ಮುಖಪುಟ
Whats
in
a
Name
?Naming
and
renaming
is
an
endless
controversy
in
India.
Karnataka
is
no
exception.
This
time
two
issues
have
cropped
up.
1)Even
before
Bangalore
International
Airport
project
takes
off,
Naming
of
the
Airport
is
flying
high.
2)
Deputy
Commissioner
of
Karwar
District
Mr.
Nilay
Mitash
Has
suggested
Ravindranath
Tagores
name
for
Karwars
peaceful
Beach.
He
is
collecting
public
opinion.
By
what
name
do
we
call
these
two
important
landmarks
in
Karnataka?
Readers here emphatically assert "No politicians name, No religious leader name please"
Here
are
some
responses;
These
incidents
happen
only
in
karnataka
!
I
remember
this
very
well.
Abbu
[K.T.
Chandrashekar]
mentioned
this
once,when
he
narrated
how
Kannada
and
Karnataka
got
in
to
A.N.
Krishnaraos
mind.
Incidentally,
You
must
be
aware,
inspite
of
this
Anakru
named
his
first
son
as
"Ravindranath"
and
recommended
Kalakshethra
to
be
named
as
"Ravindrakalakshethra"
in
rememberance
of
the
National
figure
Tagore!
.
This
shows
the
greatness
and
genorasity
of
a
kannadiaga
though
being
humliated.
Even
I
have
traveled
extensively
all
over
the
country.
I
have
seen
Calcutta,
Mumbai,
Newdelhi,
Chennai
Airports
are
named
after
Subash
Chandra
Bose,Chathrapathi
Shivaji,
Inidiragandhi,
Kamaraj
[domestic]
and
Anna
[International]
respectively,
honoring
their
heroes.
You
dont
find
Gujarat
shakthi
kendra
in
Gujarat,
Malayaali
RaNadheera
padein
Kerala.,
Telugu
chaLuvaLi
in
Andhra.
Why
there
are
n
numbers
of
Kannadaassociations
fighting
for
the
language/land
cause
in
karnataka?
It
is
true
that
one
can
find
Rajaji
Nagar,
Kamaraj
road,
D.
Bhaskaran
road,Armugam
circle,
Murugesh
Palya,
Thambuchetty
Palya
in
Bangalore
but
you
wont
find
atleast
a
Kannada
newspaper,
magazine
in
border
Hosur
town.
Recently
a
dispute
reported
at
a
Belgaum
village
displaying
a
boardindicating
that
village
belonging
to
Maharashtra
State.
The
above
incidents
can
happen
only
in
Karnataka!
Kuvempu
said
to
Kannadigas
"
ellaadharu
iru
emthaadharu
iru
emdhemdhigunee
kannadavaaagiru".
In
my
opinion
this
was
well
understood
by
only
anon-kannadiaga
lot,
as
you
can
see
this
phenomenon
is
adopted
by
them"creating
ROME
wherever
they
ROAM."
Kannadigas
should
realize,
if
they
dont
follow
this
rule
atleast
inkarnataka
there
wouldnt
be
any
history
for
the
future
kannadigas!
toremember
anything
about
kannada
/
karnataka
Culture.
Shri
Ravi
bale
has
made
efforts
with
his
articles
on
this
issue
makingKannadigas
aware
of
their
responsibility.
I
strongly
oppose
of
"Karwara"beach
being
named
after
Tagore.
Let
us
support
this
in
favor
of
akannadiaga.
Regards
Kalyanaraman.
Call it Vijayanagar international Airport
Dear
Sir/Madam,
Having
traveled
around
the
globe
and
enjoyed
a
variety
of
wonderful,culturallysignificant
(sometimes
hard
to
pronounce)
local
names.
here
is
mysuggestion,
forour
new
airport;
VIJAYANAGARA
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
This
name
would
carry
our
wonderful
heritage
as
well
as
user
friendly
to
pronounce.
