Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 31 ga Janairu, 2006, ranar tunawa da mutuwar Mahatma Gandhi
, Gowda ya kiyaye azumi daga wayewar gari zuwa wayewar gari don neman matsayin yaren gargajiya na Kannada. Tun da farko ya yi azumi sau daya a baya saboda wannan dalili kuma ya yi barazanar dawo da Padma Shri da aka ba shi a 2001. Daga ƙarshe bai dawo da kyautar ba kamar yadda yake fatan samun amsa mai kyau daga Shugaban A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. A cikin 2014, tsohon minista P. G. R. Sindhia ya nemi gwamnati ta ba shi lakabin mawallafin mawallafi ("Rashtrakavi") saboda gudummawar da ya bayar ga yaren Kannada.