಿತ ಹಿನ್ನಲೆಗಳು, ಅನುಮಾನಗಳು, ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳು, ಗುಮಾನಿಗಳು ಗಿರಕಿ ಹೊಡೆಯುತ್ತಲೆ ಇದೆ.
ವಸತಿ ಸಮುಚ್ಛಯವೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ತರ ಭಾರತೀಯರಿಂದ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ ಕುಟುಂಬಗಳಿಗೆ ಆಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕಿರುಕುಳದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಲು ಒಮ್ಮೆ ನಾನು ಅವರನ್ನು ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಿದ್ದೆ. ಅವರಿಂದ ಬಂದ ನಿರುತ್ಸಾಹದ ಮಾತುಗಳು ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಇವರು ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಕೆಲಸಗಳಲ್ಲಿನ ಆಯ್ಕೆ-ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯತೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅನುಮಾನಗಳು ಮೂಡಿಬಂದವು.
೨೦೦೬ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಡಾ. ರಾಜ್ ಅಂತ್ಯ ಸಂಸ್ಕಾರದ ನಂತರ ನಾನು ಮನೆಗೆ ಹೊರಡಲು ತಯಾರಾಗಿದ್ದಾಗ ಗುಂಪೊಂದು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಸುತ್ತುವರೆದು ಗೌಡರೊಡೆಗಿನ ನನ್ನ ಮುಂದಿನ ಯಾವುದೇ ಟಿವಿ ಸಂದರ್ಶನದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರ ಹಣ ವ್ಯವಹಾರದ, ಇತರ ಅನುಮಾನಾಸ್ಪದ ವ್ಯವಹಾರದ, ಅನೀತಿಯ ತಂತ್ರಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಕೇಳಬೇಕಂದು ಭಾಷೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡರು.
ಅವರಿಂದ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ನಾನು ಅವರಿಗೆ ಮಾತು ಕೊಟ್ಟೆ. ಆದರೆ ನನಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತು, ಈ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ನಾನು ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಗೌಡರಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇಳಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವೇ ಇಲ್ಲ.
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ನಾನು ಅವರನ್ನು ಅನೇಕ ಬಾರಿ ಭೇಟಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಕೆಲ ಸಮಯ ನಮ್ಮ ಕಚೇರಿಗೆ ಯಾವುದಾದರೂ ಟಿವಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ಚರ್ಚಿಸಲು ಬರುವಾಗ ಅಥವ ಚರ್ಚಿಸಿ ಹೊರಹೋಗುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗ ಸಹ. ಎರಡು ಬಾರಿ ನಾನು ಅವರನ್ನು ‘ಜೇಡರ ಬಲೆ’ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಸಂದರ್ಶಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಒಮ್ಮೆ ವಿಜಯಕರ್ನಾಟಕಕ್ಕೂ [ ಕಾರಣಾಂತರಗಳಿಂದ ಅದು ಪ್ರಕಟಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿಲ್ಲ.
ಹಲವು ಬಾರಿ ನಾನು ಅವರೊಡನೆ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ವೇದಿಕೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ-ಹಲವು ಬಾರಿ ಅವರ ವಿರುದ್ಧವಾಗಿಯೂ ನಡೆದಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಕಳೆದ ಉಡುಪಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡರನ್ನು ತಡೆ ಹಿಡಿಯಲು ಪೋಲಿಸರೊಡನೆ ಪ್ರವೇಣ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ ಚಕಮಕಿ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ ನಾನು ಗೌಡರ ಜತೆಗೆ ಇದ್ದೆ.
ಒಬ್ಬ ಟಿವಿ ಸಂದರ್ಶಕನಾಗಿ ಬಹಳ ದೊಡ್ಡ ದೊಡ್ಡ ವಿಷಯ್ಗಳಿರುವಾಗ ಕರವೇ ನಾಯಕನ ಸ್ವಂತ ವಿಷಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ವ್ಯವಹಾರಳು ಏನು ಎಂದು ಕೇಳುವುದು ಎಷ್ಟು ಸರಿ? ಅವರ ಕುರಿತ ಗಾಳಿ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ಗಂಭೀರವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಬೇಕೆ? ಉದಾಹರಣೆಗೆ ಡಿಸ್ಕೊಥೆಕ್ ಮಾಲೀಕನೊಬ್ಬ ಗೌಡರು, ಕರವೇ ನಾಯಕರಾಗುವ ಮೊದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗಾಗ್ಗೆ ಬರುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ ರಸಭರಿತ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಕೆದಕುತ್ತ ಹೋಗಬೇಕೆ?
ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡರು, ಆರ್.ಎಸ್.ಎಸ್. ಸ್ವಯಂಸೇವಕ ಎಂದು ಕೆಲಬಾರಿ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವುದು ಗುಟ್ಟಗಿ ಏನು ಉಳಿದಿಲ್ಲ. ಅವರು ಕನ್ನಡದ ರಥ ಎಳೆಯಲು ಸನ್ನದ್ಧರಾಗುವ ಮೊದಲು ಹಿಂದೂ ಕ್ರಾಂತಿಕಾರಿ ಸಹ ಆಗಿದ್ದರಂತೆ.ಹಿಂದೂ ಸಂಘಟನೆಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಅವರ ನಿಕಟ ಸಂಪರ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಜಾತ್ಯಾತೀತವಾದಿಗಳ ನಿಷ್ಠುರತೆಗೂ ಒಳಗಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡರಿಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಹಿನ್ನಲೆ ಅಥವ ಇತಿಹಾಸವಿರಲಿ. ಅದರ ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅವರ ಈಗಿನ ಕಾರ್ಯದ ಮೇಲೆ ಒತ್ತಡ ತಂದು ಅವರ ಗಮನಕ್ಕೆ ಭಂಗ ಉಂಟು ಮಾಡುವುದು ಸರಿಯೇ?
ನಾನು ಹಲವಾರು ಬಾರಿ ಅವರ ಹಣದ ಮೂಲವನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಅವರು ಪ್ರಪಂಚದಾದ್ಯಂತ ಇರುವ ಅಭಿಮಾನಿಗಳು ತಮ್ಮ ಕೆಲಸ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಹಣ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದು ಉತ್ತರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಹಲವಾರು ಸಭೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಹ ಅವರು ಇದನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಹೇಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡರು ಅತಿ ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತರೊಡನೆ ಸಮವಾಗದೆ ಹೋಗಬಹುದು ಆದರೆ ಸದಾ ಭೂಮಿಗೆ ಕಿವಿಯಾಗಿರುವ ಅವರು ಯಾವ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗೆ, ಹೇಗೆ, ಯಾವಾಗ ನಿರ್ಧಾರ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ತಮ್ಮ ಅಸಾಧಾರಣ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯದಿಂದ ಅಳೆದು ಜನಸಾಮಾನ್ಯರ ಮನ ಗೆಲ್ಲುವಲ್ಲಿ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಅವರ ವಿರುದ್ಧರಾಗಿ ಮಾತನಾಡುವವರ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯದಷ್ಟು ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡರು ಬಹಿರಂಗವಾಗಿ ಹಿಂಸೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಆಗಿಂದಾಗ್ಗೆ ಅವರ ಸಮಜಾಯಿಷಿ ಎನೆಂದರೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಯಾವುದೇ ಹೋರಾಟ, ಹಾಗೆಂದು ನಮ್ಮ ಹೋರಾಟವನ್ನು ಯಾರಾದರು ಹಿಂಸೆ ಎಂದು ಜರೆದರೆ, ನಮ್ಮ ಹಿಂಸೆ ಕೇವಲ ಅದನ್ನು ಪ್ರಚೋದಿಸಿದವನ ಕುರಿತೇ ಹೊರತು ಇತರರ ಮೇಲಲ್ಲ
ಗೌಡರಿಗೆ ತಾವು ಏನು ಮಾತಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ ಎಂಬ ಅರಿವಿದೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಸಂಭಾಷಣೆಯನ್ನು ಸಹ ಹತೋಟಿ, ಹಿಡಿತಿ ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಪೋಲಿಸರೊಡನೆ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾದಷ್ಟು ಸೌಹಾರ್ಧ್ಯತೆ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಆಕ್ರಮಣ-ಮುತ್ತಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ತಮ್ಮ ನಂಬಿದ ಬಂಟರಂದ ಕಾರ್ಯಶೀಲಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅವರ ಆಪ್ತವಲಯದವರ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಗೌಡರ ಒಡಂಬಡಿಕೆ ಇಲ್ಲದೆ ಕರವೇ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ಏನೂ ಜರಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
ಅವರು ಒಂದು ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಕುರಿತು ಹೋರಾಟ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ ಮಾಡುವ ಮೊದಲು ಅದನ್ನು ಅರಿಯಲು ಗಂಭೀರವಾಗಿ ಅಲೋಚಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅವರು ತುಂಬ ಸಂಯಮದಿಂದ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಆಲಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ ಮತ್ತು ತಮಗಿಂತ ತಿಳಿದವರಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಗೌರವ ನೀಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಕಾವೇರಿ ವರದಿ ಹೊರಬಿದ್ದಾಗ ಕಾನೂನು ಬಲ್ಲವರನ್ನು ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಿ ಅದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪೂರ್ಣ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಪಡೆದಿದ್ದರಂತೆ.
