Category: Features/Newsmakers

By P.T. Bopanna Though Virajpet MLA A.S. Ponnanna carries a good image in Kodagu (Coorg), his work at the grassroots level has been uninspiring. From the time he became an MLA, I have been...

By P.T. Bopanna Trupthi Devaiah (in picture) is a home grown scientist who did her schooling and college in Kodagu. Presently, she is doing postdoctoral research at Uppsala University in Sweden, where she is...

By P.T. Bopanna The farewell function to mark the retirement of Justice A.S. Bopanna (in picture), Judge, Supreme Court, showed the love and affection he enjoyed in the legal fraternity. It was a moment...

By P.T. Bopanna Well-known media personality, Deepak Thimaya, hailing from Kodagu (Coorg), has officially joined the Congress party. I personally feel Deepak (Biddatanda), a talented and creative personality, should not have joined the ‘cesspool...

By P.T. Bopanna Despite being a rationalist, it has been a quirky habit with me to read the astrological predictions usually titled ‘This week for you’ published in various magazines. Though I believe the...

By P.T. Bopanna Both General K.S. Thimayya, one of India’s most popular generals and India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, were my heroes during my growing up years. General Thimayya, whose birth anniversary the...

By P.T. Bopanna I have known Roshan Cariappa (in picture sipping coffee) from his school days. He was the best buddy of my son Devaiah Bopanna. Cariappa hosts podcasts @Bharatvaarta and @OperatorStartup. Cariappa recently...

By P.T. Bopanna The latest viral ad featuring Bollywood star Ranveer Singh and American actor Johnny Sins has brought into focus the two men behind the ad who hail from Coorg in Karnataka. Bollywood...

By P.T. Bopanna Ammanda Vasu (in picture), who hailed from my ancestral village of Kadangamurur near Virajpet, was perhaps the first Kodava to represent the Indian hockey team. Vasu, aged 83, passed away on...

By P.T. Bopanna This Republic Day will go down as a memorable one for me because two of the persons whom I had selected as ‘Coorg Person of the Year’ have won the Padma...