Kagunita English May 2026

“Ananya,” she said, “English is not a monster. It’s just Kannada hiding in a different dress. Let’s make Kagunita English .”

ಫೋ-ಟೋ-ಸಿನ್-ಥ-ಸಿಸ್ (pho-to-sin-tha-sis) kagunita english

“ಟ – ta” “ಫ – pha” “ಲ – la” “Ananya,” she said, “English is not a monster

But Ananya had a problem. English letters felt like wild birds—she could see them, but they wouldn’t sit still. ‘b’ and ‘d’ kept swapping places. ‘p’ and ‘q’ played tricks on her. Her classmates laughed when she read “school” as “s-ch-oo-ol.” ” she said

Lakshmi Akka smiled. She picked up a chalk piece and drew the Kannada Kagunita chart— ಕ, ಕಾ, ಕಿ, ಕೀ… (ka, kaa, ki, kee). Then she did something magical. She wrote next to it: