State budget has announced that 1,000 Karnataka Public Schools will start English-medium sections in Class 1, in addition to the Kannada medium, in pilot mode, Is the vision behind English mediums schools justified?
Rajdeep Sardesai, Nidhi Razdan, Indira Lankesh, Bagchi Karkaria, Manu Joseph, R Jagannathan, Sagarika Ghosh are just some names that will be seen in the Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF) today.
Photographer Mahesh Shantaram seeks to dispel the myths around African migrants in India and lend them a human face through his portfolio, now on display at a city gallery.
Whether out-of-towners should learn Kannada has been a long-standing bone of contention in Bengaluru. Here is a man who is teaching them how to speak Kannada.
Many Kannada organisations are up in arms against each other, due to the dubbing ban controversy. What is the issue? Why do some people oppose dubbing, while others support it? Here’s an informative article on the issue.
Life may have gotten easier for non-Kannadigas in Bangalore, with new-age jobs and comforts. But will young people find a future Bengaluru an alienating place if they don’t know Kannada? A Citizen Matters special for November 1st, Rajyotsava Day.
