listing non kannadiga people as kannadiga firsty anil kumble family hails from kasargod kerala and ravi shastri and does not even know kannada he is tulu sri sri ravi shankar is tamil and krishnadevaraya and former isro chairman u r rao is tulu vijay mallya and freedom fighter chattopadhya are konkani as also rahul dravid is a marathi this article smells of well known kannada chauvanism propagated by fringe groups like kannada rakshana vedike who do not even known that the doyen of kannada literature kuvempu's mother tongue was konkani everything that is from karnataka isn't kannada there are so many liguistic minorities in the state and claiming them as kannadigas is disgusting no wonder kodavas want separate coorg tulu people want tulu nadu and konkani people in uttara kannada want to be with goa and belgaum with maharashtra stop this kannada chauvinism and save karnataka this is a beautiful state but it is not just for kannada people