kannada Citizen Matters, Blogs

Theatre Review: How Cow Now Cow, Ranga Shankara, Fri, 22 April 2017

April 23, 2017 Deepa Mohan

One of the inequalities of life is that children may not be allowed for many theatre productions…but adults can certainly go and enjoy children’s theatre. The enjoyment is all the more, when one goes with

Theatre Review: This Will Only Take Several Minutes: Ranga Shankara, 20 Jan 2017

January 21, 2017 Deepa Mohan

Having watched an excellent play staged by Tadpole Repertory earlier (you can see the review here if you wish to) I was eager to watch the production of “This Will Only Take Several Minutes”, which

“Maryade Prashne”: Theatre Review

January 3, 2015 Deepa Mohan

I find it interesting to watch a translation of a play; watching “Maryade Prashne”, a translation, by Surendranath, of “Respect”, a play in German by Lutz Huebner was an experience on several levels. In the

Flouting laws under the guise of “love of language”

December 10, 2014 Deepa Mohan

Though it is illegal to have licence number plates only in Kannada (or any regional language), people routinely flout this rule, and cite their love for Kannada as a reason to have number plates

Bhavageethe – Poetry and Music

December 22, 2013 Chitra Srikrishna

Songs are but poetry set to music some would argue. In Kannada, such poetry set to music, is called Bhavageethe. From the vachanas to the dasarpadas to the poems of Kuvempu, composers have added to

Independence, that often used word

August 13, 2012 Subramaniam Vincent

Independence Day is coming up and it’s a good time to reflect on the word itself. Let’s take a look at how the word plays out in public life in our own city and state.

“All are equal miss…

July 13, 2009 Pushpa Achanta

…Hindus, Muslims, Christians, boys and girls", were the heart warming words of Afreen Sultana, a promising class IX student of a government aided English medium school in Matadahalli, R.T. Nagar. A fornight ago, it all

Kannada Katte at Brahmins’ Coffee Bar,Basavanagudi

March 15, 2009 Deepa Mohan

A group of us had gone birding to Bannerghatta on Saturday, the 14th of March…and what better way to wind up a most enjoyable morning than to go to Brahmins’ Coffee Bar, that practically-heritage fast-good-food