Regards,
Anil
Kumar
Melbourne
Australia
Karantha or Dinakara desai and Kempegowda
- Karavaarada kadala thirakke "shivarama kaaranta" athava "dinakardesai :
-
Antharaastriya
vimana
nildanakke
"kempe
gowda"
hesaru
idabeku.
Dhanyavadhagalu,
Vinay Gaonkar
San Jose, USA
We have already set a wrong precedent by naming airports, bus-stands, parks and universities after politicians. This takes a turn when the other partyassumes power and goes on.
I feel its most relevant to name these after great scientists, literary giants, historic personalities and even sports icons. One thing to keep in mind, we must consider the local factor while doing this. I have my suggestions for the as follows Bangalore Int. Airport -
-
Kiththoor
Chennama
2) Pulikeshi
3) Kempegowda
4) Vidyaranya
Karvar Beach - -
1)
Dr
Rajaramanna
2) Dr Shivarama Karantha
3) Dinakar Desai
Hope we will be able to mobilize a movement over this and make our heroes names household.
Thanking you Once again
AJIT
Dear Kannada
Have
some
names
without
controversy
!!!
Can
we
name
it
with
a
Kannada
name
with
out
controversy,
as
1.
Karna
International
Airport
(As
a
short
name
for
Karnataka
and
also
with
the
meaning
of
SUN
God)
2.
Pampa
International
airport
(
Do
you
want
me
to
explain
-
who
is
Pampa
?)
3.
Hoysala
International
Airport
(
U
Know
Hoysala
right
?)
4.
Vijayanagara
International
Airport
[
In
the
memory
of
Krishna
:-)
Regarding
religion
and
Political
parties,
If
Gowda
community
wants
-
Kempegowda
or
Kuvempu,
Lingayats
will
ask
for
-
Basavanna
or
Akkamahadevi,
Jains
will
ask
for
-
Bahubali
or
Mahaveera
Muslims
will
ask
for
-
Mohamed
or
Ahamed
Christians
will
ask
for
-
Jesus,
Infant
Jesus
etc.
Sikhs
will
ask
for
-
Guru
Gobind
Brahmins
will
ask
for
-
Shakara
or
Sharada
or
Raghavendra
OR
Cong
-
i
people
will
ask
for
-
Nehru
or
Indira
or
Rajiv
or
even
Sonia
JD/
BJP
will
ask
for
-
Jayaprakash
narayan
AIADMK
will
ask
for
-
MGR
or
Jayalalitha
Maratis
will
ask
for
-
Sivaji
Thanks
for
starting
this
debate
before
it
become
a
controversy
Sadan
Kumar
Kannadigas are poor in marketing
I
did
not
get
any
response
to
my
letter
to
the
authorities
in
Banagalore.
But
Sri
Shyama
Sundara
has
even
translated
the
note
into
Kannada
and
put
itas
an
article
in
his
Kannada
Indiainfo
site.
As
regards
my
expressionsabout
Bangalore
Airport,
he
has
put
it
in
Indiainfo
(english
site)
whichgenerated
some
responses
(under
debate
section,
I
think).
Some
evenagreeing
to
my
suggestion
but
stating
that
the
airport
should
be
named
afterShankara(acharya)-
not
knowing
that
Shankaracharya
was
a
malayaali!
I
had
just
now
read
this
news
item
about
Karawar
Beach.
Tagore
might
havepraised
the
beach
once
upon
a
time.
I
certainly
do
not
agree
about
thisproposal.
Firstly,
Tagore
is
already
well
remembered
and
it
makes
nodifference
to
his
stature
whether
you
chose
his
name
or
not
either
for
thebeach
or
anywhere
in
India.
We
can
consider
it
an
honour
if
some
square
inNew
York
is
named
after
an
Indian
like
him
-
Kannadiga
or
non-Kannadiga!