ಕೆಲವೊಮ್ಮೆ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಭಾಷೆಯೆಡೆಗಿನ ಕಮ್ಮಿ ತಿಳುವಳಿಕೆಯಿಂದಾಗಿ ಹಲವಾರು ತಪ್ಪು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕೆಲವೊಮ್ಮೆ ಅವರ ಹೋರಾಟಗಳು ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಿಸಿಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿವೆ. ಕೆಲವೊಮ್ಮೆ ನಾನು ಎಂಬ ಅಹಂ ಅವರಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದೆ, ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಅದು ಅಭ್ಯಾಸಬಲದಿಂದಾದದ್ದೆ ಹೊರತು ಬೇಕೆಂದೇನೂ ಅಲ್ಲ.[ ಕೆಲವೊಮ್ಮ ತಮ್ಮ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಹೇಳುವಾಗ ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತಾವೇ “ನಾರಾಯಣಗೌಡ್ರು” ಎಂದು ಕರೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಪರಿಪಾಠವಿದೆ]
ಆದರೆ ತಪ್ಪದೆ ಹೇಳಬಹುದು, ಇನ್ಯಾರೂ ಈ ಆಟವನ್ನು ಆಡದಿರುವ ಈ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾರಾಯಣ ಗೌಡ ಒಬ್ಬ ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಯೋದ
ಇದೆ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ಹತಾಷನಾಗಿರುವ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗನ ಅರಿವಿಗೆ ಬಂದಿದೆ. ನಮ್ಮ ನೋವನ್ನು ಅರ್ಥ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬಲ್ಲ ಒಬ್ಬ ಯೋಧ ನಮ್ಮೊಡನಿದ್ದಾನೆಂದು. ತಾನು ಕಷ್ತಗಳನ್ನು ಎದುರಿಸುವು ಮೂಲಕ ನಮಗೆ ಬೆಳಕು ನೀಡಲು ಮುಂದಡಿಯಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾನೆ ಎಂದು.
ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಇತರರ ಕಣ್ಣಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನು ಕೆಟ್ಟವನಾಗಿರಬಹುದು ಆದರೆ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಅವನು ಹೊಳಪು ನೀಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಮಾಣಿಕ್ಯವೇ
ಕಳೆದ ವರ್ಷ ಮೈಸೂರು ಉತ್ಸವ ನಾನು ಆಯೋಜಿಸಿದ್ದಾಗ, ಕರವೇ ಸಹ ಇತರ ಕನ್ನಡ ಪರ ಸಂಘಟನೆಗಳೊಡಗೂಡಿ ನನ್ನ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆಗಿಳಿದರು. ನಾನು ಗೌಡರೊಡನೆ ದೂರವಾಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತಾಡಿ ವಿವರಣೆ ನೀಡಿದೆ. ನಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ ಹಿಂತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರು. ಆದರೆ ನಾನು ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆಕಾರರನ್ನು ಸಂತೈಸಿದೆನೋ ಅಥವ ಗೌಡರ ಒಂದು ಕರೆ ಅವರ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ ಹಿಂತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡಿತೋ ಎಂಬ ವಿಷಯ ಇನ್ನೂ ರಹಸ್ಯವಾಗೆ ಉಳಿದಿದೆ.
ಗೌಡರ ಸಮ್ಮತ-ಅಪ್ಪಣೆ ಇಲ್ಲದೆ ಕರವೇಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎನು ನಡೆಯುವುದಿಲ್ಲ, ಹೀಗಿರುವಾಗ ಇದನ್ನು ನಾನು ಹೇಗೆ ಮುಕ್ತಾಯ ಮಾಡಲಿ?
What or who is a DT?
Gaby is right. Proficiency in Standard English is not a requirement to post our thoughts. If such were the case, I take it half of what we read here would not have made it thus far. Incidentally, there is no “true” Kannada that all can speak either, just as there is no correct or proper English.
