Pray tell me who are you!!

There,there they go again. Under the august garb of red and yellow, a few pieces of glass will go to the bin today. A few expletives will be exchanged with the English speaking junta. Auto-wallahs will start pretending they dont know Tamil. Jobless fellows will become jobless forever. And now, they are stoning WIPRO? Really? Err,wait, Did they even touch the KSRTC?

Yella ok,pa? But dear vandalizer, who are you? Where did you learn Kannada? You speak so well and you pretend to be a Kannadiga!? I still believe you are an agent of destruction sent by envious states. Yes, you folks, whoever support the strike, you cannot be Kannadigas. I am a Kannadiga,by choice and I know the pride that runs through my veins when I stand at the Chennai bus stand and watch people trying to get into the “Rajahamsa” leaving the poor SETC Ultra-Deluxe buses alone. And you people who strike,even felt like stoning our very own KSRTC? Would someone from this glorious state break the bones of his own sister? For all the things that Karnataka stands for,KSRTC is one of the most glorious symbols i have known and any man stopping it's operations too is a traitor. KSRTC for all i know is not just a transport vehicle and even the mention of it as a mere government carrier is but trivial. For me, it's one of the lifelines of Karnataka and every single blow on the buses is a slap on the face of every Kannadiga!

Oh brother, the yellow and red stripes deserve better shoulders than your's!

And stoning WIPRO? Hell,yeah! Shows you have never read newspapers,never seen news channels. Yeah, the corporate community might not speak Kannada. Agreed.They speak C,java,python,English-vinglish. But,ever bothered to open BBC? When Infy became the first Indian company to be listed in NASDAQ, ever felt what it was when the world knew that a company headquartered in namma Bengalooru could rise to international levels? Ever felt the pride when Obama refers to India as Bangalore in software context? As one of my uncle says, Bangalore has become the simha-swapna for the Americans. I really cant help believe you are destructive agents sent only to malign the image of Karnataka. Why would someone stab himself!

I cannot help but feel pathetically bad about our very own men rampaging against us. It takes enormous sacrifice to build a state. But destruction is only a 'stone's throw away. We all love Kaveri,but can we sacrifice our beloved Karnataka for it? Isn't the price a tad too heavy? Have we lost faith in the democratic process? From when did we leave the red and yellow and turn to black?

Out of all things to feel bad, for a state which is known to stay ahead of time, have we come to a situation where we have to protest in a method which was most relevant a hundred years ago. To talk of it, we were the first city to have electricity in the country. Bangalore, please dont tell me no! We are probably the only city which has IISC,IIM and a proposed IIT. To come to this level of intellectual poverty? It is time for us to fight back. Fight back from the people who have hijacked the state and attacking it's very own people.It's time to define who is a Kannadiga!

We have just finished 50 glorious years of independent existence. A hundred is a long way to go. The warning signs are there everywhere! For all those who really love the state, isn't it time we reclaim it back from the hooligans?