Secondly,
there
must
be
many
local
figures
or
state
figures
-
YashwantChittala,
Gowreesh
Kaaykini,
Vyasaraya
Ballal
like
writers,
etc.,
orKadamba/Mayoora
Varma/Sharma
like
warriors
who
had
his
capital
in
nearbyGoa,
or
Dr.
Raja
Ramanna
like
scientists
,
or
Dr.
Krishnanada
Kamath
likehistorians
....
who
may
never
be
remembered.
I
dont
know
how
to
make
these
ideas
reach
the
Karawar
authorities.Indiainfo
perhaps
can.
Our
authorities
usually
get
carried
awayif
a
national
personality
praises
us.
naavu
thumbaa
udhaarigaLu
-bEreyavarige,
namagalla
(manege
maari
-
Urige
upakaari)!
I
am
sure
that
whole
of
West
Bengal
will
not
have
a
single
Kannada
name,should
it
matter
at
all.
In
fact,
there
are
more
naming
of
Tagore,Vivekananda,
Chatterjees,
Mukherjees,
etc.,
outside
Bengal
than
insideBengal
!
They
also
go
for
more
local
personalities.
This
is
calledmarketing.
We
are
the
poorest
in
such
marketing
compared
to
thepotential
we
actually
have
in
all
fields.
With
regards,
Ravi
This reminds me of Anakru
This
reminds
me
of
an
incident,
which
Anakru
quoted
in
his
biography
"Barahagarana
Baduku".
Once
when
young
A.na.kru
was
studying
at
"Shantiniketana",
there
was
a
function
in
which
many
famous
writers
from
all
over
the
India
participated.
Anakru
was
wondering
who
would
have
the
honour
of
making
the
first
speech.
Then,
Ravindranath
Tagoor
stood
up
and
said
"
Let
my
Bengali
friend
....
speak...".
A.na.kru
writes
in
his
book
that
he
never
expected
such
a
partiality
from
a
person
like
Ravindranath
Tagoor.
This
incident
made
A.na.kru
more
patriotic
towards
kannada
&
karnataka.
(It
was
also
a
reason
why
he
left
"Shantiniketana"
later.)
It
is
unfortunate
that
Karawar
authorities
want
to
name
the
beach
in
Tagoors
name
while
we
have
more
talented
&
patriotic
people
in
our
own
land
such
as
Shivarama
Karanth
(who
was
also
called
"Kadala
Theeradha
Bhaargava"
)
whose
name
makes
more
sense
for
the
karwar
beech.
I
expect
kannada.oneindia.com
to
not
only
give
wide
publicity
to
this
issue
but
also
take
it
to
the
concerned
people.
regards
Vasu.
Place set up a poll
Hello,
I
read
the
article
about
naming
the
Karwar
beach
after
"Tagore",
I
firmly
believe
this
is
not
fair..
It
should
be
named
after
a
Kannada
writer,
as
many
names
would
make
sense,
(like
Karanth,
kuvempu
etc)..
The
reason
that
his
brother
was
here
for
one
year
in
19th
century
is
a
laughable
one..
also
I
guess
the
district
official
is
from
Bengal..
I
request
you
to
set
up
a
poll
on
this..
thanks,
Nagaraj.
Swami Kannadigare…
Swami
Kannadigaru
nachike
padabeku.
Ella
vishayadallu
bereyavara
enjalutinnuvudakke
navu
kannadigaru
saalinalli
nintiddevendu
anisuttade.
Kannada
naadinalle
kannada
hesariduva
charche
naderede,
Nimma
maneyallinimma
makkalige
oota
hakabeko
atava
pakkada
maneyavara
makkaligeoota
hakabeko
emba
prasneyannu
uttarisi.
Dayavittu
ella
kannada
naadinalli
iruva
stalagaligu,
rastegaligu
Kannadahesarugallanne
idi.
Nimmasamskrutiyannu
neeve
kapadabeku.
Bereyava
Rajyadallu
bereyava
deshadallu
ee
Prashne
Baruvude
illa.
Prasanna