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The Hindu
03-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Book release of ‘Kuvempu Vichara Kranti' on July 5
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will release 'Kuvempu Vichara Kranti,' edited by Baraguru Ramachandrappa, on July 5. The book, published by Jana Prakashana, focuses on the ideas of Kannada poet Kuvempu. The event will be held at 5 p.m. at the NGO Auditorium, Karnataka State Government Employees Association, Cubbon Park. Ham. Pa. Nagarajaiah will be the chief guest. Justice H.N. Nagamohana Das, former Kuvempu University Vice-Chancellor Chidananda Gowda, and Kuvempu's daughter Tharini Chidananda Gowda will attend.
The Hindu
21-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Two-day workshop on Indian Constitution begins in Shivamogga
Justice H.N. Nagamohan Das, chairperson of the one-man commission on the internal reservation of Scheduled Castes, has stressed the need for preparing activists to spread the significance of the Indian Constitution. Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day workshop on the Indian Constitution in Shivamogga on Saturday, Mr. Das said that understanding the essence of the Constitution was important for the progress of all in society. 'No matter who rules the country, we should ensure they rule as per the Constitution. I firmly believe that we can resolve many of our problems and achieve progress if we tread the path shown by the Constitution,' he said. Elaborating on the Samvidhana Odu, a campaign launched in 2018, he said that he had addressed hundreds of gatherings over the past few years, spreading the importance of the Indian Constitution. 'I have addressed at least 2,000 meetings in the last five years. However, I cannot reach the entire State in my lifetime. Hence, my team and I decided to conduct workshops in district centres so that we prepare people who can take the message further to rural areas,' Mr. Das said. He called upon the activists who participated in the workshop to engage actively in the campaign and spread the importance of the Constitution. Minister for School Education Madhu Bangarappa said that as a student he hardly studied about the Indian Constitution. However, after becoming a Minister, he made reciting of the Preamble of the Constitution compulsory in all schools. 'The initiative will help us a great deal in the coming days,' he said. Highlighting teachers' vacancies in government schools, Mr. Madhu Bangarappa appealed to Justice Nagamohan Das to clear the issue of internal reservation at the earliest so that his department could recruit teachers. 'There are 51,000 vacancies in our department. We are preparing to recruit around 18,000 teachers. We will do it as soon as the reservation is finalised,' he said. Sharath Ananthamurthy, Vice-Chancellor of Kuvempu University said that many among the youth had misunderstood the reservation policy. 'There is a need for debate on reservation in colleges and universities and address the misunderstanding. The students should be told about the importance of reservation and the actual meaning of merit,' he said. Deputy Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde, Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer N. Hemanth, advocate K.P. Sripal and others were present.
News18
20-06-2025
- General
- News18
Why It's ‘Kannada' For Karnataka & ‘Kannad' For North? ‘1st Language Interference' Explained
Last Updated: There has been a significant row over non-Kannada speakers' inability to speak the local language fluently. The simmering language debate in Karnataka has taken a new turn, this time, over the pronunciation of South Indian languages. A common point of contention is the frequent mispronunciation of 'Kannada" as 'Kannad," which has irked many locals. Even Kannada star Kiccha Sudeep joined the conversation, saying, 'Just like Hindi cannot be called Hind, Kannada cannot be Kannad." But the question remains. How did the phrase 'Kannad' come into existence? According to a recent discussion with linguists in Deccan Herald, many believe it's a result of 'first language interference", where a speaker's native language influences their pronunciation and usage of other languages. Why Do People Pronounce Kannada As Kannad? Meti Mallikarjuna, a linguist, professor and researcher at Kuvempu University, spoke to the outlet, explaining how linguistic structures are different for different languages, including Kannada and Hindi. 'While Kannada and other Dravidian languages are largely based on vowels, which means the words end with a vowel, languages like Hindi end with a consonant sound," he added. As a result, those unfamiliar vowel-ending languages are likely to struggle with the correct pronunciation and end up mixing it with a consonant sound. The linguistic expert went on to cite a few examples, showing the difference between the pronunciation in Hindi and Kannada, such as pustak-pustaka (book), ganith-ganitha (mathematics) and chintan-chintana (think). Likewise, DN Shankara Bhat, another linguist, stated how speakers make certain changes in pronunciation when they borrow more from other languages. 