Kadasoley Yogesh’s Badaga ScriptIt is indeed heartening to know that Yogesh of Kadasoley has been involved in developing a Badaga Script for the past 40 odd years. His tireless efforts, probably, did not receive the attention it deserved so far.Better late than never, it has come to public domain due to people like Emerald Hari who is bringing out a book of Yogesh during the Hethe Habba festival at Beraganni on 26-12-2012
Set your mood to these songs…
Set your mood to these songs…
Badagas have made singing and dancing an integral part of their lives.
A happy occasion like a habba [festival] or marriage….there you go….to the foot tapping ATTA – Dance songs like ‘Meley Keriyoge – On the top street‘….even a non dancer will get the inspiration to let the hair loose and join the crowd….
A sad situation….like the demise of a departed dear one…..the sad ‘saavu – death’ songs of Kerban Bella Gowder or Thangadu Krishna Gowder like ‘Ganjikke Kukkeya...’ will make tears roll down the cheeks as they remind you of some one who is no more…
The ever green…Hethe Songs…..
Melodies with a message like ‘Manesella Nondhara – ‘
Or, the melodious modern Badaga songs where the instrumental music has been given more importance…
Or, listen to the powerful ‘Badaga Funeral Prayer – Karu Harachodhu [Blessing the calf]…the famous group rendering of ‘AATHIKKODHU‘
Listen to some of these ‘best of the best songs and sounds’ chosen by me by clicking on the links or ON SOUNDCLOUD given below…
Must see the website on Badaga Songs
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[Karimora] Saravana Kumar’s Badaga Script
It is heartening to learn that there are a few Badaga youngsters who have dedicated a lot of their time and effort to the development of Badaga community in general and Badaga Language in particular.
One such youngster with some original thinking is SARAVANA KUMAR son of K.J.RAJU, a lawyer from Karimora, presently staying at Coimbatore. I have interacted with him quite extensively and feel some of his ideas could be far reaching. This boy is gifted with intelligence and is sure to make us all very proud.
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Vikram Adith Raman – you make us proud
Boy from Nilgiris bags first prize in global competition
UDHAGAMANDALAM: A Badaga youth has won the first prize at the Infocom Future Leadership Award (IFLA) at INFOCOM 2012 held in Calcutta in the first week of December.
VikramAdith Raman (27), hailing from Honnathalai village located near Kotagiri in the Nilgiris and a graduate the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, has won the first prize for his theme paper titled ‘Share on the Go’. Every year INFOCOM chooses a theme and papers would be invited from first and final year students from select B Schools across the world. This year the theme of the INFOCOM 2012 was ‘mobility’. Raman submitted a paper titled ‘Sharing on the Go’ and how mobile technology is fuelling growth of the shared economy.
VikramAdith Raman (27), hailing from Honnathalai village located near Kotagiri in the Nilgiris and a graduate the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, has won the first prize for his theme paper titled ‘Share on the Go’. Every year INFOCOM chooses a theme and papers would be invited from first and final year students from select B Schools across the world. This year the theme of the INFOCOM 2012 was ‘mobility’. Raman submitted a paper titled ‘Sharing on the Go’ and how mobile technology is fuelling growth of the shared economy.
[photo from The Hindu,10-12-2012]
“I am very interested in technology and mobility is a hot topic now. Thus I chose this topic. My paper explores the shift in consumer behavior from an ownership model to collaborative consumption and how mobile technology has facilitated this shift,” Raman said. The six best entries were selected by a panel and the winners were felicitated at a special IFLA ceremony at INFOCOM in Calcutta.
“The award comprises a trophy and a certificate given to each winner along with a cash prize,” said Raman. Chief guest Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India presented the awards to the students on December 7 in Calcutta. The first edition of IFLA was launched at INFOCOM in 2006.
Born to Joghee Raman, an engineer and Kamala Raman, VikramAdith pursued his under graduation and master’s degree in Information Technology in Malaysia. “I would like to become an expert in the field of mobile technology and serve India,” Raman said.
Vikram Adith’s dad Dr.J.Raman, a Civil Engineer, apart from being my senior in Rao Bahadur Board High School, Hubbathalai , is a good friend. If Dr.J.Raman had not gone to Malaysia [ I played a small part when he was considering the opportunity to go to Malaysis as a consultant, by arranging a discussion with an official in the Malaysian Embassy at New Delhi, whom I, being the Deputy Director, Protocol, 1982 Asian Games, had known ] probably he would have headed NTPC.
Being a MBA from FMS, Delhi, I know what it means to be MBA from IBS. Really great, Vikram.Like father like son.
Congratulations to both Dr.Raman and Vikram. You make us proud- Wg Cdr JP
Uri Hogi Siri Barali
The significance of this day is, it comes but for once [in somebody’s life].
