Karnataka's vain love of language.

The Karnataka government is going to introduce a law according to which all private and government companies in the state will have to clearly display the number of their Karnataka native employees on the notice board. This news has raised concern in many areas. Karnataka wants to be one of the states in the country that wants to show the public a rosy picture of employment through coup mandook policy. But he has no idea now that this is a self-destructive path. The seriousness of the proposed law is such that in the long run the Kannada speaking people themselves will have to bear its ill effects. Recently, information about such an intention of the government first surfaced during the debate on another bill in the Assembly. A bill passed on February 15 has made it mandatory for various professions and businesses to have 60 percent of their signboards in Kannada.

Secondly, it has also been said that the government is going to launch a mobile app called 'Kannada Kavalu', which will make it easier for citizens to complain about linguistic discrimination. That is, the government wants to incite the people to insist on strict Kannada language. If you look at Gujarat from this perspective, you can read English names and English script everywhere. All bills are also in English. The restaurant also has panipuri and panubhaji bills in English. Hey, there are apartments in Gujarat that people living in don't know the meaning of their names. The ghost of English haunts the minds of the builders of Gujarat, not even in the mind of any church father.

If we look at all these new-fangled steps of the Karnataka government, it is clear that they are going to promote narrow politics based on linguistic sentiments. This type of politics may make a party popular in a particular area for a while, but in the long run it does no one any good. Past experiences from Maharashtra to Assam confirm this. Certainly, local youth unemployment is a serious problem in almost every state and territory. But the solution is not to inflame local sentiments on the basis of region and language or create an atmosphere against people from other parts of the country.

There is a danger of stifling the flow of investment and talent from above, this activity and this mentality which can affect not only the development prospects of that state but also the employment opportunities. It is true that in recent years the tendency to view the issue of unemployment in local contexts has intensified. Many state governments announced reservation in private sector jobs for local youth. For example, Haryana (75 percent), Maharashtra (up to 80 percent), Andhra Pradesh (75 percent) and Madhya Pradesh (70 percent) can be named. But before making any comparison, two things need to be considered. Firstly, most of these cases related to indigenous reservation have been challenged in the Supreme Court.

These cases are ongoing and it is possible that the Supreme Court will overturn them. Secondly, the issue in Karnataka does not seem to be only about providing employment opportunities to the local youth. The manner in which these measures are being taken and propagated shows a clear intention to inflame linguistic sentiments and threatens internecine strife among the Indian people. It is to be hoped that the government will be aware of these dangers and not allow the situation to go in that direction. India, which proudly proclaims its rainbow colored cultural heritage to the world and India, which despite its linguistic diversity, shows self-respect for its integrated public life, in the same India, the Karnataka government's negative self-talk will invite many new disasters.

States in India have been formed linguistically. But no one has encouraged the construction of language fences across India. Kannada people are very advanced in art, literature and music. Girishikhara is one of the towering pillars of Indian literature in Kannada literature. But its people are becoming victims of the evil policy of the politicians.