Our office band performed few folk songs. Hacchevu KannaDadha deepa, KolaaTa, Ghallu-ghallenutha. The rest of the dances, dramas and a round of RasaPraSHne, followed. To sum it up, it was a very thought-provoking speech
There was a small session of " Samvaada" with him, with a few people asking him about his opinions on current affairs. His speech was very well received by the audience.
#PLAY SAVI NENAPU KANNADA OLD SONG WINDOWS#
He told a very good sentence, which when roughly translated to English is "Open doors for knowledge and windows for business". The chief guest was T.N Seetharam and he gave a very good speech on Kannada and what it takes to save our heritage, culture and about youngsters getting carried away by foreign-influences. It was a very happy and proud feeling to sing it with the entire audience giving due respect to it by standing (This song is our state anthem). The event started off with a very good rendition of a Ganapathy shloka and then came a few more songs and dance (all kannada folk/movie songs) and then we sang the NaaDageethe - " Jai Bhaaratha jananiya thanujaathe ". The WPR (Work Place Resources) guys helped us a lot in making the arrangements. I personally felt the color combination came out well. It could have been better if there was a little more time. It had information on Karnataka’s places, diversities, poets et al.īy the time the event started at around 4.00, the decoration was done. The posters prepared by colleagues were put on display. The D-Day started with the preparation, decorating the entrance, setting up the stage, last minute practice sessions. Add to that BaaLe Kandhu and Maavina yele. :-) Thinking of what flowers to use and what patterns to make was indeed fun! We settled on a list of colorful flowers - Shaavantighe, Mallige, Marigold, Sugandharaaja, Kanakambara, Gulabi. I had also "volunteered" for entrance/stage flower decoration and flower decoration with two of my team-mates. In fact, non-KannaDigas were encouraged to participate and they did participate with equal enthusiasm. There was no ill-will for other languages. The practice sessions were good and I came to realize that it indeed was “ Sambrama ” :-) -celebrating our rich culture. But then was forced to "volunteer" for the group song as they needed more head-count!!!!!
Thought it would be like a pro-kannaDa and anti-non-local languages kind of an event. To be frank, I was a little apprehensive about it at the beginning and steered away from it. This was the name of the event celebrated in our office on November 10th on the occasion of Suvarna Karnataka - Karnataka’s 50 th year Rajyotsava.