Some dialogues from Muktha – maybe some poetry… or quotation from some literature… are truly inspiring!
You’re welcome to post anything that you can recall any from any (old or current) episodes – anything that inspired you… or simply made you laugh !
Are multinational companies helping or harming India’s development?
I don’t know the answer and haven’t come to any conclusion of my own, I’m just putting some pieces here, any more are welcome… 🙂 … or even any differences in opinion!
For a DCDB (desi born confused desi 😉 ) like me who had achieved a reasonably high level of proficiency in English (well according to an IELTS exam I’d taken a couple of years ago), Kannada was something I hardly ever bothered about. However since October 2001 when I started seeing a lot of things in a different light, I’ve been appreciative of a great many things and Kannada has been one of them!
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ಪಾತಾಂಜಲಿಯವರ ಸೂತà³à²°à²—ಳಲà³à²²à²¿ ಇಲà³à²²à²¦à²¿à²°à³à²µà³ ಕೆಲವೠಆಸನಗಳೠಈ ಕಡಲ ಕೋಳಿ ವà³à²¯à²•à³à²¤à²ªà²¡à²¿à²¸à³à²¤à³à²¤à²¿à²¦à³à²¦à²‚ಗಿದೆ… 😉
A penguin looks like it demonstrates some aasanas that Patanjali might’ve missed out in his sutras 😉 (I’m not sure, haven’t read it completely myself)
ಪà³à²°à²¾à²°à²‚ಬದಲà³à²²à²¿ ಗಂಬೀರà³à²µà²¾à²—ಿ ನಿಂತà³à²•à³Šà²³à²¿…
This was a real gem on sampada… at first I had a [totally baseless] assumption that the interview might be about politics or something (and boring)… (The writeup says: “ಸಿರಿಸಂಪಿಗೆಯ ಕವಿ ಚಂದà³à²°à²¶à³‡à²–ರ ಕಂಬಾರರನà³à²¨à³ ಕನà³à²¨à²¡à²¿à²—ರಿಗೆ ಪರಿಚಯಿಸà³à²µ ಅಗತà³à²¯à²µà²¿à²²à³à²².” – ಆದರೆ ನನà³à²¨à²‚ತ ಮà³à² à³à² ಾಲà³à²°à³‚ ಇರà³à²¤à³à²¤à²¾à²°à³† ಸà³à²µà²¾à²®à²¿ – ನನಗೆ ಗೊತà³à²¤à²¿à²°à³à²²à²¿à²²à³à²²… 😳 ) …but anyway… the podcasted interview on the contrary turned out to be quite involving! This gentleman has some excellent ideas…
Its common among software engineers and I’ve been no major exception as well – to be perpetually pissed off for not having got a well-deserved hike or a promotion, esp as much as someone else got. Once in a way, we go beyond mere bickering and nagging to really trying to demand what we deserve. (more…)
ಇವತà³à²¤à³ ಹೆಚೠಪಿ ಜೊತೆ ಮಾತನಾಡà³à²µà²¾à²— ಕನà³à²¨à²¡ ದಲà³à²²à²¿ ಬà³à²²à²¾à²—ೠಮಾಡಲೠಸà³à²µà²²à³à²ª ಉಪಾಯಗಳೠಸಿಕà³à²•à²¿à²¦à²µà³… ಬರಹ ಡೈರೆಕà³à²Ÿà³ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸಿ ಆರಾಮಾಗಿ ಯೂನಿಕೋಡà³à²¨à²²à³à²²à³‡ ಬರಿಯ ಬಹà³à²¦à³! ಇಷà³à²Ÿà³ ದಿನ windows 2000 ನಲà³à²²à²¿ ಕನà³à²¨à²¡ enable ಮಾಡಲೠಸಾದà³à²¯à²µà²¿à²²à³à²² ಅಂದà³à²•à³Šà²‚ಡಿದà³à²¦à³†… ಆದರೆ ಇಲà³à²²à²¿ ತà³à²‚ಬ ಚೆನà³à²¨à²¾à²—ಿ ವಿವರಿಸಿದà³à²¦à²¾à²°à³† 🙂 ಆದರೆ ಕನà³à²¨à²¡à²¦à²²à³à²²à²¿ ಬರಿಯà³à²µ ಅà²à³à²¯à²¾à²¸ ಇಲà³à²²à²¦à²¿à²°à³à²µà³à²¦à²°à²¿à²‚ದ ಸà³à²µà²²à³à²ª ನಿಧಾನವಾಗಿ ಬರಿಯà³à²¤à³à²¤à²¾ ಇದà³à²¦à²¿à²¨à²¿ ಆದರೠಸಕà³à²•à²¤à³ ಮಜ ಇದೆ 😉 ಯೆಷà³à²Ÿà³ ತಪà³à²ªà³à²—ಳೠಮಾಡಿದà³à²¦à³€à²¨à³‹ ಯೇನೊ ಆದರೆ ಶà³à²°à³ ಮಾಡಿದಿನಿ – ಕಲಿಯಲೠಸಾಕಷà³à²Ÿà³ ಇದೆ. ಯಾರಾದರೠಇದನà³à²¨à³ ಅಪà³à²ªà²¿ ತಪà³à²ªà²¿ ಓದಿದರೆ ದಯವಿಟà³à²Ÿà³ ನಿಮà³à²® ತಾಳà³à²®à³† ಇದà³à²¦à²·à³à²Ÿà³ ತಪà³à²ªà³à²—ಳನà³à²¨à³ ತೋರಿಸಿದರೆ ಕೃತಗà³à²£ ನಾಗಿರà³à²¤à³à²¤à³‡à²¨à³†… ಇಲà³à²²à³† ಸà³à²µà²²à³à²ª ಅà²à³à²¯à²¾à²¸ ಮಾಡಿ ಸà³à²µà²²à³à²ª ದಿನಗಳಲà³à²²à²¿ ಸಂಪದಕà³à²•à³† ಬರಿಯಬಹà³à²¦à³.
