Tagged: Kannada

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How to read Kannada (Indic) on Android

Like I had written earlier you can’t read/write Kannada on an Android phone. I have given this feedback to Google and its also on the bug list. But I am not sure when will Google implement it. The biggest thing I missed is reading Kannada blogs. But then this tip helped me to...

Online options for Kannada music lover 8

Online options for Kannada music lover

I listen to Kannada music a lot. I mostly end up buying CDs and then rip them so I can use it on my ipod or Nexus1. Its such a waste of resources. CD (eWaste) plus my time and money. Last few months I was searching for a good Kannada online music store...

Two great souls.. 2

Two great souls..

This last week of 2009 is probably the worst week of this decade for Kannadiga’s. We lost two really big artists and more than that great human beings. C. Ashwath Much before Kodagana Koli Nugitta became famous outside Karnataka (thanks to Raghu Dixit), it was introduced to Kannadigas by C.Ashwath. He made all...

Eddelu Manjunatha : Satire Comedy 7

Eddelu Manjunatha : Satire Comedy

Cast: Jaggesh, Yagna Shetty, Tabala Naani, V. Manohar, Shyam Prasad, A.S. Murthy Story-Screenplay-Dialogues-Direction: Guru Prasad Producer: Sanath Kumar; Music: Anoop Sileen; Camera: Ashok Raman My Rating: **** Watched “Eddelu Manjunatha” on Saturday. Its so different from any regular Kannada movies (or Indian movies). Its a satire(double meaning) comedy which makes you laugh and...

Tejasvi, Kaanooru HeggaDathi, Surving Everest and Peru are on my list 4

Tejasvi, Kaanooru HeggaDathi, Surving Everest and Peru are on my list

When I first met Sri Tejaswi at Bangalore University I didn’t expect him to know so much about computers. He had so many questions for me. He was interested in everything from Windows to Linux to Free and Open source software. So I had good time talking to him about software and Open...

Remembering Shankar Nag 35

Remembering Shankar Nag

Knowingly or unknowingly I was talking about Shankar Nag’s (Shankar Nagarakatte) talent and films yesterday. 18 years have passed since we lost a great director/actor of Kannada film industry. We Kannadigas are still trying to find a Shankar Nag in every debutant. Shankar who gave us movies like Minchina Oota, Accident, Noodi Swamy...