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Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' wins International Booker Prize, sparking high demand for book in Kannada and English in.
SBI manager Kannada language: The SBI manager, who refused to speak Kannada, apologised in broken Kannada with the help of her colleagues after backlash. The State Bank of India (SBI) has issued a ...
However, this diversity has also given rise to recurring debates over language—particularly prominent in recent times, with tensions between Kannada and Hindi speakers. From the government’s ...
Kannada language row: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah tagged SBI manager's behaviour, who refused to speak in Kannada, as "strongly condemnable". After a State Bank of India (SBI) manager refused to ...
CM Siddaramaiah called the manager’s refusal to speak in Kannada and English “strongly condemnable” and welcomed the bank’s decision to transfer the employee A State Bank of India (SBI ...
A Bengaluru tech founder plans to relocate his company to Pune due to language issues affecting non-Kannada staff. This follows a viral incident at SBI where a manager refused to speak Kannada ...
Lawyer Banu Mushtaq, from Karnataka (India), is the first to win this award. Her short story collection Heart Lamp is translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi. Activist-lawyer Banu Mushtaq has ...
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah condemned an SBI branch manager in Chandapura for refusing to speak Kannada with a customer, sparking public outrage and protests. Following the incident ...
In a world that often tries to divide us,literature remains one ofthe lost sacred spaceswhere we can live insideeach other’s minds Thanking the committee and her team, Banu added, “Kannada is ...
“It is an honour for Kannada that a work written in our language is getting this recognition,” said Hassan-based Kannada writer, advocate and activist Banu Mushtaq, whose collection of stories ...
A branch manager of the State Bank of India (SBI) in Karnataka’s Anekal taluk has been transferred after a video surfaced showing her refusing to speak in Kannada and insisting on using Hindi ...
A video of a State Bank of India (SBI) branch manager refusing to speak Kannada with a customer in Karnataka has gone viral, igniting a fierce language debate across social media. The non ...