2010 is no different than the 1960's

Below is an excerpt from Capt.Gopinath's autobiography - Simply Fly.

That was around 1960.Gopinath had a mentor who could get him to write the NDA exams in Kannada.Had he not joined Sainik School and then NDA,Deccan Airlines would not have happened.

Fast forward 50 yrs to 2010.There are still many Central government institutions and organisations conducting exams and administration only in Hindi and English language.
Even today UGC or Aadhaar(UID Project) dont have any provision for Kannada language.Read the post from Enguru Coffee Ayta below.
http://enguru.blogspot.com/2010/11/bhaaratada-bhaashaaneeti-tamdiro.html

Is this the central government's failure to provide services equally to every Indian in his own language?
Or is it the failure of We,the Kannadigas to get this basic right to our brothers and sisters in villages who know only Kannada.
How can we expect every individual in India to know English or Hindi to get these basic amenities?
Which is easier - providing the forms and exams in all languages or forcing the entire nation to learn one language?
Frankly,2010 is no different than 1960's.

PS: This also applies to all other regional languages of India.

ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ ಗೂ ಹಬ್ಬಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಕಂಪು

ಗೆಳೆಯರೆ,
ಕೆಲವು ದಿನಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷ್ ಏರ್ವೇಸ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇವೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ (http://sampada.net/article/26672) ನಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದೆ.
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಿಂದ ಹೊರಡುವ ಹಾಗು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕಕ್ಕೆ ಬರುವ ಎಲ್ಲ ವಿಮಾನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊರಡಿಸುವ ಪದ್ದತಿಯನ್ನು ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷ್ ಏರ್ವೇಸ್ ಈಗ ತಪ್ಪಿಲ್ಲದೇ ಪಾಲಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ.
ಕಳೆದ ಬಾರಿ ನಾನು ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ ಏರ್ವೇಸ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಿಂದ ಹಾಂಗ್ ಕಾಂಗ್ ಗೆ ಪ್ರಯಾಣ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ ಏರ್ವೇಸ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆಗಳೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಮನರಂಜನೆಗಾಗಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳೂ ಇಲ್ಲ.
ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆಗಳಿದ್ದರೆ, ಕನ್ನಡ ಮಾತ್ರ ಬಲ್ಲ ಜನರಿಗೆ ವಿಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಓಡಾಡುವುದು ಸಲೀಸಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಪ್ರಯಾಣದ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡುವ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಇದ್ದರೆ, ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು ತಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷೆಯ, ತಮಗಿಷ್ಟವಾದ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡುತ್ತಾ ಕಾಲ ಕಳೆಯಬಹುದು.
ಸರಿ, ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ ಏರ್ವೇಸ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ಈ ವಿಷಯದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಹೇಳೋಣ ಅಂತ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಮಿಂಚೆ ಬರೆದದ್ದಾಯ್ತು.
"ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಂದ ಓಡಾಡುವ ನಿಮ್ಮ ವಿಮಾನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇವೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀಡುವುದರಿಂದ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ ಗ್ರಾಹಕರಿಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಉಪಯೋಗವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ವಿಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರಗಳು, ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನೂ ನೀಡಿ" ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾ ಬರೆದ ಮಿಂಚೆಗೆ ಅವರಿಂದ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ ಬಂತು..
ಮನವಿಯನ್ನು ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ ಏರ್ವೇಸ್‍ನವರು ಗಂಭೀರವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಿ ಈ ಎಲ್ಲ ಬದಲಾವಣೆಗಳನ್ನು ಇನ್ನು ಕೆಲವೇ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತರುವುದಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾ ಉತ್ತರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಇದೊಂದು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ.
ಗ್ರಾಹಕರ ಬೇಡಿಕೆಗೆ, ಒತ್ತಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ಇರುವ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಇದು ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

ನೀವು ಕೂಡ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾದಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲಾ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇವೆಯನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಪಡೆಯಿರಿ. ಆಗ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಕ ಸ್ಥಾನ ಸಿಗುವುದು.

Denotification Rules should change

These days every newspaper and news channel in Karnataka have been airing reports about top politicians denotifying the lands available with KIADB.
KIADB is a government enterprise which acquires chunks of land from common people and farmers in order to provide them to the industries for development purpose.The owners of these lands are paid market price and then it becomes the property of KIADB/government.
Denotification: The CM of Karnataka has powers to denotify these acquired lands when there is no demand from industries or for any other reasons.These lands can then be sold off to general public.

But our poor politicians and their relatives are gobbling up all the denotified lands and most of the time sold at throwaway prices causing a huge loss to the government.
I doubt that these lands are acquired from farmers for use by KIADB.These may be acquired in an intention to denotify later and get access to prime property.

As Transport minister Ashok put it,the power to denotify any land in Karnataka should be taken away from CM and politicians.
If there is a need to denotify the land,it has to be sold back to the original owner at the same price.

We,the people should not just curse the politicians when these scams are exposed on TV,but also have to
press for changing laws which have loopholes and which result in loss to the sate exchequer.

Land and natural resources are the assets of the government.They are our properties and its our duty to protect them.

Vote for Leaders,not party

Disclaimer: I am not inclined towards any political party.
In democratic India,I strongly believe we need good leadership to lead our country to rise and compete with the world.
We have seen numerous parties come and rule us and there is no difference in the way government runs.
Every party has a list of scams,corrupt politicians,party leadership trying to cover it all up,crores of illegal money to spend on buying MLA,MP's and to buy people's votes.
Even the 'Party with a difference' has the above assets.

In my opinion,every party is the same.They are ready to put their interests before the countrys' when it comes to gaining power and staying in power.

Among the numerous issues,I would like to take up one example,The issue of Kashmir.
I have known about the India -Kashmir- Pakistan issue since age 7 or 8,and even till this date the situation has not changed a bit.There were killings,bomb attacks,cross border terrorism then and they exist even today also.Thats about 18-20 yrs period.Imagine the life,the people of Kashmir lived all these years and their future.What about the kids growing there,all the human rights violations and constant military surveilance.Can we imagine living like that for our entire life? Why not end this issue by doing whatever it takes and give the people of Kashmir a normal life like we all live.
The BJP accused congress of not acting sternly against pakistan and the terrorists,and when they came to power they failed too.
Simply put,the political parties do not have the will to resolve this issue.One party wants to appease the minorities and the other sides with the majority.I am sure this would continue for years to come no matter which party comes to power.

And recollect,
How Indira Gandhi crushed the terrorism in Punjab and how Nitish Kumar has changed the face of Bihar.
Examples of what great leaders are capable of.

So do not worry about who your PM or CM will be,do not fall for the statements about how any party will make India a developed country.
A developed India is when all states of India are developed.
A devloped Karnataka is when each constituency in Karnataka is developed.
You get it right,Decide who your MLA or MP should be and vote for a clean leader who can give good governance in your constituency.
If there is none,vote for the best among the worst.

Vote for Leaders,not party.