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10 Unusual Facts About Indian Languages. How Many Do You Know?
No country in the world comes close to matching the linguistic diversity of India — just the number of ‘mother tongues’ in the country, as listed in the 1961 Census, is 1652! The Constitution of India...
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How Ere Gowda Went From Being a Security Guard to National Award-Winning...
Ere Gowda went from being a security guard to an award-winning filmmaker – a perfect example of chasing dreams and achieving big. His film Thithi has bagged a number of awards, nationally and...
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In This Tiny Karnataka Village, Farmers and Shopkeepers Debate over...
IIn the quiet village of Heggodu in Shimoga, 350 km from Bangalore, it is not uncommon to hear local farmers, cart drivers and shopkeepers rattle off names of literary greats and their theatrical works...
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Why Say “Kannada Gottilla” When You Can Now Easily Learn the Language on...
The initiative Kannada Gottilla, started by a Bengaluru-based techie, helps people learn the basics of Kannada over WhatsApp. “Kannada Gottilla” is the one (and only) Kannada catchphrase known to every...
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Want to WhatsApp in Your Mother Tongue? IIT-B’s Unique Keyboard Makes It Easy!
The growing internet penetration in India has empowered many. Yet one of the main issues faced by a majority of the population is the unavailability of tools to use and access information in regional...
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TBI Blogs: Born into Poverty, How Veteran Kannada Theatre Actor Hanumakka...
March 27 was World Theatre Day, and Kannada theatre thespian Hanumakka observed the day by reminiscing on her 22-years-and-counting journey dedicated to the stage. Shruti Sharada explores further. The...
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Every Bengalurean Will Be Able to Relate to These Hilarious Posters Depicting...
Bengaluru is a melting pot of cultures, in that people from across the country come to the city to call it home. Be it for work or studies or sometimes even because of its weather, nearly every other...
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Why IAS Shalini and Rajneesh Deserve a Film Based on Their Incredible Work
Shalini IAS, a Kannada film based on the real-life IAS couple— IAS Shalini Rajneesh and IAS Rajneesh Goel, is in-the-making under national award-winning director Nikhil Manju. The filmmaker was...
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Google Translate Will Now Support 7 More Indian Languages
U.S. based tech giant Google, in a statement issued on September 13, 2017, said, “to bring down language barriers, Google today announced several updates to its Translate App. Google Translate has also...
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Melbourne Schools Will Soon Offer Kannada as a Second Language
Since the beginning of this academic year, students in Karnataka have been taught Kannada in all schools, including private, linguistic minority and Central board institutions. All students from class...
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Women Helpers in This Bengaluru School Are Learning English From the Students...
The helpers (akkas) at the National Public School, Koramangala, can now converse with teachers and students in English, thanks to the TeachpoWer programme, which has been introduced by the school....
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Design Student Devises a New Way to Learn Kannada. And It’s Visually...
Moving to a new city, one often finds themselves a little lost in the beginning. The environment, atmosphere, culture and language change. That was also the case for Sakshi Gaggar, a fourth-year...
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This Daily Wage Earner Travels 60 Kms Everyday to Give Her Daughter an Education
The Kilpady Lower Primary School in Mulki, in Mangaluru taluka, has only four students and one teacher. With such a small number of staff and students, this half-a-century-old Kannada medium school...
View ArticleVideo: Tired of Traffic? Don’t Worry, You May Meet the Love of Your Life!
Commuting across the city of Bangalore? If you travel by road everyday, you will be no stranger to traffic. The words “Silk Board” are enough to strike terror into your heart, and “Bellandur” has you...
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Exclusive: Inside India’s Only Magazine Of, For and By Slum Dwellers
According to the 2011 census, close to 1.38 crore households—which is about 6.4 crore people—are located in overcrowded slums in cities across India, accounting for a total of 17.4 percent of all urban...
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This Powerhouse Director from Assam is Creating Ripples in Indian Theatre!
Her apartment in Noonmati in Guwahati sits sequestered on a hillock, and cannot be seen from the busy main road. As we settled down for a chat with cups of green tea and oatmeal cookies, Rabijita says...
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Fearless, Compassionate And Martyr: The Story of an Actress Who Took on The...
When former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency at midnight on June 25, 1975, and suspended the fundamental rights of all citizens, it shook this nation’s democratic foundations. Thousands...
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Rajya Sabha Sets Precedent, Members Now Free to Speak in Any of the 22...
The Rajya Sabha has decided to promote linguistic diversity among its members, and will now allow them to speak in any of the 22 scheduled languages. According to The Hindu, this will be incorporated...
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Voice, Video, Vernacular: Google Launches New Services For 390 Million Indian...
There are more than 450 million mobile internet users in India. With the internet making its way into the hinterlands, many multinational companies are taking steps to customise their services for the...
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Celestial Mystery: Records of Historical Supernova Found in Karnataka
Imagine walking at dusk under a blue sky that is gradually turning black. Twinkling stars are beginning to appear here and there. And suddenly you discover new star dazzling that was not there the...
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This Scientist’s Research Could Stop Millions of Dyslexic Kids From Dropping Out
A neurobiological condition inhibits the development of efficient circuits for reading in children. But in the field, only tests in English were used to diagnose dyslexia says, Dr Nandini Chatterjee...
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From Lost Cities to Ancient Inscriptions, This Forgotten Historian Found Them...
In a country where the study of the sciences is revered, social sciences take a backseat. Although it is important to learn about the basics of science to understand how the world works, the study of...
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83-YO Kerala School Dropout Creates Unique Dictionary in 4 South Indian...
Way back in 1872, Hermann Gundert created the first Malayalam-English dictionary. More than 150 years later, 83-year-old Njattyela Sreedharan recently published his dictionary which is a compilation of...
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11 Must-Watch Indian Movies on OTT Platforms That You Might Have Missed in...
There is no question that 2022 was a fantastic year for Indian cinema. Yes, I’m emphasising the phrase ‘Indian cinema’ because audiences had the opportunity to witness cinematic juggernauts emerging...
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