CONTRARIAN VIEW: TO PAINT TIPU AS HINDU-HATER IS NOT CORRECT
By Dr Sowmya Dechamma As responsible elders in Kodava Society, I feel all of you can make a difference, although I don’t exactly know how. For me, Tipu Sultan has become more of an...
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TIPU JAYANTHI: SIDDARAMAIAH’S VOTE BANK POLITICS AT TAX-PAYERS EXPENSE
By Maj. Gen. Retd. C K Karumbaya, SM (in picture) The Karnataka government headed by chief minister Siddaramaiah should not squander tax payers’ money to celebrate Tipu Sultan’s birth anniversary, completely ignoring the sentiments...
DEBATE: KARNATAKA’S INJUSTICE TO KODAGU IN SHARING CAUVERY WATER
Karnataka has committed grave injustice to Kodagu in the utilization of the Cauvery river water, though Kodagu is the birthplace of the Cauvery. The Rs 230-crore Harangi project has been conceived for the...
IS THEERTHODBHAVA AT TALACAUVERY A BLIND BELIEF?
By P.T. Bopanna Is Theerthodbhava (gushing of water) from a small pond at the holy shrine of Talacauvery is merely a blind belief among the people of Coorg (Kodagu) in Karnataka? Maj Gen C...
WHY THE ARMS EXEMPTION FOR THE COORGS IS JUSTIFIED?
By Sundar Muthanna THE BACKGROUND The Coorgs (Kodavas) of Kodagu (Coorg) district have a very unique aspect to their history, for hundreds of years they were farmers who cultivated land in times of peace,...
TIPU SULTAN WAS NEITHER A NATIONALIST, NOR A SECULARIST
By Maj Gen C K Karumbaya, SM. (Retd.) This is in response to the article- ‘Tipu Sultan: a secular internationalist, not a bigot’ by Muzaffar Assadi, which appeared in ‘The Hindu’ dated September 27,2015...
