GORKHALAND AGITATION: WILL IT HAVE ITS ECHO IN COORG?
By P.T. Bopanna Will the renewed demand for Gorkhaland in West Bengal have its echo in Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka? Though the demand for a separate Coorg State is unlikely to pick up...
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MOBILISING POLL FUNDS: MODI GOVT CORNERS CONGRESS IN KARNATAKA
By P.T. Bopanna The Congress-led Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka which had rejected the Kasturirangan report apparently to mobilise funds from the timber lobby for Assembly polls, has been cornered by the Modi government at...
GENTLEMEN PLANTERS AND THEIR LOVELY LADIES PROTEST IN COORG
By P.T. Bopanna Probably for the first time, gentlemen planters and their lovely ladies, participated in a protest march in Kodagu (Coorg). Normally, the hurly-burly of protest politics is not their cup of tea,...
ONGOING ELEPHANT CENSUS IN COORG: IS IT A FARCE?
By P.T. Bopanna It will not be an exaggeration to say that elephants do not live anymore in the forests of Kodagu, but they are found only in the coffee estates. Hence, ideally any...
OFFBEAT: ARE KODAVAS (COORGS) HINDUS?
Zarina Sannu Mallangada says: “As a Kodava, I am privileged not to be bound or bundled by something called religion and it gives me both an edge to privacy while freedom to watch and...
KODAVA FAMILY HOCKEY FINALS: IT IS PARADANDA VS. CHENDANDA
The final match of Biddatanda Cup Hockey Tournament will be played between Paradanda and Chendanda teams at Napoklu in Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka on May 14 (Sunday). The 21st edition of the Kodava...
DIDDALLI TRIBAL UNREST: IS COORG DC D’SOUZA RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MESS?
By P.T. Bopanna Is the Kodagu (Coorg) district administration headed by deputy commissioner Richard Vincent D’Souza responsible for the mess in tackling the tribal issue at Diddalli? What was essentially a humanitarian issue of...
KARNATAKA REJECTS KASTURIRANGAN REPORT ON PRESERVING WESTERN GHAT
By P.T. Bopanna Apparently bowing to pressure from the Kerala timber lobby, the Congress government in Karnataka headed by chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday decided to reject the Kasturirangan report on preserving the Western...
KODAVA NEW YEAR: REVIVAL OF AN OLD TRADITION BY THE COORGS
Today (April 14) is the first day of the Kodava month of Edmyaar. It marks the commencement of the Kodava calendar and the start of the agriculture cycle in Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka. Kodavas...
GUJARAT ACTIVIST JIGNESH MEVANI LEADS DIDDALLI TRIBALS IN COORG
By P.T. Bopanna The ongoing agitation by tribals at Diddalli in Kodagu (Coorg) took a new turn on Friday with Gujarat-based social activist Jignesh Mevani (in picture) joining the agitation. Mevani, who has led...