ವಿಂಡೋಸೠಮತà³à²¤à³ ಆಫೀಸà³â€Œà²—ಳಲà³à²²à²¿ ಕನà³à²¨à²¡
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Beginning with the long-time ambition of relearning (through writing) Kannada. Though its the language of the place I live in and also my native language, I’ve unfortunately ended up being out of touch with it (like most other “modern” Kannadigas) except through informal conversation! Well its never too late, I hope to start in bits and pieces for now on an experimental basis, before eventually becoming more active on the sampada portal.
A lot of my other countrymen would argue that this excercise is totally unnecessary when we can do just fine with English, but for a variety of reasons and mainly just my gut feeling – getting back in touch with it is something I’d like to do 🙂
Theres a candid-camera kind of programme on Udaya TV at 10:30 PM every night (and I think its made a record of some sort by being the only programme (of its kind) thats aired 7 days a week.
*kuri* means sheep – which is used as a metaphor for anyone who is gullible – and basically its a typical candid camera kind of show. The *thoLa* (wolf) finds somebody maybe one who looks idle, and then enacts some strange kind of situation, which sometimes turns out to be quite a test of the kuri’s tolerance, patience and capacity to handle the totally unpredictable, sometimes outright annoying.
Once in a way its boring and I think over time they’ve really evolved and from going on to giving a cynical smile, as a viewer, I’ve found that quite a few times it makes me rock in laughter. I’m not sure how I would react if I was made a *kuri* but having watched the program kind of involuntarily (its my mom’s favorite programme) I’ve started to actually appreciate one very interesting thing about it.
If we look at the way it all begins, what happens typically is the *thoLa* Sunil, a really cartoonish looking extremely comical chap, approaches somebody who’s apparently standing waiting for somebody. Depending on the kuri – idea (often submitted by viewers) he might say something totally ridiculous like “saar, please give me your bike, I want to go meet my fiancee, its extremely important, I’ll give you Rs 100 rent per hour”. And then the fellow of course refuses vehemently, but Sunil keeps on persisting in various ways. Some get mildly annoyed, some are pretty calm, some keep laughing throughout the incident, various interesting reactions.
(Actually an epidemic of such serials had started with MTV Bakra by Cyrus long ago to the point where I think I might’ve started looking around for a video camera in any odd situation on the street! But I think they kind of died out eventually, IMO, nobody could beat the original. But this one here seems to be pretty good. Anyway all this is besides the point.)
Now the important part.
There are some *kuris* who take the situation extremely seriously. If they feel angry, they might take to verbal abuse, sometimes even violence – trying to assault the fellow. There was even once a lady who felt terrified (the *kuri idea* was that these people are posing as some government officials who have come to demolish just the front compound wall of her house for the construction of a borewell that would provide water to the entire community due to acute water shortage).
The seriousness, tension, anger, or hatred, on the faces of these people is so amazing.
An observation here: As an outside viewer, we know its all a joke. So we can laugh. But after all whom are we watching? We are watching someone else. But what if we were in the same situation. And now… how many times has it been, when we have actually been in the same situation! The only thing missing has been a hidden camera?
The kuri team seem to be pretty sensitive to know when to not carry things too far. Finally they let the *kuri* know its all a joke.
Then, as an alert viewer, you would observe one thing. The change in the expression of the kuri – the moment he/she realises its all a joke! From extreme anger, frustration, ill-will – to relief, laughter, and wonder! Its like some invisible switch was turned on, that changes their perspective of the whole situation! Now they are part of the joke, no longer the victim of it! Some even give the so far despicable *thoLa* a warm hug full of love!
OH… if only we could do this in real life!
(Later on the *kuri* is given a lot of gifts by different sponsors and a sincere apology from the team – reminds me of the ending of one of the H2G2 books 😉 )
