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Diljit Dosanjh needs to learn Kannada before Bengaluru concert? Jokes and memes amid language row

Jokes and memes about Diljit Dosanjh needing to learn Kannada have flooded social media since the Punjabi singer announced his Bengaluru concert.

Updated on: Sept 13, 2024 04:38 pm IST
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Jokes and memes about Diljit Dosanjh needing to learn Kannada have flooded social media since the Punjabi singer announced his Bengaluru concert. Diljit will perform in Bengaluru on December 6 as part of Dil-Luminati tour, which will take him to 10 major Indian cities. The concert announcement comes at a time when the language row in Karnataka has gained impetus, fuelled by several viral videos asking people who do not speak Kannada to leave the state.

Diljit Dosanjh brings the Dil-Luminati Tour to India(Photo: Instagram)

Kannada is the official language of Karnataka, and over the last few months, there has been a push for its increased use in government, education, and business, to the point where Hindi-speaking “outsiders” have faced harassment in the state capital of Bengaluru - a city where people from across the country migrate for better job opportunities.

In the backdrop of this language row, tongue-in-cheek jokes about proud Punjabi Diljit Dosanjh learning Kannada have surfaced online.

Take a look at some of the funniest Diljit memes below:

The singer will perform in several European cities like Paris, London and Amsterdam as part of his Dil-Luminati tour before arriving in India. He will kick off the India leg of his tour on October 26 with a show in Delhi, followed by gigs in 9 other cities including Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Bengaluru.

 
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Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.

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