By P.T. Bopanna Have Kodavas (Coorgs) in Karnataka ditched the BJP? The ongoing caste survey of the Siddaramaiah Congress government has proved that the sun has set on the saffron party which ruled the...
By P.T. Bopanna Prime minister Modi and myself are on the same boat when it comes to our university degrees. While Modi has got his M.A. in political science from Gujarat University as an...
By P.T. Bopanna As the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge (in picture) celebrates his birthday on July 21, I wish to recall my association with him. While I was working for The Times of India...
By P.T. Bopanna Two celebrities from Coorg in Karnataka – actresses Prema and Rashmika Mandanna – have set the social media on fire in the last few days. Celebrated journalist Barka Dutt’s interview of...
By P.T. Bopanna Veteran journalist, writer, and Padma Bhushan awardee T.J.S. George died on October 3 aged 97 years. He passed away in Bengaluru due to age-related illnesses. I had the privilege of being...
By P.T. Bopanna In the recent past, a couple of my reports may have shown Virajpet MLA from Kodagu district A.S. Ponnanna (in picture) in a negative light. I wish to point out that...
By P.T. Bopanna Unlike previous Lok Sabha members from Kodagu, the present Lok Sabha member Yaduveer Wadiyar, a scion of the Mysuru royal family, is truly working for the people of his constituency. This...
By P.T. Bopanna Madikeri MLA Mantar Gowda’s bold stand against his own Congress government’s proposal to close down Kodagu University has to be commended. On the face of it, it looks like that the...
By P.T. Bopanna Rathi Vinay Jha, IAS (Retd) (in picture) has been selected Coorg Person of the Year, 2024, for her proactive role in promoting Kodava culture at a time when the Kodavas (Coorgs)...
By P.T. Bopanna One of the biggest mysteries doing the rounds in the last few days, involves the order banning Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel The Satanic Verses way back in 1988. The Delhi High...
