Raj Chengappa, Group Editorial Director of India Today, was on Saturday elected President of the Editors Guild of India. Hailing from the Baddana Kodagu Gowda family, Chengappa started his journalistic career in a Bengaluru...
But for a British writer, the heroics of the Coorg-born Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya, the only Indian Air Force officer to be awarded the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) posthumously so far, would have remained unsung. It...
Coorg-born Kaveri Kalanithi, of Sun TV Networks Ltd., is India’s highest paid corporate executive, surpassing the salary of even the richest Indian Mukesh Ambani. This is the third time in a row that Kaveri...
#CoorgAllGirlsTrip Why should only men have all the fun? These women from Pachat village near Ammathi town in Coorg go on a week’s holiday every year. This time it is Kochi, Alleppy, Tiruvananthapuram, and...
In what could be considered a matter of pride for Kodagu, Yashoda Somanna Padeyanda has been conferred Ph.D in environmental engineering by the Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea. Yashoda, a first rank-holder...
In her latest interview to GQ India, India’s leading style & fashion magazine, Coorg-born supermodel Dayana Erappa, talks about what men should know about style. “A classic, well-fitted black suit is my favourite...
Dr Kottangada Pemmaiah, a doctor working at the Gonikoppal government hospital, has secured the 247th rank in the civil services examination conducted by the UPSC. What is special about this 26-year-old doctor is the...
Mandepanda Savitha Poovaiah, of Ammathi, is one among the few women wildlife photographers from Coorg. Born into the Mallengada clan at Badagarakeri near Birunani, the rich flora and fauna of her village enabled...
By P.T. Bopanna Ammathi is a one-horse town near Virajpet in Kodagu (Coorg). Noted writer Kavery Nambisan, who also heads the Tata Coffee-run hospital in the town, has aptly described the town as follows:...
By P.T. Bopanna My report in my Facebook page Coorg-Kodagu News titled “A Coorg Family’s Priceless BMW Bike: A Daughter’s Tribute To Her Father” has been read by over 10,000 people. On an...
