ಎಲ್ಲ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗೆ ಹಾಗು ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಭಿಮಾನಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು.

ಗೆಳೆಯರೇ, ಇವತ್ತು ನಾನು ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆಯುತ್ತ ಇದ್ದೇನೆ. ನಾನು ಈ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆಯುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಆಡುಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬರಿತೇನೆ. ಬರೆಯುವಾಗ ಅದು ಎಷ್ಟು ತಪ್ಪು ಮಾಡ್ತೇನೋ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಯಾಕಂದ್ರೆ ನಾನು ಕಲಿತಿದ್ದು ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಸಂಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ. ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಸಂಸ್ತೆ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಅದು ಒಂದ್ತರ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಮರುಭೂಮಿ ಇದ್ದಹಾಗೆ. ಎಂತಹ ದುರಂತ, ಎಂತಹ ವಿಪರಿಯಾಸ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಕನ್ನಡದ spelling ಕೇಳುವವರವರು. ನನ್ನ ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆ ಕನ್ನಡ, ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ನನಗೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅಷ್ಟು ತೊಂದರೆ ಆಗ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ.

ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರೌಡಶಾಲೆಗಾಗಿ ಆ ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಸಂಸ್ತೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಬೇರೆ ಶಾಲೆ ಸೇರಬೇಕಾಯ್ತು, ಪ್ರೌಡಶಾಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ನನ್ನ ತೃತೀಯ ಭಾಷೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಮಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಪಾಠ ಮಾಡಿದವರು ಅದೃಶಪ್ಪ ವಂಟಿಗಿಟ್ಟಿ. ನಾವು ಅವರಿಗೆ ಗುಟ್ಟಿ ಅಂಥ ಹೆಸರಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ವಿ. ನಮ್ಮ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಾವು ಹಾಗೆ ಹೇಳಬಾರದು, ಆದರು ನಿಜ ಹೇಳ್ಬೇಕಂದ್ರೆ ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಇರೋ ಅಲ್ಪ-ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನ ಅದೃಶ್ಯ ಮಾಡಿದವರು ಅವರೇ. ಅವರ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಯನ್ನ ನನಗೆ ೯/೨೫ ಅಂಕಗಳು ಬರ್ತಿದ್ವು. ಇವರು ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ-ಉತ್ತರಗಳನ್ನ ಬರಿಸ್ತಿದ್ರು, ನನಗೆ ಅಷ್ಟು ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಬರಿಯೋಕೆ ಆಗ್ತಿರ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಉದಾಹರಣೆ ನೋಡಿ, "ಸಿಂಹದ ಗುಹೆ" ಬರೆಯಲು "ಸಂಹದ ಗುಹೆ" ಅಂಥ ಬರೆದವನು ನಾನು. ನಂತರ ನಮಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಹೇಳ್ಕೊಟ್ಟವರು S.M.ಹೆಗ್ಡೆsir. ಈ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರಂದ್ರೆ ಇಡೀ ಶಾಲೆಗೇ ಗೌರವ. ತುಂಬಾ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಪಾಠ ಮಾಡ್ತಿದ್ರು. ಇವರಿಂದಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಸುದಾರಣೆ ಕಾಣಲಾರಂಭಿರಿಸಿತು. ನಮ್ಮ ತಂದೆ ಕೂಡ ನನಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಹೇಳ್ಕೊಟ್ರು. ನಮ್ಮ ತಂದೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸ್ನಾತಕೋತ್ತರ ಪದವಿದರರು. ಆದ್ರೆ ಅದೇನೋ "ಹಿತ್ತಲ ಗಿಡ ಮಧ್ಧಲ್ಲ" ಅಂತಾರಲ್ಲ, ನನಗೆ ಅವರಿಗಿಂತ ನಮ್ಮ S.M.ಹೆಗ್ಡೆsir ಪಾಠ ಇಷ್ಟ.

ಪದವಿ-ಪೂರ್ವ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಕನ್ನಡ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೆ. ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ರೂ ನನ್ನ ಕನ್ನಡ ಬಹಳ ಸುದಾರಣೆ ಕಂಡಿತು. ಕನ್ನಡ ದಿನಪತ್ರಿಕೆ ಓದಲು ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದೆ. ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನ ಓದಿದೆ. ಕವನಗಳನ್ನ ಓದಿದೆ. ಯಾವುದೇ ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರ ಹಾಡನ್ನ ಕೇಳಿದ್ರೆ ಅದರ ಒಳಾರ್ಥವನ್ನ ತಿಳಿಯಲಾರಂಭಿಸಿದೆ. ಅದರಿಂದಾಗಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಬೆಳೆಯಿತು.

ನೋಡಿ ಈಗ ನನ್ನ ಕನ್ನಡ ಹೀಗಿದೆ. ನನ್ನ ಕನ್ನಡ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿಲ್ಲ ಅನ್ಸಿದ್ರೆ, ಇಗಲೇ ಹೀಗೆ, ಹಿಂದೆ ಹೇಗೋ ಅಂಥ ಯೋಚಿಸಿ.