Uri Hogi Siri Barali
According to predictions 12.12.12 is a date which indicates that WAVES are our inspiration, not because they rise and fall, but each time they fall , they RISE AGAIN.LET THIS BE FABULOUS DATE FOR EVERY ONE OF US. After 100 years this fabulous date and day will be someone else’s.Todays is ours..
Siri Barali….Santhosha thumbali…
Kethorai Rajma
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That is a really nice thought !
mlle_SUMATHI HALAN [Canada]
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Badaga – is a separate language by itself
Badaga – is a separate language by itself
I have been steadfastly claiming that Badaga is an unique language by itself and not a derivative of any other Dravidian Language – I WILL WRITE MORE ON THE FOLLOWING SOON – Wg Cdr JP
Badaga language not a dialect of Kannada, claims French linguistic scholar
Shanta Thiagarajan, [Times of India] Dec 4, 2012,
UDHAGAMANDALAM: “The Badaga language, widely believed to be a dialect of Kannada, was the language of communication of ancient South Dravidians and shares similarities with the local Alu Kurumba tongue,” said Christiane Pilot-Raichoor, a linguistic French scholar from LACITO, a scientific research centre in Paris. She was in town recently to do some research work.
“Today, it is recognized as a separate language,” said Pilot-Raichoor, who has been working on the linguistic heritage of the Badaga language for the past two decades. According to her, there are too many important differences in the phonology and the grammar, differences in gender system, case system, verb classes, to claim a genetic relationship between Kannada and Badaga languages.
“Once our minds are freed from the idea that Badaga is a dialect of Kannada, it may become possible to consider more objectively the Alu Kurumba-Badaga linguistic relationship,” she said. Alu Kurumba shares most of the characteristic Nilgiri features including verb peculiarities of Badaga language. “Whatever resemblance it has to Kannada points to early medieval and older forms of the language. The core grammar in the Badaga language converges with other Nilgiris languages which can be traced to early south Dravidian features,” she explained. Continue reading
Rao Bahadur Ari Gowder
To day, 4-12-2012, is the 120th birthday anniversary of one of the greatest sons of Badaga Community,
Rao Bahadur HB Ari Gowder.
For all that he has done for the community, let us remember him with respect and gratitude !
My sincere salutations to the great and reputed man of Badaga community.
“To be born as a gentleman is an accident..
To live as one is an achievement…”
He has lived and achieved. Every badaga should feel proud of him.
He will be living eternally in the hearts of all of us.
Regards,
kethorai rajma
Badaga leader’s birth anniversary celebrated
The Hindu – Udhagamandalam, December 5, 2012
Badagas celebrated the 119th birth anniversary of H.B. Ari Gowder at the Nilgiris Cooperative Marketing Society (NCMS), off the Government Botanical Garden Road, here, on Tuesday.
Long considered as the uncrowned king of the Badagas, Mr. Gowder was born on December 4, 1893 and died on June 28, 1971. He hailed from Hubbathalai village near Aruvankadu
The head of the Thodhanadu Seemai Badaga Welfare Association T.M. Kulla Gowder recalled that Mr. Ari Gowder was a well known philanthropist, who was respected by not only the Badagas but also others. He was instrumental in the NCMS coming into being in the 1930s to protect farmers from middlemen and unscrupulous traders in the plains.
For over three decades he was its president and for long it was considered as one of the best of its kind.
By way of acknowledging his significant contribution his bust was unveiled on May 25, 1987, in the multi-purpose hall of the NCMS.
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The ‘Warisu’ card …..
It is unfortunate but true. There are still a lot of ‘greedy’ Badagas who feel that ‘all property’ should go ONLY to a son / sons and and not to the daughter/daughters. These people, many of them- ‘educated idiots’ of both genders, would justify their claim and contention by saying only a son CAN be warisu or heir. Needless to say, they are living in an ancient world [when, in a Badaga Family], girls were NOT treated as EQUALS and like in any other Indian Community, they were sort of discriminated.
This flawed thinking is very much against the rule of the land. The Indian constitution and present rules and regulations ensure that GIRLS GET EQUAL SHARE of the properties of their parents and ancestors [as BOYS]. Any discrimination in this respect is a criminal offence punishable under law.
But still many ‘self appointed’ and hapless Badaga kap leaders and Gowdas, live under a false notion that all property is for males only. This cancerous notion which is destroying the harmonious Badaga family system needs to be cut and CUT NOW. Unfortunately, the people mainly responsible for this ‘cancer’, you guessed it, are females – wives,mothers and grand mothers with ulterior motives.
It is high time we start treating this cancer of Warisu with all the contempt it deserves and cut it off before it destroys the very fabric that is uniting the community.
More, with many examples, will follow….
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Chinna 
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Badagas of the Blue Mountains 