Kannada Activists  

 Days have gone by after the protests by Kannada activists took a sharp turn for the worse, resulting in vandalism of hoardings because of the use of Hindi language and the aftermath that followed. As social media continues to battle the issue, it makes sense for us to reflect on our attitude towards language.

Bengaluru witnessed a major clash between two communities where Kannada activists vandalised hoardings written in Hindi near a Jain temple in Infantry Road area

Writers, pro-Kannada activists and people gathered at Royal Circle in Ballari to pay tribute to litterateur Girish Karnad, who passed away on June 10 in Bengaluru

Of late, Karnataka chief minister Kumaraswamy has been staying in resorts, either for treatment or relaxation. Not happy with such a move, members of a Kannada organisation wanted to lay siege to the Vidhana Soudha (Karnataka secretariat in Bengaluru), but the police prevented them from doing so.

Kannada activists protested against Sunny Leone's upcoming Tamil film Veeramahadevi and against her performance in Bengaluru, which is expected on November 3.

 

Sunny Leone will perform at the event Kannada-Bali night titled 'Purity and Expression', at a hotel in Nagawara. Singer Raghu Dixit is also set to perform on the occasion.
 

Tickets for Sunny Leone event are selling fast and the organisers have asked for additional security to conduct the programme as they fear protests that will be staged by the Kannada activists.

Kannada activists took to social media with the hashtag #MalgudiDaysInKannada and it soon became a state-wide trend