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Karishmais among the 40 lakh passengers of Bengaluru who use the BMTC bus services every day. The BMTC has around 5600 buses plying on the city roads. Of these only about 800 have Light Emitting Diode (LED) destination boards that display information in both Kannada and English, says P K Garg, Director (Projects), BMTC. The remaining 4800 buses have painted boards with information only in Kannada, some with no boards and some with wrong route information. For commuters like Karishma, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, the language and the lack of proper information on these boards pose a problem.

Only Kannada speaking people travel in the ordinary buses?! What nonsense! The bus system should serve for the convenience of city residents and visitors, whether from Kannada reading or not. Is that not the basic sign of a kind courteous city? We should have bilingual boards, which are well lit, especially at night and in large font. An LED board is not particularly necessary.

Creating more traffic jams on the roads, bringing in the issue of language and discouraging people from using public transport, having high fares (Pushpak pass is Rs600/-), poor visibility of boards, rude drivers and conductors are all not signs of above average intelligence, by any standards. The dispute is not about Kannada boards being there. Kannada boards have to be there. No question about that. The question is about having English boards in addition to Kannada boards. The question is about having boards on atleast three sides of the bus for greater convenience and visibility. The question is about having consumer comfort. The bottomline is to allow people easy and comfortable travel within the city so that not only they benefit, as public transport becomes more easy, traffic jams would reduce. Lets not play regionalism here. Traffic jams affect you and me. I am a Kannadiga myself. But we need to reduce traffic jams at all costs. If you advocate Kannada only boards, have them on Volvo buses too. Have them on all trains that enter Karnataka. Why discourage public transport in Bangalore and indirectly help create more traffic jams in Bangalore by talking about language?

People who are debating for introduction of English signboards in BMTC with the opinion that it helps in reducing the traffic problems are nohting but truly confused souls.

No matter what language signboards are introduced, untill the above mentioned efforts are taken, the traffic problems remain.

These statements clearly point to the fixed mindset that many people have. Assumptions are trappings set by the mind. Firstly, you assumed that I am an outsider. I have lived longer than you have in Bangalore, born and brought up. You assumed that I am seeking the removal of Kannada boards, which is NOT TRUE AT ALL. If you advocate Kannada-only boards in public places, why are you silent about Bi-lingual boards in Volvo buses? Why are you silent about Tri-lingual destination boards in trains? Is it a hate-campaign to seek bi-lingual boards in BMTC buses or buses in other cities of India? Is it a hate-campaign to seek boards that are visible, and on all sides of the buses? Is it a hate-campaign to have boards and numbers of large font size? The controversy is not about Kannada VS English. It is Kannada AND English that many are seeking so that its becomes easy to commute and reduce jams. Lastly, this problem exists in other cities as well. Regional politics is coming in the way of encouraging public transport in all cities of India. And traffic jams are happening in all cities.

Language is a means of communication. Having easy means of communication through bi-lingual boards helps easy accessibility to public transport to those who seek it. And those who seek it and get it reduce the burden on the streets. There is no confusion about this. But the real confused souls are those who mix language with more serious issues in life. If public transport improves a lot, I estimate that the burden on the streets of Bangalore would reduce by atleast 20%. Why are you silent about having bi-lingual boards in volvo buses and tri-lingual in trains? Can I know that? I am asking you again. You are silent about it.

Where is the question of mixing too many things? There is the question of public transport and the issue of Kananda language and you stand for a principle. Now, why is your principle applicable only to ordinary BMTC buses and not for trains and Volvos? Why not for Bangalore airport, Malls and Five-star hotels? Why not for five-star resorts? Why not for the high court? Do you have a selective application of principles? You seem to be uncomfortable with me asking you very uncomfortable questions.

If you say that kannada should be given importance in Malls, airports, volvo buses and trains, fight for Kannada-only boards in all these big places. Why are you concentrating on only ordinary buses?

