Bangalore

Bengaluru 2020

Conductor: Ticket! Ticket! Ticket!
Passenger: Madiwala gea eradu ticket kodi
Conductor: Sir, It’s really happy to see someone speaking Kannada here
Passenger: No! I’m not a native Kannada speaker. I’m a Madrasi. I live in Bengaluru from my childhood. I learnt Kannada here.
Conductor: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
(Conductor longs for someone to speak Kannada)


Bengaluru 2050

Passenger: Conductor, e bus madiwala hogutha!
Conductor: Kya?
Passenger: e bus madiwala hogutha!
Conductor: Sorry, I don’t get you.
Passenger: Erdu madiwala kodu pa!
Conductor: Do u know any other language except Kannada? May be Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam or at least English? Coz I don’t understand Kannada
Passenger: nevu ean helthaidhira
Conductor: Excuse me; Can anybody translate what this villager is speaking?
Passenger 2: I don’t get him either. Btw, Conductor Sir, which place are u from??
Conductor: I’m a native Bangalorean
Passenger 2: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Not even a conductor this time)