Is Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa (in picture) guided by Kodagu legislators in opposing the draft notification on the eco-sensitive area (ESA) of Western Ghats as recommended by the Kasturirangan committee? Virajpet MLA K.G....

By P.T. Bopanna In a move that will compromise the safety of Raja Seat, one of the most scenic spots in south India, the Kodagu deputy commissioner Annies K. Joy (in picture) has gone...

By P.T. Bopanna Coorg, South India’s most popular tourist destination, is bouncing back to normalcy after two consecutive years of floods and landslides. But the worrying fact is that the tourist infrastructure which was...

By P.T. Bopanna The recent ‘selfie’ of Kodagu’s (Coorg) top women officers in Karnataka was a great social media story, but the fact remains that Kodagu’s official machinery is a disgrace as most of...

By P.T. Bopanna By continuing the exemption given to Kodavas (Coorgs) in Karnataka to own guns without licence, the BJP government at the Centre has recognised the centrality of arms worship in the religious...

By P.T. Bopanna While welcoming BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s letter to Karnataka government to consider grant of  an autonomous development council for Kodagu (Coorg) district, any such council should not be confined exclusively to...

By P.T. Bopanna Though the origin of the Kodavas (Coorgs) in Karnataka is still a mystery, researchers tend to believe they are the descendants of pre-Muslim Kurds, hailing from present Turkey, Iran and Iraq...

By P.T. Bopanna The ‘dirty politics’ being played by Kodagu (Coorg) MP Pratap Simha to establish the Mysuru-Kushalanagar railway line, suffered a jolt on Tuesday after the Karnataka High Court asked the Indian Railways...

By Roona Uthappa Ballachanda Watching the Kodavas (Coorgs) celebrate River Kaveri on Sankramana Day during the British Raj, the then Chief Commissioner of Coorg, Hilton Brown wrote in his article ‘The Astonishing Land of...