test_unicode_strings.go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
)

func main() {
	normalString := "ವಾಸುದೇವ"
	backquotedString := `ವಾಸುದೇವ`

	fmt.Printf("Len of normalString %v \n", len(normalString))
	fmt.Printf("len of backquotedString %v \n", len(backquotedString))

	fmt.Println("Normal string with range operator yields following:")
	for _, value := range normalString {
		fmt.Printf("Unicode value: %x, rendered value: %s\n", value, string(value))
	}

	fmt.Println("\nBackquoted string with range operator yields following:")
	for _, value := range backquotedString {
		fmt.Printf("Unicode value: %x, rendered value: %s\n", value, string(value))
	}

	fmt.Printf("\nIndexing operation on normalString: normalString[0] \n unicode value: %x rendered value: %s\n", normalString[0], string(normalString[0]))
	fmt.Printf("\nIndexing operation on backquotedString: backquotedString[0]\n unicode value: %x rendered value %s\n", backquotedString[0], string(backquotedString[0]))

	fmt.Println("len(ವ)", len("ವ"))
}

Output of this program can be seen in this gist