Nov 18, 2024
The Kannada Rajyotsava in my city has lost all its meaning now. It's nothing but a Dabanguthu festival with a shot of folk dance and a few Naatakas to impress thr audience that it is an "intellectual" thing. Apart from also allowing non-Kannadiga performers, there were also non-Kannada songs that were being danced to. Like... why keep it a Kannada rajyotsava when you're allowing people to dance to Ishq Tera Tadpave and Muqala Muqabula?
No Bhavageete. No Deshabhaktigeete. No Kannada film songs. No Rajkumar songs. No Shimoga Subbanna version of Jaya Bharata Jananiya or Hacchevu Kannadada Deepa. No aunties group song. I seriously miss the days where we were 70 people and we would do potlucks. Now it's a business and i hate it here 😭😭