Canadian MP's speech in Kannada in Parliament earns him praise
Bengaluru(PTI): A speech in Canada's Parliament by a Canadian MP in his mother tongue Kannada has gone viral on the social media, earning him praise for his love towards his native language.
Chandra Arya, a Member of Parliament from Nepean, hails from Dwaralu, a small village in Sira Taluk of Tumakuru district in Karnataka.
"I spoke in my mother tongue (first language) Kannada in Canadian parliament. This beautiful language has (a) long history and is spoken by about 50 million people. This is the first time Kannada is spoken in any parliament in the world outside of India," Arya has tweeted with a minute-long video of his speech in Kannada.
His speech received a standing ovation from some of his Parliament colleagues.
"Respected Speaker, I'm happy for having got an opportunity to speak in Kannada in Canada's Parliament. It is a proud moment for 5 crore Kannadigas that a man born in Sira Taluk's Dwaralu village in Tumkur (Tumakuru) District from an Indian state of Karnataka, has been elected as Member of Parliament in Canada has spoken in Kannada," he said in his Kannada speech.
Noting that Canada's Kannadigas in 2018 had celebrated Kannada 'Rajyotsava' in Canada's Parliament, he said, "I want to end my statement with (a) few words of the song written by RashtraKavi Kuvempu and sung by Natasaarvabhowma Dr Rajkumar-Elladaru Iru Enthadaru Iru, Endendigu Nee Kannadavaagiru (Wherever you stay, however you are, always be a Kannadiga). Thank You Speaker."
Son of retired Commercial Tax Assistant Commissioner K Govinda Iyer, Chandra Arya is a Liberal Party politician. Appreciating Arya's speech, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said he has spread Kannada's quintessence at the world stage.
"Heartfelt compliments to Chandra Arya for proving that however big one may grow in his life, he should always remember his roots. Elladaru Iru Enthadaru Iru, Endendigu Nee Kannadavaagiru," he tweeted.
Minister for Large and Medium-scale Industries Murugesh R Nirani said, "It is an absolute honour to see the language of our land, Kannada being spoken in the Canadian Parliament. It fills us all with immense pride."
Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar said, "It makes me happy to see our great Kannada language spoken in the Canadian parliament. A great idea by Sri Chandra Arya. Kannadigas across the world must fly high the flag of our mother tongue."
Arya had recently urged the Canadian people and the government to recognise the difference between the 'swastika', an ancient and auspicious symbol for Hindus and the 20th century Nazi symbol 'Hakenkreuz', pointing out that there is no similarity between the two.
I spoke in my mother tongue (first language) Kannada in Canadian parliament.
— Chandra Arya (@AryaCanada) May 19, 2022
This beautiful language has long history and is spoken by about 50 million people.
This is the first time Kannada is spoken in any parliament in the world outside of India. pic.twitter.com/AUanNlkETT
ತುಮಕೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ, ಶಿರಾ ತಾಲೂಕಿನ ದ್ವಾರಾಳು ಗ್ರಾಮದ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ ಚಂದ್ರ ಆರ್ಯ @AryaCanada ಕೆನಡಾ ದೇಶದ ಸಂಸತ್ತಿನ ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಯಾಗಿ, ತಮ್ಮ ಮೊದಲ ಭಾಷಣವನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಮಾತನಾಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಸೊಗಡನ್ನು ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊಳಗಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಮನುಷ್ಯ ತಾನು ಎಷ್ಟೇ ಎತ್ತರಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದರೂ,
— Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) May 20, 2022
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It makes me happy to see our great Kannada language spoken in the Canadian parliament. A great idea by Sri Chandra Arya. Kannadigas across the world must fly high the flag of our mother tongue.@AryaCanada https://t.co/ZXtTgbPEEn
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) May 20, 2022
"ಎಲ್ಲಾದರೂ ಇರು, ಎಂತಾದರೂ ಇರು, ಎಂದೆಂದಿಗೂ ನೀ ಕನ್ನಡವಾಗಿರು"
— Dr. Ashwathnarayan C. N. (@drashwathcn) May 20, 2022
ಕೆನಡಾದ ಸಂಸತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಕಂಪು ಮೊಳಗಿಸಿದ ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ಸಂಸದರಾಗಿರುವ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ ಶ್ರೀ @AryaCanada ಅವರ ಮೂಲಕ ಪ್ರತಿಧ್ವನಿಸಿದ ಈ ಕವಿವಾಣಿ ಎಂದೆಂದಿಗೂ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ!
ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಸ್ತೂರಿಯ ಪರಿಮಳವನ್ನು ಪಸರಿಸಿದ ತಮಗೆ ಮನಃಪೂರ್ವಕ ಅಭಿನಂದನೆಗಳು. https://t.co/Ms8JRcap6x
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