Kashtapattu English kalitha kannada mandi naavu. Naavu Englishnalli heLiddu nimage artha aadre saaku.
If KRVTNA refers to himself in the third person, it is perhaps an indication that there is a disconnect between Gowda and “Gowdru.” How many more Devegowdas and Narayana Gowedas do we have to deal with?
Somebody please tell me what “Shivarame Gowda Bana” and “Pravin Shetty Bana” mean.
While I am in the mood, let me say this about allegations of personal attack: “Ayya endare swarga; elavo endare naraka.”
Never mind. Now I remember it is D. Thimaya.
If TAN could come up with twenty-five lakhs to bribe a Belagavi politician, how much money do you think he has at his disposal?
Slightly unrelated: When he is visiting Dharam Singh’s constituency, HDK says he wants to stand for election from Jevargi. In Belagavi he said he wanted to contest from there. I very much would like him to represent Shikaaripura.
Whatever one may say about him, Karnataka does need a Rakshana Vedike and if someone is there to lead it to protect the interests of Kannadigaru, it should be fine with us.
I dint read what ever u ve written, but there is one thing i want to say. We Kannadiga’s are too weak mentally. Look at Raj Thakarey guys. Look at his aura. We need ppl like Raj here in Karnataka. Hope there are few like him in this state of 5 crores kannadigas. And every individual should speak out. If you hate some non kannadiga here in Bangalore, just speak out rather than hiding it. They ll never do any favo to us or our lands. After all the WORLD always saw wars and wars between communities.
I dont know the people involved or their history.All said and done they
seem to be more caring and do justice to we Kannadigas who open arm
welcome these peoples from out side state .These non kannadigas
contribution is not at all required because job generation doesnot help the locals who are loosing their properties to land sharks and KIADB sharks.
Its better these investment beallowed to movwe towards UP, Bihar,Rajasthan
and NE where its required most.Instead we are conjesting it like Maharashtra
Violence yes is not advisible.But peaceful protest are often neglected like a childs cry. When distruction takes place then only this govt.works.If violence has to be stopped then govt.should wake up to the demand of KRVedike and their sincere demands.
Anyway good going KRVedike.Open up to more Kannadigas to join you and support in other parts of state too
Exactly, its like a child’s cry.. n now hopefully BJP ll do something good for our language!
Sneithare
Naanu banglorinalle hutti beladaddu… nanna haage yesto mandhi nanna kannada snehitharu ille beladaru..hegaa Chennai, Andhra dantha rajyagalige valase hoguvanthaagide karana bangalorinaa IT BT samsthegalalli kannadigarige kelasa needadilladiruvudhu . Barathada ekathe, samagrathege kevala kannadigare spandisabeku yennuvudhu yaava nyaya..
Ekatheya bagge astondhu bhashana bigiyuva hee anyabhaashika mandhi yake tamil , telugu , malayali, Northie moolada janaranne thama kelage kelasakke aariskolluthaare. .
Kannadigaru tamilaranna astu keelagi kaanthaare ade Northigallana, hindimaathadovranna thale mele ittu pooje maadthaare.. atleast tamilaru swalpa adhru kannada maathadthaare adre hee northigalu karnataka thamma rajyavenu anno haage dimaak maadthaare.. .kannadavannu appi thappinu maathadalla. .
Naanu HPnalli kelasa maadodhu..illi Security guards indha ididu House keeping , matte IT kelasakke nemaka gondiruvavarellaru parabhashigaru. ..
yaavudaadru funstionsgaliddaga. .bare hindi haadugalu, hindiyalli manoranjane maathra mattu kelavau tamilu, telugu haadugalu… .kannada geethegalanna yaaradru haadidre “Kannada baralla” , “Kannada baralla” antha koogthaare.. .Hee vishaya nanage thumba novuntu maadide…
Omomme Raj Thackery avruu Mumbainalli maadtha irodhu sari ansatte….Ahimse indha, Shanthiyindha naavu namme bedikegalanna pooraisikolallu sadhyave illave…???
Bangalorinalli yelli nodidru Hindi, Hindi, Hindi..thale kettu hogtha ide..hindi keli keli hucchu hidiyodhu ondhu baaki…Angadigalla li , mallgallali, multiplexgallali busnalli , hotelnalli yelli nodidru hindi…kannada bangalorenalli kaledoythu.. .innu yenidru hindi…
“Benkiyalli aralida hoovu” chitradalli Kamalhasan busnalli conductoraagi ondhu haadu haadthaare.. ..
