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The Bunts of Tulu Nadu
The word Bunta in Tulu language implies a powerful man or a soldier. The community of Bunts (anglicized from Buntas), also referred to as Nadavas, form an important and integral part of the socio economic culture of Tulu nadu, in coastal Karnataka. They share Tulu nadu with other prominent ethnic groups like the Billavas, Mogeras, Brahmins, Konkanis, Catholics and Jains. As a community, Bunts are next in number only to the Billavas of Tulu nadu. They are reputed to be agriculturists par excellence. Bunts are part of a group called Nadavas, who mainly reside in the northern part of Tulu nadu. They are thought to have had a common origin and culture as the Nayars of Malabar and Nattars of Tamil Nadu. As the name Nadava implies, originating from the word nadu or territory, the Bunts are owners of land. The Bunts of southern Tulu nadu speak Tulu language, a form of language that is used in commerce in the region, called Common Tulu.
E. Thurston wrote in his Castes and Tribes of Southern India (1955-56), “This is a caste of Kanarese farmers found only in South Kanara. The Nadavas have retained four sub-divisions*, one of the most important being Masadi…. I have no information regarding the caste but they seem to be closely allied to the Bunt caste of which Nadava is one of the sub-divisions. The name Nadava or Nadavaru means people of the nadu or country…. They still retain their independence or character, their strong well developed physique, and still carry their heads with some haughty toss as their fore-fathers did, in the stirring fighting days, when as an old proverb had it ‘the slain rested in the yard of the slayer’, and when every warrior constantly carried his sword and shield. Both men and women of the Bunt community are among the comeliest of Asiatic races.”
*Masadi (masadika) is the most common Tulu speaking sub-division of Bunts in Southern Tulu nadu. Nadavas are Kannada speaking people that live in Northern Tulu nadu from Brahmavar to Baindoor. Parivara Bunts also live in the northern parts and follow some of the Brahmin customs. Jain Bunts are those who converted to Jainism during the reign of various Jain rulers, especially Hoysalas. |
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Source & copyright : manglorean.com Washington DC, March 26: Some people believe there are only two types of comediennes in this world. The one's who make you laugh by their actions and the one's who make you laugh by talking. So, which one are you? Are you the kind of person whose lips don't even twitch when you see two guys slamming pies in each others faces? Or are you the one who sits a wee bit forward in his seat and really listens when a witty person takes to the mike? If you are, well then, our own Mangalorean, Tarun Shetty is the man for you.  Tarun Shetty Simply put, Tarun is a stand up comedienne who takes to his audience like a duck takes to water and what's more he doesn't just quack to make you laugh. Using wit and humor to entertain the world is Tarun's profession and he enjoys doing it too. Puts his heart and soul into it to be more precise. A product of NYU's School of Arts, Tarun has worked his way up the New York Comedy Club Circuit. He has worked for the Boston Comedy Club for two years and made his first television appearance on the Nickelodeon Show 'Laugh Out Loud' also in New York. In 2001, at the Harvard University Demon Comedy Fest, Tarun premiered a Short Film at the New York International Film Festival. |
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Bangalore Sept 20: Art needs no voice, it can speak with the sound of silence to all those who are willing to listen. Dreams painted on canvas by the hearing impaired can take you into a world that may be different from your own but to your surprise you find this world is no less colourful than yours.  Ganesh Shetty at work Such are the silent visuals painted by Ganesh Shetty. They are so spellbinding that they take you through a kaeledoscope of colours that give you a glimpse into the very soul of the artist himself. And if you find yourself stumbling to understand a particular abstract then the artiste is there to explain it for you. And no sound is needed. Splayed fingers and expressions of the sign language convey what the artist has intended to convey all along. Manur Chandrashekar Ganesh Shetty or M.C. Ganesh Shetty as he is more popularly known speaks through his paintings even though he lost his speech and hearing at the age of five following a bout of severe fever. He was already into sketching and painting at this time and was encouraged by his parents to continue. The family hails from Manoor in Kota (the place where Kota Shivaram Karanth was born), near Kundapur. At present they are settled in Basaveshwaranagar, Bangalore. Ganesh's father Chandra Shekar Shetty is into Hotel Business and mother Kusuma Shetty is a house wife. Ganesh is the eldest of four siblings. His brother Srinivas who is a Software Engineer in Bangalore is the second son, followed by Mahesh and Mamta the youngest. Srinivas says that their parents never differentiated between Ganesh and the rest of the children. He was always considered normal in the family. |
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