Category: Features/Newsmakers

By P.T. Bopanna  My report in my Facebook page Coorg-Kodagu News titled “A Coorg Family’s Priceless BMW Bike: A Daughter’s Tribute To Her Father” has been read by over 10,000 people.   On an...

This BMW R25/3 owned by a family of bikers from Coorg is one of the most iconic BMWs in India.   It was ridden by Codanda Nanjappa Jairam, all the way from Germany in...

ARE KODAVAS A SEPERATE RACE OR A TRIBE? By Maj Gen C K Karumbaya,SM (Retd).      I am grateful to Justice (Retd) P P Bopanna for his comments on my article – ‘ Kodavas...

Bavna Achayya (in picture) tries to answer the question:  Women today demand the right to be treated as equals. It is less a fight of feminism and more one of the right to dream...

By Bavna Achayya  Progress: We progress every day, progressing exceeding the expectations we set for ourselves. Building bridges; man on the moon, life in outer space, robots to replace man’s best friend. Despite all...

Coorg-born international model Dayana Erappa has made it to the coveted cover of the Kingfisher Calendar 2015.     Shot on the beaches of Turkey, the calendar featuring Dayana is all set to soar...

Girls from Coorg have always been known for their beauty. Little wonder, then, that filmmakers across industries are seeking them out to act in their films. Be it Sindhu Loknath, who is awaiting the...

The President of India Pranab Mukherjee has conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award on Kakamada Ganga Changappa for her outstanding contribution towards child welfare. The Award was presented to her recently in Delhi. ...

Coorg-born author Devika Devaiah has won ‘Business Book of the Year’ award instituted by Tata Literature Live! for her best-selling book ‘Orbit-Shifting Innovation: The Dynamics of Ideas that Create History.’ Devika is the daughter...