
Prajavani uses the tagline "the most trusted Kannada daily newspaper", which appears below its masthead. It has managed to maintain an independent position, despite an increasingly polarized media landscape in Karnataka. It is known for espousing the causes of Dalits, encouraging women's empowerment and taking pro-poor positions on economic issues. Prajavani (PV) has a history of being a politically independent newspaper, although it tends to opine with a liberal tilt. The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited, the company which owns the newspaper, continues to be privately held by members of the founding family. Prajavani was founded in 1948 in Bangalore by K.N. Having a readership of over 2.01 million, it is one of the largest circulated newspapers in the state. Prajavani ( Kannada: Voice of the People) is a leading Kannada-language broadsheet daily newspaper published in Karnataka, India. JSTOR ( September 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. “The days of emotional blackmail with Sanskrit (and) Kannada fake mother daughter sentiment and using this to exploit gullible Kannadigas are over,” he said.This article needs additional citations for verification.
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Many pointed out that the petition by Sanskrit organisations in High Court against teaching Kannada in professional courses was the trigger for the tweet storm.Īctivist Ganesh Chetan said that Kannada and Sanskrit were from two different families of languages, and challenged the claim that Sanskrit was the ‘mother’ of Kannada. The campaign garnered more than 50,000 tweets and retweets on Twitter throughout the day. “Spending 300+ crore on a language not even spoken by 1% of the population is meaningless and utter waste of taxpayers’ money,” he wrote. Goutham Ganesh M H pointed out that only 1,218 people had identified Sanskrit as their mother tongue as per the 2011 census. “What is the government going to achieve with the varsity? It should rather use the resources to encourage Kannada in schools and colleges and promote state languages such as Kodava and Tulu,” he tweeted. “What is the need to set up a Sanskrit University using government funds?” asked Prathap Kanagal, head of JD(S)’ IT wing. If the government remains adamant, a statewide campaign will be undertaken against the varsity, he said.Īlso read: A call to dump conservatism, write what you converse How did it allocate such a huge amount (to Sanskrit varsity)?” he asked, demanding that the government roll back the decision. The state government has sanctioned Rs 359 crore for Sanskrit university. But the government drags its feet to sanction Rs two crore to Kannada university. T A Narayanagowda, president of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike said that they wouldn’t allow the government to set up the varsity using Kannadiga tax-payers money. The decision of the Karnataka government to set up the Sanskrit University in Magadi in Ramanagara district has attracted severe criticism from Kannada activists.Ī tweet storm was organised by language activists on Sunday with the hashtag #SayNoToSanskrit, urging the government to withdraw its decision and warned of protests if it went ahead with the establishment of the varsity.
