Committee's recommendations 'in toto' This also reveals a curious lack of self, confidence on the part of the intellectual leaders of the state, for what is being argued is that it is necessary to compel the non-Kannada speakers to learn Kannada for Kannada language and culture to survive. This lack of self-confidence is astonishing for, historically, Kannada has shown its ability to absorb, enrich and be enriched by other socio-cultural milieus.