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There was a email chain going rounds that some kid in a school was stripped of the vice captain post as punishment since he/she used Kannada in school. As a starter, this measure is unacceptable and the blanket ban on speaking in non-English languages is retrograde. But, we are so much used to knee jerk reaction and dont tend to think beyond some horizon ! We are bunch of lazy buggers who raise a voice only when someone holds us against the wall. But, this method wont work for long !! There has been lot of discussions centering around Where do your kids study? What medium did you study since you dont speak good English etc. Looking at these line of talks, I am sure most of us would like their kids to study in English medium and atleast have Kannada as first language but don’t completely believe the quality of schools in and around Bangalore. The need to create a parallel top-notch Kannada medium schools is the need of the hour to counter the claims of the govt which

5 things in which Kannadiga's are bad and need to improve leaps and bounds!  If we like to be seen as considerable force in coming days rather than race which is open hearted, soft, generous etc ; then read further ! else , be the way you are and stop cribbing about things around you . 5. Talking out in a crowd / just being loud / hanging out together as a group Generally, we are shy , generous creatures who are happy if someone takes the responsibility. We are happy even if someone takes the cake too! (we are generous , you see ;-) ) We tend to get scared of the repercussions of talking out in a crowd or we are too polite to talk out loud in a corporate setting. Also, we dont like to be seen as Kannada fanatic ; therefore we like to have a global approach while making friends or choosing the group. Most of us would like/try to make friends with all other linguistically dominant people. Try to become one among them by speaking macha .. , machi .. ,  bechan ..

According to the latest news report;  during the post swearing ceremony meetings  ; Modi communicated in Hindi  with foreign dignitaries. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/ report-narendra-modi-s-hindi- bowling-was-googly-for-saarc- leaders-1993294 This is seen as new trend setting and as positive message in social media. Some of the media reports has even misquoted Hindi as national language whereas we  don't  have any such mention in our  constitution .   While Modi is free to talk in whatever language he wishes to, at the same time his government should ensure that Hindi imposition on Non-Hindi states stops. All languages in this country should be treated as equal and state government should get the freedom to decide in what language they want to interact with central government instead of limiting option to just two languages. Right now, the Official Languages Act needs to be revisited and ensure that all 22 scheduled languages become the official languages of the I