When I fooled my friend..

Hi friends.. I'm back.. After a long time. Today let me tell you'll how i fooled my friend Abdul.

I had two SIM cards. One vodafone, and another airtel. Some of my friends didn't had my airtel number. One of them was our Abdul. Actually i didn't know that he didn't have my number. I hadn't spoken to him since a long time, so I'd called him.

Me: Hello.. Abdul???
Abdul: Hello.. May i know who is this??(in tamil)
Me: I'm the CEO of the company in which you are doing your project.(in a harsh voice)..
Abdul: Sir.. Sir..(politely)
Me: Abdul, Why didn't you come to the office today, don't you want to complete your engineering project? (my voice was getting harsher and harsher)
Abdul: Sir, I'd informed you yesterday itself sir. One of my partners has exam today.
Me: Why? you don't have the exam? you skipped the exam.?(Don't know what was going on in my mind, i was asking some stupid questions and he was answering as if he is facing an interview)
Abdul: No sir, Its Their back-paper of previous semester.
Me: Oh, so you don't have any backlogs???
Abdul: No sir.
Me: Good. Then Abdul, what is your opinion about our company?
Abdul: Sir, Its a good company sir.
Me: Will you work for our company?
Abdul: Sir..????(I could realize his excitement)
Me: Willl youuu workk forr ourrr companyyyy....?????
Abdul: Yes sir..
Me: So what salary are you expecting Abdul?
Abdul: Anything above 10k per month sir..
Me: Pardon..
Abdul: 10k sir..
Me: Sorry I can not hear you. You need above 15k???
Abdul: Anything above 10k is okay sir.
Me: We are ready to pay you 20k per month.. shall we finalize the deal..
Abdul: Yes sir, i'll meet you tomorrow in the office sir..
Me: Congratulations Abdul..

Finally i thought i should end it.. And told him that it wasn't from any office.

Well that one of my Tarle stories. next time i'll be back with a new story until then, bye...

When our college caught fire.

Hello readers. Did you’ll know, once our college caught fire. Ya fire , our college was burning. Let me tell you’ll that story.

It was a rainy day in Bangalore. It was 7:30 in the evening. It was raining heavily. Heavy thunderstorms. Well everyone can guess my next line, What next after thunderstorm? Yes, power-cut. I was sitting in our room with my room-mates Shivaraj and Punith. A candle was lit and kept on Punith’s table. We were worried about our dinner, because we had to go out to any hotel in that heavy rain. Someone knocked the door.
Shiva: Yes, who’s that?
The one who knocked: Arrey, open the door..
Me: hey, Its Bharath, Our senior. Just watch what I’ll do now, you’ll just cooperate me.
I could see my room-mates nodding their head. Shiva opened the door.
Shiva: Hey Bharath, whats up???
Bharath: Nothing much, what were you’ll doing?
Me: Nothing yaar, thinking what next? Life’s got messed up.
Bharath: why dude? Whats the problem? Anything serious?
Me: (in a soft voice) what to say? My life’s gone.
Bharath: tell me clearly.
Me: (in the softest possible voice) Our college caught fire.
I Could see Shivaraj and Punith trying to control their laugh. And I could also see change of expression in Bharath’s face.
Bharath: how? How did this happen?
Me: Didn’t you hear a loud thunder?
Bharath: yes, I did hear.
Shiva: That lighting struck our college and our college caught fire. Now our college is burning.
Me: nothing’s left in the office room and princi chamber. everything got burnt. Our college is so far that even fire engines couldn’t reach there in time.
Bharath: Oh my God!!
Punith: you know the worst part? All our documents also got burnt. Everything, our 10th marks card, 12th marks card and even our engineering marks cards got burnt.
Bharath: Ohhhhhhhhhh… (I couldn’t control myself. Was feeling like laughing out loudly)
Bharath: how did you’ll come to know about it.
Me: my friend Kopresh told. First I didn’t believe him. Then Mahalinga confirmed the news. He stays in Byrohalli. (Our college is in Byrohalli). Will tune FM radio now. We might get some news.
Bharath: ya tune. I’ll tell my friends.
Me: ok.
Bharath went out to make a call. We laughed loudly at him when he went out. . He came back after a while.
Bharath: Hey none of my friends knew about this incident. I told everyone now.
First Punith started laughing at him. Then Shivaraj laughed. I could not control myself. Even I laughed.
Bharath: Why are you’ll laughing?
We told him the truth. He stared at us with anger. But he smiled and left our room. By then it had stopped raining and we went out to have food.
Well that was the story. Hope you’ll liked. Once again I’m still learning to write. Please leave your comments and help me to improve my writing.
Will be back with new tarle story next time. Until then, BYE….

man v/s wild. sagar hostel version.

My experience of kerala trip - 5

Hello readers.
I’m back with the last episode of ‘My Experience of Kerala trip'.