Everything adds on. Courteous crew, stopping at bus stops, good, big and visible boards etc all go a long way in promoting public transport. Definately yes. You wait for a direct bus for 30 mins and due to poor visibility or inability to decipher Kannada numbers or Marathi numbers (In Pune and Mumbai) or Tamil numerals in Chennai, you miss the bus! How fair is this? Do boards help in public transport? Now you answer that.

Our Govt is doing good job & for those who come for livelihood , can compare there states. In chennai we cannot see one english word in any buses/shops !! if we want to settle in chennai,we should know either tamil nor Rajinikanth !!

I beg to differ with you. Chennai is highly regionalistic and parochial. is that something to emulate? Many politicians have built empires based on the vulnerabilities of Tamils and their disposition towards language and stuff. This is an all-India problem. Thanks to the division of India on the basis of re-organisation of states on the basis of language. If narrow language politics is good for Bangalore, lets have it full swing. Lets ban English altogether. This is Karnataka afterall. Maybe, in Chennai, they can ban English after seeing us. Regionalism is a big problem all over India.

I still hold the view that all cities in India, including Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai etc. should have bi-lingual boards for the sake of convenience and courtesy. We should look from a pan-India basis and not seek to divide people on the basis of language. This is exactly what politicians want. Lets not walk into their trap.

Definately so. There was a lot of politics behind division of country on the basis of language in the 1950s, quite against what was showcased (for administration purposes). The politicians have succeeded and this article and the replies/ arguments are an example of it. I have even heard of a story where states were divided over a closed door meeting where all of them were drunk and a map of India was taken and with a scissors, they cut it into different segments with you take this part, he takes that one and so on. (I cannot substantiate this at all; had heard somebody telling me this) But whatever it maybe, language has become a tool for politicians to divide India and make hay. These politicians who swear by Kannada get their children admitted to international English schools; same time they want local kannadigas from poor and middle classes to read and study only Kannada. This has resulted in outsiders taking away cosy jobs in IT/ tech companies. Look at this hypocrisy. Those who swear by kannada do the opposite in their personal lives.

Charu Sharma is saying exactly what I have been saying. Are you a united India or a divided India where, if we want to travel, we have to think twice? Nobody is banning out of state people from entering BMTC buses or PTC busses in Chennai or DTC buses in Delhi etc. Its about inclusiveness and having English boards in all cities is a part of that.

It is a well-known fact that all major cities in India have a huge floating population, which is unaccounted for in these statistics. The 39% figure is for residents who are permanent. What about floating population? I am referring to all cities and not just Bangalore. FM radio cannot be taken as a guide to statistics. They have a commercial interest and have to adhere to norms. By the way, we were referring to passenger-friendly public transport and bi-lingual boards. Why are you bringing in demography here? There is a need for some communication on a pan-India basis, apart from local language in all parts of India. Lets not divert issue from this.

These are endless arguments. I have no time for all this. And we are also diverting from the core issue of public transport becoming more user-friendly with different improvements including usage of bi-lingual language. I am saying that this is needed throughout India and in all cities. It is not just about Bangalore. Are people Indians first or do they belong to their region first? Regarding statistics of floating population, even the govt. may not have it. There are rough estimates of people going to different cities. FM radios, wherever they operate, have to follow certain norms and laws. Local language of that region is one such thing they have to adhere to. Radio Indigo is a channel that is dedicated to English music. Does that reflect the demography?

I wonder what you mean by protecting all cultures and languages and havign separate states for all. There are 1000 languages in India and a million different cultures. But there are only 28 states. Where is the representation then?

The problem is not with languages. It is with the consciousness of language and region. The problem is that most people in India are conscious of their region, language, caste first and then think about the nation. I am the other way round.

If you choose the As, you see you have no arguments here.

If you choose the Bs, there is no point trying to talk sense here. Whichever way, let us not fill this forum with hatred for fellow humans. I believe we are better than that.

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