03-14-2006, 09:19 PM
Renaming cities.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->English killing thirst for knowledge, says Kannada writer Ananthamurthy
English killing thirst for knowledge, says noted writer V Kumara Swamy
Neemrana, Mar 14 (PTI) <b>The man behind the move to change Bangalore's name to 'Bengaluru' Jnanpith Award winner U R Ananthamurthy believes that English is "killing the thirst for knowledge" in India and calls for immediate steps to inculcate the love of the local language in school going children.
"Globalisation is forcing us to become unilingual, and we are wilfully following it without even realising that we are losing a great deal in return," Ananthamurthy, also former Chairman of Sahitya Academy, told PTI at the recently concluded Afro-Asian Literary meet.</b>
As the Chairman of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), Ananthamurthy is trying to sell his <b>concept of "Common schools for Indian languages" to other members of the board. "Under this scheme, we will have schools having teachers of major Indian languages where children will have the option of choosing one language that they want to learn," he says.</b>
It is still at a conceptual state and further work needs to be done, but Ananthamurthy is hopeful that his idea will be accepted. <b>"In this way, we can influence the mind of children about the beauty of Indian languages and expand their horizons. It is important that we make them creative," </b>he emphasises.
<b>It was Ananthamurthy's suggestion that Karnataka change its capital's name from the anglicised "Bangalore" to "Bengaluru" which the government accepted despite heavy criticism.</b> "When the whole Kannada community calls it Bengaluru, I see no reason why others should not call it by the same name," he asserts. PTI
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The suggestion coming from UR Anthamurthy is welcome for he is as modern as one gets- Vamshavrikhsa etc. I like his idea of inculcating the Indian heritage and culture while the youth are still young. This way the image of India they have is that which is based on the Indian heritage. But care must be taken to ensure there are no denigration of the heritage or figures like Sant Tukaram.
I understand the need to reclaim the names to show the break with colonialism. However we should be wary of becoming anti-modern for that would turn India back on its progress. I am all for reclaiming or heritage but it should not be cause ofr regression.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->English killing thirst for knowledge, says Kannada writer Ananthamurthy
English killing thirst for knowledge, says noted writer V Kumara Swamy
Neemrana, Mar 14 (PTI) <b>The man behind the move to change Bangalore's name to 'Bengaluru' Jnanpith Award winner U R Ananthamurthy believes that English is "killing the thirst for knowledge" in India and calls for immediate steps to inculcate the love of the local language in school going children.
"Globalisation is forcing us to become unilingual, and we are wilfully following it without even realising that we are losing a great deal in return," Ananthamurthy, also former Chairman of Sahitya Academy, told PTI at the recently concluded Afro-Asian Literary meet.</b>
As the Chairman of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), Ananthamurthy is trying to sell his <b>concept of "Common schools for Indian languages" to other members of the board. "Under this scheme, we will have schools having teachers of major Indian languages where children will have the option of choosing one language that they want to learn," he says.</b>
It is still at a conceptual state and further work needs to be done, but Ananthamurthy is hopeful that his idea will be accepted. <b>"In this way, we can influence the mind of children about the beauty of Indian languages and expand their horizons. It is important that we make them creative," </b>he emphasises.
<b>It was Ananthamurthy's suggestion that Karnataka change its capital's name from the anglicised "Bangalore" to "Bengaluru" which the government accepted despite heavy criticism.</b> "When the whole Kannada community calls it Bengaluru, I see no reason why others should not call it by the same name," he asserts. PTI
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The suggestion coming from UR Anthamurthy is welcome for he is as modern as one gets- Vamshavrikhsa etc. I like his idea of inculcating the Indian heritage and culture while the youth are still young. This way the image of India they have is that which is based on the Indian heritage. But care must be taken to ensure there are no denigration of the heritage or figures like Sant Tukaram.
I understand the need to reclaim the names to show the break with colonialism. However we should be wary of becoming anti-modern for that would turn India back on its progress. I am all for reclaiming or heritage but it should not be cause ofr regression.