Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Kannada or Sanskrit?

"Being the son of a Samskruta vidwan preserve the legacy of Samskruta"

A serious friend of mine gave me this piece of advice.
There was no short answer I could give to him. I do have a soft spot for Sanskrit, and wish
I'd studied it in college as well. Someday, I hope to read some of the literature. But Sanskrit
is a dead language, to put it bluntly.
Kannada, however is still alive, but only barely it seems to me. It has a rich literature as well.
But each day we use it less and less.
It is Kannada that needs saving, although Kannadigas don't take pride in their language, unlike
say the Tamils, Malayalis, Bengalis or the Telugus.

On the with the revolution!!

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