24th March,

I woke up when I heard someone knocking the door. And as soon as Chandan opened the door, Motor-mouth -Jayanthi started scolding. She was us scolding non-stop, For sleeping longer.. ZZZzzzzzzz.. To be short, “Rather buy a Vuvuzela music CD than get scoldings from Jayanthi.” She was scolding because she was curious of playing in the beach.
We were told not to bath, we got ready and went to the beach. The beach wasn’t as beautiful as our Karwar beach. Within no time everyone started playing in sea. I didn’t step in water. Because I’d promised my dad. Girish was standing on the shore with me. Everyone was enjoying in water. For me watching them itself was an enjoyment. Girish couldn’t control himself. He too joined them. Within few minutes Karthik came out saying ‘The water is salty’.
Everyone came out of water one-by-one. Some were digging sand on the shore. We buried Kiran there, keeping only his head out. Local people started gathering there. Kiran came out and we buried Chandan. Shaped it as a mermaid. ;-). More and more people were gathering. Again everyone stepped into water. Kiran lost his glasses in the sea. Afer playing for an hour, we had to go back to our room. Everyone except me and kiran had to walk. We had our bath and packed our bags.
We left the lodge at 10:30. We were in search of hotel to have breakfast. There were no good hotels. We stopped for breakfast after travelling for about 30kms. We milkshake and puffs in a bakery. That was our breakfast.
I was sitting with Kusuma in the last seat and we were making fun of Abdul. Abdul was cutting jokes. Actually he was telling about his past life and it was sounding as joke;-).
Then we went to a lake. Everyone went for pedal-boating. I stayed in bus with kiran. He was not as before. After losing his glasses he was very silent.
Then we went to a beautiful waterfalls in Waynad district. Our action hero Abdul had begun his new stunt. He had started climbing the rocks of the water falls. Girish scolded him. Whenever abdul would go home late, his Mom would call me and ask about him. So I had a responsibility on my shoulders. I too scolded him. He came back.
The funniest thing was when Pooja and Chandan slipped into the water. Luckily the water wasn’t deep.
We were already late. We left to Yedakal. It was our main place of the day. We reached there at 5pm. The gate was closed, and we were bit disappointed.
We left yedakal and started playing in the bus. On the way, in Bandipur we saw few elephants. As soon as we reached Gundlupet I started messaging my friends, because we had entered Karnataka and messages weren’t getting charged.;-). My cell phone battery was draining. We reached Mysore at 8 and had our dinner there.
We reached Kengeri at 12:30. I had to get down. Everyone including bus driver and cleaner were waving hands, saying bye.;-) even I was waving back. End of a memorable trip. It helped me to know our friends better.

Well that was our Kerala Trip. Shared it with you’ll. Miss you’ll friends.

Now this is why i'm tarle-vishal

Wrong Number

Hello readers. You all might be having cell phones. Of course these days its very important. You receive calls, you make calls, you send SMS, and you receive SMS, browse and do what not. You stay in touch with everyone. There’s no doubt, cell phone is very useful.
So you’ll might have received wrong numbers also. But have you ever received wrong number asking for yourself????

Well, I keep on receiving such calls. I get calls asking for Vishal from unknown people.
3-4 months back I received a call from an unknown number. It was a lady.

Lady: Hello!!
Me: Hello.
Lady: Vishal, when are you coming? Where are you?
I was totally confused.
Me: Hello, may I know who this is??
Lady: It’s Vishal right??!!
Me: Ya.
Lady: Hey, it’s me Sunanda yaar.. Come as soon as possible.
I couldn’t understand what was going on. I knew one Sunanda. Sunanda Madival, the one who worked in our Gas agency. But she didn’t know English. But she was trained to speak a few lines in English. So I thought it was Sunanda Madival.
Me: Ha, tell.
Lady: When are you coming?
Me: By the end of this month….. ( I was supposed to go to Karwar by the end of that month)
Lady: Are you joking. Look Vishal come here by today evening..
Me: Ha ha, nice joke ha..
Lady: Vishal, stop kidding.
I realized that it wasn’t a trained English.
Me: Hello, who’s this???
Lady: its Vishal right? Wipro Vishal??
Me: ya I’m vishal. But not wipro vishal.
Lady: sorry sir, wrong number.
How can this happen? How can she dial a wrong number to another Vishal? Strange…


After about 2months received another call. This time from another number.
Me: Hello.
Man: Hello Vishal.
Me: Ya, who’s this???
Man: It’s me naveen yaar. How was your day at office??
Me: Naveen?? Office??
Man: Naveen B.S. yaar.
I don’t know any Naveen and any office. I get frustrated when I get calls or messages from unknown numbers.
Me: I don’t know any Naveen and about which office are you talking about??
Man: It’s vishal from Wipro right?
Me: No, but who is that Vishal from Wipro? I’m vishal but not Vishal from Wipro. Tell me who that Vishal is.
Man: sorry sir, wrong number.
Me: hello, please tell me who’s that vishal from Wipro? How did you get my number? Please tell me.
He disconnected the call……….

After few days again I received call asking for same ‘Wipro vishal’. Seems it was Suresh who had called.
Yesterday again I received a wrong call. From Pawan. Pawan from Airtel. But again asking for the same Vishal from Wipro.
Arrey who’s that Wipro Vishal? Why am I getting his call? What’s his number? How did they get my number? Still finding answers to these questions.