• Kannada societies abroad are orphans without the support of the homeland

• Ignored by those who are supposed to unite Kannadas!

• Kannada is also ignored in the air show

BENGALURU RURAL: Kannada associations abroad are becoming orphans due to the negligence of various authorities who should strive to integrate Kannadas living on the border and abroad.

In many states including Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, overseas Kannada organizations are not functioning due to various problems including financial crisis. The Karnataka Border Development Authority, which is supposed to ensure that these organizations continue to actively organize Kannada cultural programs, has been restricted to Bengaluru with the mantra of ‘grants only for applicants’, so the plight of Kannada organizations abroad does not seem to be the case. heard According to the Department of Kannada and Culture, in 2017-18, 15 Kannada cultural societies were functioning in various states of the country, including Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu. Last year, this number fell to 9. Especially in Tamil Nadu where there were 9 Kannada organizations 6 years ago, now it is limited to 3.

Does the commission know that the government spends several crores of rupees every year to build libraries and halls at the border and abroad through the Border Area Development Authority for the purpose of spreading Kannada? Allotment of Grants. The listing officer should come to Tamil Nadu once the grant is awarded for the project. Till 2012, Kannada was taught at the Karnataka Sangam School in T. Nagar, Chennai. Learning Kannada was stopped by Tamil Nadu government’s bilingual policy. But due to the Kannada language craze of the Karnataka Sangam, arrangements have been made to educate the children there without examination.

The seat ratio of the school, which has been doing this for decades, was 7 thousand per month till 2019, but the Tamil Nadu government has suddenly increased it to 3 lakh. Due to this, severe financial difficulties have arisen and the Karnataka Association is waiting for the intervention of the state government,’ said the organizer. “The local residents are trying to use their influence to close the Kannada Sangam High School in Ayanavaram. Located in the prime part of Chennai, this Kannada school has an enrollment of 1500 students and still teaches Kannada from class 1 to 5. They are pushing to close this school and build a commercial complex in the same area,” said Kannada Sangha president Vasanthekde.

In Tamil Nadu, the Kannada corner group has suspended Kannada programs on the airwaves since last January. The program airs for 1 hour every Sunday, 2nd and 4th Saturday, and is limited to 2 hours per month. Out of the 3 announcers dedicated to Kannada programmes, two have been sent home and only songs are being aired. Chennai announcer Aparna said that the Karnataka government should make arrangements to correct these changes and strengthen the language.