Category: Features/Newsmakers

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 Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had immense trust in the then Union home secretary, Coorg-born C.G. Somaiah, that he was given a free hand to take independent decisions on tricky issues....

Moonshot Media co-owned by Devaiah Bopanna (in picture) won three awards at the prestigious IndIAA Awards presented by the India Chapter of International Advertising Association. An annual endeavor to identify, encourage and honor storytelling at...

By P.T. Bopanna My biography of the late Kodagu researcher Nanjamma Chinnappa (in picture) which is expected to be published in the next few weeks, will have the distinction of featuring four Kodavathi women...