What has Karnataka given me?

What has Karnataka given me?

(penned some time in 2008)

Naanillige bandaga ( When I came here), “ I couldn’t talk, I couldn’t smile, I couldn’t giggle, I couldn’t laugh, I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t read, I couldn’t write, I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t wave, I couldn’t drink, I couldn’t sip, I couldn’t eat, …., I could only CRY, that too only perhaps after the Dr or the midwife slapped my bottom that I started breathing…'’. This Place has given me Air to breathe, Water to drink, Place to exist, Food to Sustain, nourish & survive, Education, Place to build my Designs(Atrocious ones?), Students to listen to my Blabber, Name, Fame, Awards, Rewards & what Not?...( And It/She will also give me a Place to breathe my last?)… Janani Janma Bhoomi, Swarga adapi Gareeyasi.. I am KANNADIGA & PROUD TO BE ONE…

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