tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43467232383163584242011-07-08T00:04:52.338-07:00Bisi Bala Baath -- saakula onnu, bekula onnu.Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12946132372838633092noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346723238316358424.post-50821751459992626892008-12-02T08:52:00.000-08:002008-12-02T09:11:28.169-08:00Last weekend, I had been to the <a href="http://balajiworld.blogspot.com/2008/12/kudremukha.html">Kudremukh</a> national park from the Karkala side. Its the heart of the Tululand. Was mighty embarrassed to have missed the obvious until I reached there. Kudremukh is Kudhirai Mukham (குதிரை முகம்) in Tamil. Named for the tallest peak that resembles the horse face.<br /><br />Tulu sounds a pretty mixture of Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam. I can understand why Tulu is considered a candidate for the mother language of the Dravidian family. Probably even including Tamil!<br /><br />Couple of people in our gang and the forest officials spoke in Tulu and I could very much understand their conversations.<br /><br />Karkala, famous for its Gomateshwara temple atop a black stone hill, is again Kaarkal (கார் கல்) meaning not surprisingly, black stone!<br /><br />Jainism btw is my favorite religion. So nice to visit the cradle of Jainism in South India!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4346723238316358424-5082175145999262689?l=balajiloka.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12946132372838633092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346723238316358424.post-81931385618232452062008-11-12T11:00:00.000-08:002010-12-23T07:40:01.987-08:00Nange Kannada channa gothilla. Swalpa adjust maadi!<br /><br />So there it is. I have added a Kannada blog to my rooster of English, Tamil and Hindi blogs. Here I will trace my experiments with Kannada! Well, okay. I understand Kannada to some extent. Courtesy my childhood Kannadiga neighbors and the shared vocabulary with Tamil.<br /><br />But I can hardly converse in Kannada. And ofcourse I can't read/write. No matter. Here's starting my Kannada blog!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4346723238316358424-8193138561823245206?l=balajiloka.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12946132372838633092noreply@blogger.com3