'The structure of the borrowed word may be different from what the speaker is exposed to in their primary language. This is the reason why North Indians refer to our language as Kannad," he added. Noting that the mispronunciation of Kannad is not necessarily wrong, as such adjustments are common, Bhat went on to share how English speakers have a distinction between alphabets but Indians do not. Sahiba, an academician and former Kannada professor, explained how pronunciation issues prevail among Tamil speakers as well when they converse in Kannada using Tamil grammar. 'The grammatical rules of the primary language are deeply rooted everywhere. Many speakers are only able to adapt to the grammar of a second language while speaking it is as much as their own primary language," she explained. Linguistic experts continued to emphasise that the variations in mispronouncing languages might not be deliberate, as not everyone is aware of it, and they have nobody to correct them. Despite being a common issue with speakers from all parts of the country, many within the state of Karnataka are still seen as being targeted for not speaking Kannada fluently or mispronouncing words. It reflects how language politics have been unfairly affecting those with limited access to linguistic support. First Published:
Deccan Herald
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Deccan Herald
Daughter or sister — How are Kannada and Tamil related?
Actor Kamal Haasan's remark that Kannada was born out of Tamil has sparked a furore in Karnataka, but he has said nothing new. Leaders of all political hues in Tamil Nadu propagate the sentiment, and it is part of the state anthem as well. .The actor's casual remark, made in Chennai at the audio release of his upcoming film, Thug Life, could also be seen in the context of the Dravidian movement spearheaded by Periyar in the early part of the 20th century. As an ideologue, Periyar (1879-1973) espoused the cause of the south and opposed Hindi dominance. He held that all south Indian languages were born from Old Tamil. In current-day politics, Kamal Haasan is seeking to enter the Rajya Sabha with support from the DMK, a party founded on Periyarist Periyar calls Old Tamil is the very same language that linguists call Proto-Dravidian, assumed to have been the source of Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tulu, Kodava, Badaga and less widely spoken languages such as Hassan's position on the supremacy of Tamil is contentious. For Kannadigas, the dispute is not so much about whether Kannada and Tamil are related — there is no question that they are — but about how they are related. Linguists DH spoke to argue that the languages are sisters, and not mother and fallout of Kamal Haasan's casual remark, and his subsequent refusal to retract his position and apologise, has triggered outrage in Karnataka. .Thug Life, directed by Mani Ratnam, comes 38 years after Nayakan, the gangster drama on which the two had collaborated and created box office history. .Meti Mallikarjun, linguist, professor and researcher at Kuvempu University, Shivamogga, says it is a common belief among Tamil people that Tamil is the mother of all Dravidian languages. 'There is no rationale behind it. It is like a folk belief,' he says. .Kamal Haasan would not have made the controversial statement had he acquired a deeper understanding of the history of the southern languages, he observes. 'The two languages are like branches of the same tree. The roots are what is known as Proto-Dravidian,' he multiplicity of tongues in India derives predominantly from two language families — Proto-Dravidian and Proto-Indo-Aryan. 'We have 25 to 27 languages in the Dravidian family. Some studies suggest the number is 70, but we have no evidence to support it,' Meti says. .The languages branched out at different points in time — Brahui, Malto, Tulu, Gondi, Kodava, Tamil, Kannada and so on. Gradually, when mutual intelligibility among the languages faded, they became independent languages, he adds. .A well-known linguist based in Karnataka says Kannada and Tamil share a cognate relationship, and one is not a descendant of the other. .Predictably, politicians wade into language controversies to score points and push their agendas. The claim that Kannada descended from Sanskrit is advanced by some. 'These are popular ideas that do not have evidence to support them,' the linguist, who requested anonymity, Malayalam and Kannada were part of the same Dravidian language group (known as the south Dravidian language group), he explains. 