“mundhe banni yendadaru jeevanadalli mundhe banni..nimma maneli nimma bhashe maathadi ..horagade neevu kannada maathadi”… ….antha. .
Adre illi yella ulta agide….maneli bitre yellu nanage kannada maathanaadalu avakaashave sigtha illa…Swami hege mundhuvaridare. ..hegina makkalu kannadavanne marethubittavu. ..agale thande thaayigalu makkala jothe hindi, englishnalli vyavaharistha idaare..idanella nodi nanage sankata agatte….
Dr Rajkumar bitre kannadavanna hegina generation yaaru sariyaagi maathadtha illa…Tamilaru , maarvaadigalu kooda hega kannada maathadodanna nillisibittidaare. ..
Naanu Vijayanagarada vaasi..naanu hutti beladaddu neelasandra( Austintown, viveknagar, pradeshagalige hattiradha sthala)..3 varsahada inde vijayanagarakke bande..thumba khushi agittu..kannadigaru iruva sthala antha…adre illi nodidre maarvaadigale jaasthi..matte illu saha yelli nodidru hindi hindi hindi…
Marathhalli nonthu naav haagle northies, telugus, mallus galige bittkottideevi ansatte….omme aa areadalli thirugaadi nodi…ondhu kannada pada kelisalla nimage…
HSR layout onthu reddygala paalagide… Viveknagarnaa tamilaru honnarpet antha hesaru change maadidaare.. .illiya slum jana yella tamilu…sarkaraa hee slumnavarige bere kade kattada kattisi kottu theravu golisatte..matte innodistu tamilaru slum occupy maadthaare.. hege karnataka sarkara tamilarige mane kattise kodthide adhu monne monne bangalorige bandha tamilarige..
Ade North karnatakada mandi(Bijapura, dharwad, hubbali, gulbargada mandhi) illige bandhu coolie kelasa maadikondu sumaaru 8-10 varshagalindha gudisalugalalli, slumgalalli badukuthiddaru avarige sarkara yenu maadilla…namma kannadigarige mane illadiruvaaga Tamilnadu indha banda tamilarige slumgalindha bidugade..idhu yaava nyaaya…
Bangalorina IT, BT samsthegallali kannadigarige kelasa illadiruvaaga. ..hee samsthegalu iddarenu bittarenu… kannadiga konevargu badavane…Kannadig aru jaasthi kanisodhu constablegalaagi, conductorgalaagi, drivergalaagi. ..aste..
IT/BT companygallali Security guards, Housekeeping, Adige kelasagaarraagalu talent aagli, qualification aagli bedaa …matteke IT/BT companygalu kannadigaranna hee kelasagalige kadeganisthaare. ..??
Iste alla…kelavu Software companygallali …hosa Software engineers bekandre chennainalli, Delhinalli, Thrichy, Pondicherrygallalin a collegegalige hudukikondu hogthaare yaake namma karnatakadalli engineering collegugalige korathe idyaa….akasmaath illiya engineering collegugallali recruit maadidru avarau kannadigaragirolla. …
nanna companyli interview nadesoke munche resumena poorthi nodi adaralli udyogakankshiyu yaava raajyadavanu anthaanu nodthaare… sandharshaka northie agidre, telugu agidre, tamilinavanaagidre avana rajyada janarige preference kodthaane…
bharatha annodhu , Ekathe annodhu yella bogus..yella nann makklu tham thamma community, stategala janaranne aayke maadthaare.. .yellindha barbeku barathiyathe. …
Nanna kannada sneithru udaarigalu , yestu broad minded andre…yelarnu avaravara bhaashele maathadsodhu. …
Kannadakaagie ugiskonde, kannadigana support maadak hogi hodesikonde. .innu kannadiganaagiruvda kke nanage bhaya agtha ide…
Mostly nanna mundina peeligege yella bhashenu kalistheeni kannadavondhanna bittu..yakendre kannadigaralli ekathe illa…sahaya maadoke hodre nammane hugithaare nanna kannadadha mandhi…
Kannadadha bagge maathadidre nanna kannada sneitharu nanna “vatal nagaraj bandha” antha aadkothaare. ..inneke beku..idara sahavasa neeve heli
Swami naan hee emailna thumba dukkadindha baritha ideeni…bejaaragid re dayavittu kshemisi…adre naan mele helida yellavu vaasthava nagna sathyaa..
mahesh
Whatever, whether it is Narayan gowda, Praveen sheety or anyone, we definitely need a Raj Thackeray in Karnataka.