While cutting of trees is called ‘kadi’ in spoken Kannada, it is for some strange reason called ‘anana’ when written in newspapers and media. Similarly, instead of the Kannada word ‘bere’ (which is ...

Techie’s start-up aims to reach out to 1 lakh non-Kannadigas A techie has lined up a plan to teach Kannada to 1 lakh non-Kannadigas over the next five months. With the help of videos of 2 to 3 minute ...

BENGALURU: An innocuous tweet by Karnataka Sahitya Academy award winner and distinguished journalist Sugata Srinivasaraju a fortnight ago urging the operator of the Bengaluru airport to use the right ...

Padma Shri awardee KS Jayalakshmi, the editor of Sanskrit daily Sudharma, and KPTCL retired chief engineer BS Prabhakar were felicitated during Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations hosted by the ...

BENGALURU: A budgetary proposal by state government to introduce English medium classes in 1,000 government primary schools has given rise to a war of words between Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ...

Will the word Isila lose its place as the earliest recorded Kannada word? An in-depth palaeographic study, based on research of edicts by renowned scholar, writer, and historian S. Settar, suggests it ...