Monday, March 12, 2012

UP Engineer who also knows Kannada

The twitter world is abuzz with tweets screaming "An engineer from a college in Mysore", "CM who knows Kannada" and such.

ET screamed an article with headline "Cyber world hails UP Engineer who also knows Kannada". I would have left it at that had I not been provoked to comment about this.

First, surprised that ET's article header screams UP Engineer who also knows Kannada. Is there hidden sarcasm? If not, is being an engineer or knowing a south Indian language an added qualification?

Well, I think I am reading too much into this. But here are my views.
  • Its not usual to come across a person from the north who knows a south Indian language...Hmm I don't think so. 
  • Or because they claim he has not forgotten the language even after leaving the state of Karnataka - maybe as this is very unusual.
  • Its more unusual for an engineer who knows Kannada getting into politics (Why not a nice techie job in somewhere in Silicon Valley :-P) 
  • Celebrating the spirit of Bangalore because Akhilesh understands "Swalpa adjust madi"
Whatever, we have come to such a level that any professionally qualified person with other skills who gets into  politics is deemed welcoming. Yeah the young CM will be tech savvy, he can talk to kisans while he taps his iPad with ease. He is easily accessible on Facebook. He understands the pulse of the youth and knows the importance of development and education.

I hope there will be no jugads or Swalpa adjust madi

26 comments:

  1. Aaah, I was going crazy reading these headlines. What if he is a techie? What if he has graduated from the South? What matters most is if he can achieve the best of bests and bring a revolution in Indian politics.

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    1. Yeah, but it conveys a lot about our situation isnt it?

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  2. May be for northies,who are into real 'politricks' this is something.I think there is always this 'extra' enthusiasm & exaggeration from the media seeing how educated ones enter politics.Esp if the state is UP.Perhaps we LONG for much.Tired of cliches.Rightly said Insi.

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    1. Maybe! I wonder if a headline will come like this from the south "Karnataka Engineer who also knows Hindi" ;-)

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  3. OR , Just a way to remain in NEWS.. you know how our politicians are they will do anything to make sure they are in news..

    Regarding the young Techie or whatever we want to call him, LEts see what he DOES first.. as remember when a few years ago a few had joined politics then too The scindia's and others young brigade how we were all waiting for THAT CHANGE.. havenot heard of them after that .. .

    Bikram's

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    1. Hmm maybe Bikram but Economic Times?

      Yeah lets see :)

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  4. Exactly! I was like what is the big deal. But, is it because the local press is in the habit of blowing this out of proportion to massage the egos of local audience. I am just wondering if that is the reason. Like Omar Abdullah said, this is the honeymoon period for him with appreciative articles coming out. So, people are digging out innocuous details to sing paens :). Quite weird.

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    1. Haha maybe! Its ridiculous! But I hope he lives upto people's expectations

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  5. Let us hope he becomes a model to other "political sons". i had seen his interviews and he looks a decent guy.

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    1. Yeah Harish. Few other youth politicians did look like decent fellas. Had hopes, never heard anything substantial from them. Lets hope this guy means business!

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  6. We like to idolize anyone even just for the heck of it! Anything that can sell the news!

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  7. So much tamasha around us, right? Let's just he lives up to the hype. :)

    And hey, that header pic is so beautiful! Almost surreal..clicked on one of your travels? Where?

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    1. Destiny's child,

      Yeah we got to wait and watch. Thank you. Its cave temple at Dambulla, SL. Yeah I visited SL last december :)

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  8. In my opinion,media is joing the gang which is busy dividing society on region nad liguistic basis.In fact,it was Pt Nehru who divided the country on lingustic basis.
    What if I say than I can convey any msg in Tamil,Gujarati?

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    1. Chowla sir, yeah why does it matter so much?

      I dont understand.

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  9. a publicity stunt I believe. Hope he delivers goods.:)

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  10. Yea we had , a few decades ago Rajiv Gandhi and his whiz kids with their gadgets descending upon nondescript remote Indian villages. What came of that?
    Though Cynicism seems to be the subject of my blog today , I wonder why not. Perhaps the son has to be brought in as the generation next to safe guard the wealth pappa Yadav has made with his political gimmicks!

    Knowing a bit of Kannada is in the bargain no harm!~

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    1. I have the same doubt too! Savvy son protect the wealth through savvy ways. Hope its not that day!

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  11. Oh people just need a topic to talk about. Today, everyone had gone bonkers as Sharad Pawar fainted in Parliament. I mean, really? !!!

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    1. Ridiculous!! Unless we have some serious events like apocalypse, dooms day and such, people will continue to make such trivial ones hot topic

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