COORG DC’S PET PROJECT: SAFETY OF RAJA SEAT UNDER THREAT
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...
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FINALLY TOURISTS RETURNING TO COORG. INFRASTRUCTURE AFFECTED BY FLOODS NOT YET FIXED
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...
‘SELFIE’ OF UPRIGHT TOP COORG OFFICIALS IN SOCIAL MEDIA HIDES A CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION
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...
KUDOS TO MODI GOVT FOR CONTINUING GUN RIGHTS TO COORGS FOR 10 MORE YEARS
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...
AUTONOMOUS COORG COUNCIL SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE AND NOT CONFINED TO KODAVAS
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...
ARE KODAVAS (COORGS) DESCENDANTS OF KURDS?
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...
SLAP IN THE FACE: HIGH COURT DERAILS COORG MP SIMHA’S PET RAIL PROJECT
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...
AINMANE OR AMERICA – KAVERI SANKRAMANA IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE!
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...
THIS YEAR’S MADIKERI DASARA IN COORG IS A MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT
By P.T. Bopanna Madikeri Dasara is next only to Mysore Dasara in grandeur and popularity. This year’s Dasara celebrations turned out to be a major social media event. The highlight was the ‘selfie’ by...
DEVE GOWDA’S DELHI DURBAR: A JOURNALIST RECALLS HIS ‘FINEST HOUR’
By P.T. Bopanna My ‘finest hour’ as a professional journalist came when H.D. Deve Gowda (in picture) became the prime minister of India in 1996. Around that time, I was working as a Principal...