'Kannada was the first to branch out from it. Tamil and Malayalam were together for a long time. Some studies also suggest that Tulu and Kodava had already branched out much before Kannada,' he says..K Nallathambi, who writes fiction and poetry in Kannada and Tamil, says, 'The languages have many identical words but that does not mean one originated from the other. Korean has many words in common with Tamil, but that does not mean Korean originated from Tamil.'.The academics do not dispute the antiquity of Tamil. 'Sangam literature, which dates back to about 300 BCE, is evidence that Tamil is an old language. To add to it, one of the oldest grammar books, Tolkappiyam, was written by Tolkappiyar, a contemporary of Panini. It is a famous grammar book of south India,' Meti Carlos, who was a Tamil professor in the Kannada department at Bangalore University — he taught Tamil through Kannada — says the belief that Tamil is older than other southern languages is deeply rooted in Tamil Nadu. 'In his poem chosen as the Tamil Nadu state anthem, Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai says all Dravidian languages originated from Tamil. The Tamils sing this song every day and go by it. He also praises the other languages. He refers to Telugu as a beautiful language, and Kannada as a happy language and so on. But he also says that they all came from the womb of the Tamil mother. This is what Kamal has also said,' he the British missionary and linguist Robert Caldwell, who wrote A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian Family of Languages in the mid-19th century, debated the etymology of the name Tamil. 'He writes that 'Dramil' has now become Tamil. But there is a debate about it. Some people say Tamil has become Dramil in some Sanskrit texts,' says Meti. .Carlos calls attention to A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary, originally published in 1961, compiled by M B Emeneau and T Burrow. 'In this book, about 12 Dravidian languages are enumerated with their roots. Words are listed in alphabetical order and compared with the other example, hogu ('go' in Kannada) is listed alongside po in Tamil and so on,' he explains. He describes it as a pioneering book that put forth the theory that all south Indian languages came from a Proto-Dravidian it is true that Kannada and Tamil share many similarities in grammar and lexis, it is equally true that, over the centuries, they have chosen their priorities differently. Formal Kannada borrows generously from Sanskrit, while formal Tamil mines its Dravidian lexis to create new terms. For example, for 'president', Kannada uses 'rashtrapati', a term adopted by many Indian languages with a Sanskrit influence, while Tamil has coined a more native 'kudiyarasu thalaivar' — head of the Kamal Haasan nor Mani Ratnam is a stranger to Kannada. The actor has starred in several hit Kannada films, including Rama Shama Bhama (2005), in which he speaks Kannada in the north Karnataka dialect. Mani Ratnam made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi (1983). .The two languages enjoy much warmth, but sometimes, sibling rivalry kicks in.
The Hindu
24-05-2025
- The Hindu
Kuvempu University postpones exam after BA students receive wrong question paper
Shivamogga: The Bachelor of Arts students of Kuvempu University appearing for the sixth semester (NEP batch) examination of the Kannada optional paper were in shock on Saturday (May 24, 2025), when they received the wrong question papers. The examination was scheduled between 9 am and 11 am. The students were provided with the question paper prepared based on the old syllabus, leaving them clueless. The students brought this to the notice of examination supervisors and the principals of respective colleges, who later informed the Registrar (Examination) of the University. Exam postponed Following complaints from the colleges, the University postponed the examination scheduled on the day. The students were asked to leave the rooms, returning the answer sheets and question papers. Prof. S.M. Gopinath, Registrar (Evaluation) of Kuvempu University, told The Hindu that the exam had been postponed and the next day would be decided soon. 'The students received the wrong question paper due to the negligence of the chairperson of the board of examiners (BoE). Question papers are prepared confidentially. The BoE chairperson finalizes the question paper and also has the responsibility to do scrutiny of the draft before it goes for final print. The students faced difficulty because of the chairperson's negligence', he said. Further, the Registrar, said he would seek an explanation from the erring official, issue a show-cause notice, and seek a response. 'We will hold the erring official responsible for the development and ensure such incidents do not repeat', he added. The colleges in Shivamogga and Chikkamagaluru are affiliated to Kuvempu University.
