On, OoruLabs, India's premier urban issues podcast, We speak to Udaya Kumar PL who gives a long term view on his Bengaluru and its languages. How they evolved and what it means going forward.

Why is language such a touchy subject? Our country has states separated on language, so language is not just communication. It is also political. Why have we made language political? Are languages like religion, a soft target to create enemies and galvanize political support?  Or is there really a threat to the languages in the cities which are multicultural and multilingual by nature? What is the language of a city? Why did you learn English without prompting, but riots are needed for you to learn. Kannada.

Stock video and picture credits to various contributors from zing languages, Pedal in Tandem, Bengaluru prayana. All rights belong to respective owners.

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Timecodes

00:00 - Introduction & context

02:01 - Languages of Bengaluru

07:47 - Threat to language

16:01 - Hindi and disrespect

22:58 - Language utilitarianism

28:29 - Friction to learning

38:13 - Reducing ghettoisation

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