K A KUSHALAPPA, UNSUNG HERO OF KODAGU (COORG)
By P.T. Bopanna The exercise to select the Coorg Person of the Year title, throws up the names of people whose work go unnoticed. One such unsung hero is K.A. Kushalappa (Kelapanda) who belongs...
Author: Coorg News
HINDUTVA EFFECT: HARVEST FESTIVAL OF PUTHARI CELEBRATED BY KODAVAS (COORGS) HAS LOST ITS ‘SPIRIT’
By P.T. Bopanna The harvest festival of Puthari celebrated by Kodavas (Coorgs) has lost its ‘spirit’ thanks to the deep roots Hindutva has taken in Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka. The festival celebrated by...
ICC WORLD CUP: INDIA MAY HAVE LOST, BUT THIS TWEET BY WRITER DEVAIAH BOPANNA IS WINNING HEARTS OF TWITTERATI
By P.T. Bopanna India may have lost the ICC World Cup to Australia, but this tweet by Mumbai-based writer Devaiah Bopanna is winning the hearts of the twitterati. Devaiah tweeted: “We have already taken...
B Y VIJAYENDRA: FROM BEING ‘SUPER CHIEF MINISTER’ TO KARNATAKA BJP PRESIDENT
By P.T. Bopanna Sometime during 2020, I was one among the journalists selected for felicitation by chief minister B.S. Yediyurppa as part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the Press Club of Bangalore. At...
IN JEST: DID KODAGU (COORG) LINGAYAT RAJAS HAVE KODAVA BLOOD FLOWING IN THEIR VEINS?
By P.T. Bopanna Will it be correct to state that the Lingayat Rajas who ruled Kodagu (Coorg) from 1600 AD to 1834 have Kodava blood flowing in their veins? I had posted an item...
NATIONAL RECOGNITION TO GITA CHENGAPPA FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
By P.T. Bopanna At the Indian Science Parks and Business Incubator Association (ISBA) annual conference held recently at Mumbai, Gita Chengappa Chodumada (in picture), General Manager, TREC-STEP, was recognized for her over two decades...
IS ACTRESS RASHMIKA MANDANNA GETTING EXTRA LARGE COVERAGE ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE?
By P.T. Bopanna Is film actress Rashmika Mandanna getting too much coverage on my Facebook pages? Recently my Facebook friend who is also like me 70 plus years old, noted that I was giving...
MY NEXT BOOK PROJECT: ‘KODAVA RELIGION AT CROSSROADS’
By P.T. Bopanna Being one of the most highly-educated communities in India, Kodavas (Coorgs) should develop a rational outlook towards their religious faith, instead of believing in unscientific religious dogmas borrowed from Hinduism. ...
POWER SUPPLY: KODAGU (COORG) HAS BECOME AN AREA OF DARKNESS. EXPERT OFFERS SOLUTION TO PROBLEM
By P.T. Bopanna During my few hours of stay in Kodagu (Coorg) recently, there was no power supply. I was informed by residents of Gonikoppal town in Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka on the...
KARNATAKA CHIEF MINISTERS TO BLAME FOR CRISIS IN CAUVERY BASIN
By P.T. Bopanna All the Karnataka chief ministers in the last 10 years, including Siddaramaiah (in picture), are responsible for the water crisis in the Cauvery basin for rejecting the Kasturirangan report which sought...
