Bengaluru: The language row in Karnataka — Hindi versus Kannada, appears to be once more rearing its ugly head within the backdrop of current developments on allegations of Hindi imposition by actress-turned-politician Ramya, and ill-treatment of dancer and choreographer Salman Yusuf Khan for not realizing Kannada by an official in Bengaluru airport. Both incidents triggered the`Kannada versus Hindi debate` on social media. A video of an auto driver asking a passenger in Bengaluru why he ought to communicate in Hindi to a passenger has additionally gone viral and sparked a debate. In the video, the auto driver is seen refusing to speak with the passenger in Hindi at the same time as she requests him to talk in Hindi. He, nonetheless, continues speaking to her in English. “Why should I speak in Hindi? You are in Karnataka, first you should speak in Kannada,” he says in Kannada. After the arguments and counter arguments, the girl will get down from the auto-rickshaw, and goes away. This video additionally has gone viral on social media.
Kannada actress-turned-Congress politician Ramya, also referred to as Divyaspandana, had stirred an issue by stating that India isn’t all about Hindi and Bollywood.
Ramya said: “I am also really glad `Naatu Naatu` was performed in Telugu – about time the world knows that India is not just Hindi. India is not just Bollywood. Stereotyping is lazy thinking.”
I’m additionally actually glad Naatu Naatu was carried out in Telugu – about time the world is aware of that India is a various nation of various cultures and languages. India is not only Hindi. India is not only Bollywood. Stereotyping is lazy pondering. https://t.co/fGPhAMwkzX
— Ramya/Divya Spandana (@divyaspandana) March 13, 2023
An incident of dancer and choreographer Salman Yusuff Khan being insulted by an immigration officer for not realizing Kannada language has come to mild on the KempeGowda International Airport at Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Khan has alleged that the official questioned him for not realizing Kannada language regardless of being born in Bengaluru and used “threatening tone”.
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“I am a proud Bangalorean. But, what I have faced today is unacceptable. You should always encourage people to learn any local language but not demean them for not knowing it. And you should not pull your parents` name into it,” Khan wrote on his social media account.
The dancer had challenged him and at last said that, “well this is what I get to represent my city and win national accolades, that I have to prove myself to these brutes at Bengaluru airport.”
The incident has stirred an issue and Khan is getting assist from many individuals.
