"Is it necessary for me to know Kannada...?"

Virat Kohli has been playing for RCB for 15 years now. Does he know how to speak in Kannada?

Can't even speak English the right way 😂😂😂

bro, ur in karnataka, learn kannada or leave. Dont say why should i learn. Try to make an effort to learn. There is no bangalore without kannada.

And he is expecting us to speak his language 😅😅😂😂😂

If You are Living in Karnataka Then You Should Learn the Local Language for Communicate You Have No Right To Impose Your Mother Tongue Language on their State. As a Bengali from North East If I want to Do Job or Business at Hindi Belt Without Knowing Hindi Language Is it Possible?

Forcing kannada guy to speak hindi and english is ok But you are in karnataka and you are forced to kannada is notok

Bro hasn't just been "born" here....bro has also graduated from NITTE meenakshi clg which means bro has studied here for a minimum of 3 years (depends on the course).... So that's ample amount of time to learn atleast "manageable" Kannada

I am from Bangalore, and my mother tongue is Kannada. I think the issue we face in Bangalore regarding these kinds of language crises is almost always through the extreme sides of both the Kannada people and the North Indians (Hindi speaking) who migrate to Bangalore, sure whatever the airport official did to him is simply not acceptable and frankly, the authority should take some serious action on the official for mistreating a person based off of such circumstances. But while I'm at it, I think most people (who haven't been to Bangalore) need to realize that there are certain groups of people who almost "force" Kannada people to speak Hindi, heck, it's happened to me multiple times too. I've had instances where I've been forced to speak Hindi in my own city like I don't belong there, and if I've encountered such situations, I'm confident a lot more Kannada people have gone through the same too, and probably that's the reason why some Kannada people tend to get aggressive on this matter as I've seen on social media. At the end of the day, I think the language in itself is not such an important barrier as these extremists claim it to be, but at the same time when there's an issue like this, I believe it's important to address both sides of the problem rather than victimizing one and defending the other. Please don't get me wrong about this, I am all for Salman Yusuf's side in this particular situation but what I'm stating is, there are plenty more situations like this where Kannada people have been the victim of language shaming by North Indians, in their own city - Bangalore.

Hooliganism shouldn't be tolerated, plain and simple. If one doesn't wish to speak Hindi, it is absolutely justified, but one shouldn't be forced to speak any language just because it is common to your place, not everyone is supposed to know it.

Why do people assume that Hindi is the national language of India..... Hindi is an official language.... Like Kannada, Like Telugu Like Tamil Like Malayalam.... Along with 21 languages.... Hindi is also an official language.... India has no National language....

I support local language but be friendly and teach people about your language. Assimilate them, one cannot speak kannada from 1st day.

I am a Kannadiga and I speak Kannada. After landing in India from Germany, I went to the immigration control check counter like all other arriving passengers and the officer asked some questions to me in Kannada. I answered to him in Kannada. He took 10-15 minutes to check details of each arriving passenger in the system before me. He checked my details atleast 15 times and took 15 minutes. The other officers in parallel queues were taking 2-3 minutes on an average before letting the passengers go further to collect their baggage. Some officers there are more suspicious (or incompetent) than others and need more time. Some are arrogant and some are polite. And ofcourse every person is equal before the officer, celebrity or a common man! Cheers..

The immigration officer didn’t ask him questions out of love for Kannada, it was a normal security protocol as there are lot of illegal immigrants in Bangalore/ India with fake documents. The officer didn’t know about Mr.Khan, being a millennial even I didn’t know about him until this happened. Mr. Khan could’ve easily handled it but he created ruckus on social media. By calling the officer uneducated, Mr. Khan made us feel that he himself is not educated properly. Modi thing was unnecessary too.

What happened to him was unfortunate and certainly condemnable especially at an airport, but 1- He calls Bengaluru his city and does not relate to its very core , 2- He calls hindi the national language our country which isn’t even true . The irony here is that he calls the staff uneducated when he himself is uneducated about the schedule 8 of the Indian Constitution and that we have no National Language and only have Official languages. I guess If people can take pride of knowing hindi in most northern states of India, I think its only fair that the people of Karnataka and all southern states have the right to be proud of their respective languages

I am sure this guy can at least speak manageable Kannada. Maybe he is doing this for publicity. It's hard to believe someone born in Karnataka but can't speak Kannada. By the way, I am not a Kannadiga. I have lived in Bengaluru for some years but now I live in my home state.

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"If people like me can go through this,imagine a normal man"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Kanimozhi,an MP from Tamil Nadu,went through the same for not knowing Hindi,in an airport,a long ago. You are just born,bro.Go have some milk and peace.

Interesting how people go to many lengths to learn a language like German or French when moving to their countries but find it offensive when asked to respect our very own languages. Agreed, we may not know every single word, but at least try. Learn some basics to get by and connect with people. I was Bengaluru for two years and ensured to communicate a little when taking the auto. They appreciated it too. No one should ever be forced to learn a language but at least be respectful and considerate when asked to respect them and their language.

People need to appreciate that Kannada people are welcoming and go to the extent of switching to Hindi, and some even with broken Hindi to be accommodating. This goes unappreciated as always. What if it was the other way round where people didn’t switch and responded only in Kannada? So the least we expect is some attempt on broken Kannada or real appreciation towards Kannada language, it’s integrity and the people .

the first issue of the immigration officer suspecting: Dude this is not an issue of regionalism, it's an issue of verification of residence. any person born in a particular place, and his/her parents being born there and not knowing the local language would obviously raise suspicions. the second issue of the auto driver: is a cropped video showing partial truth, where the girls first demanded him to speak/learn Hindi imposing it as the national language. how can you expect an auto driver brought up in his local language to speak Hindi? can you go to a Bengal or tn or Gujarat or Manipur and ask a rickshaw puller to know a completely different vernacular language? at least appreciate him for knowing a bit of English to communicate to earn his living.