VEENA RAO, A SAVIOUR!
By P.T. Bopanna One of my recent posts on Facebook about my cousin Biddanda Daisy Achia (wearing specs), a cancer survivor, had a huge response. Nearly 10 years ago, Veena Rao (in pink dress)...
Category: Forum/Issues
MEDIA MATTERS: IS DECCAN HERALD LOSING ITS INDEPENDENCE?
By P.T. Bopanna* I subscribe to only one newspaper. That is Deccan Herald. Being an independent journalist, I want to read a paper which is independent. At least, almost independent. However, I was taken...
THE WAY FORWARD: KODAVAS (COORGS) SHOULD BE GIVEN RELIGIOUS MINORITY STATUS
By Roona Uthappa Ballachanda* Ever wondered why Kodavas and Kodagu are so much at the mercy of outsiders? Most activism that we see among Kodavas these days is focused on being defensive, on protecting...
TROLLS: HAVE KODAVAS (COORGS), ESPECIALLY WOMEN, BECOME INTOLERANT?
By P.T. Bopanna Are Kodavas (Coorgs), especially the women, once known for their broad-mindedness, becoming intolerant? Kodavas, a microscopic community who hail from Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka, have high literacy rate because of...
REPUBLIC DAY MUSINGS: KODAVAS SHOULD SEEK RELIGIOUS MINORITY TAG, RATHER THAN SCHEDULED TRIBE STATUS
By P.T. Bopanna * The Republic Day, the day on which the Indian Constitution came into effect on January 26, 1950, is an ideal time for introspection to discuss and debate whether the Indian...
THE WAY FORWARD: BLUEPRINT FOR KODAGU AUTONOMOUS COUNCIL
By P.T. Bopanna With Bharatiya Janata Party leader and MP Subramanian Swamy (in picture) suggesting an autonomous status for Kodagu, the way forward could be the setting up of the Kodagu Autonomous Council on...
MERGER OF COORG STATE WITH KARNATAKA: A REJOINDER TO P.T. BOPANNA
By C.P. Belliappa (in picture) I agree with most of P.T. Bopanna’s observations in his article titled – ‘Was Kodagu better off under the British’ (https://www.coorgnews.in/forumissues/independence-kodagu-coorg-better-off-british/) However, I take strong exception to his statement...
LINGAYATS SAY THEY ARE NOT HINDUS. THEN HOW CAN KODAVAS BE HINDUS?
By P.T. Bopanna The dominant Lingayat community is up in arms demanding ‘religious minority’ status as they claim they are not Hindus. Ironically, it was the Lingayat kings of Kodagu who had shoved Hinduism...
DIDDALLI TRIBAL UNREST: IS COORG DC D’SOUZA RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MESS?
By P.T. Bopanna Is the Kodagu (Coorg) district administration headed by deputy commissioner Richard Vincent D’Souza responsible for the mess in tackling the tribal issue at Diddalli? What was essentially a humanitarian issue of...
DIDDALLI TRIBAL UNREST: IS A.K.SUBBAIAH FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS?
Discredited politicians like former MLC A.K. Subbaiah are fishing in troubled waters to drum up support for squatters who have overnight occupied forest land inside the Diddalli Devamacchi Reserve Forest in Virajpet taluk. As...
