Overview

• A middle-aged Tibetan man in Bengaluru demonstrates fluency in Kannada and says many Tibetans now speak it better than their native tongue
• He playfully dismisses the frequent excuse “Kannada gottilla” by claiming that drinking Kaveri river water naturally teaches the language
• Online viewers praised the clip as a model of cultural respect and inclusivity, urging others living in Karnataka to follow his example
• Similar instances of non-locals mastering Kannada, including a Jammu girl and a Nepali watchman, have surfaced in Bengaluru’s ongoing language conversation
• The renewed focus on learning Kannada underscores tensions between preserving local identity and embracing cosmopolitan diversity in Karnataka