Tweets on Kannada, Karnataka, Kannadiga curated by @_ka04
Jul 16, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Sir Mirza Ismail noted this in a report in 1930s that best illustrates the development in #Mysore under the Wodeyars.
What was more remarkable was Mysore's social interventions.
>Primary Education was made free and compulsory in 1913
>Introduced adult literacy programs long before it was conceptualised elsewhere
>Other firsts include mass smallpox vaccinations, girls hostels, agri banks
Oct 23, 2017 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
October 24th is R K Laxman's birthday. His early work was mostly in Kannada for the humor magazine "Koravanji"/ Posting some from Koravanji
"ರೇಶನ್ ಆಫೀಸರ ಮಗ ಕಣೋ ಅವನು"
~ Inimitable R K Laxman in Koravanji (1949) #Kannada
