By P.T. Bopanna This year’s Kodava hockey festival hosted by the Muddanda family has become the talk of the town in Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka, for all the wrong reasons. At the outset,...
By P.T. Bopanna The Kodava family hockey festival on April 27 at Madikeri in Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka resembled a convention of the Congress party. Hosted by the Muddanda family, political speeches by...
By P.T. Bopanna After the historic march by the Kodavas, the demand for Scheduled Tribe status for the community, is akin to serving old wine in new bottle. While the Kodava organisations behind the...
From: P.T. Bopanna, Author and journalist, Kodagu To: Shri Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister, Govt. of Karnataka Dear Chief Minister, I urge your kind self to intervene immediately to resolve the issue involving a dispute between...
By P.T. Bopanna ‘Brand Coorg’ has taken a hit following the revelation made by Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) managing director Dr K.V. Rajendra, IAS, that cases of “poor-quality wine being sold in Kodagu”(Coorg)...
By P.T. Bopanna Unlike Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah who is on a collision course with Raj Bhavan nowadays, the then governor of Karnataka Hans Raj Bhardwaj (in picture) came to my rescue in November,...
By P.T. Bopanna The statement of Congress leader Salman Khurshid that there was a possibility of a coup in India has triggered a storm. Former Union minister Khurshid was quoted as saying: “What’s happening...
By P.T. Bopanna In the light of reports of “illegal” sale of Jamma lands/sites in Kodagu (Coorg), both the buyers and sellers need to be aware of the fact that the matter is before...
By P.T. Bopanna I had warned last year against giving permission for glass bridges in landslide-prone Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka, without proper safety audit, as it could endanger lives of tourists. Now,...
By P.T. Bopanna I have removed the post on cricketer Robin Uthappa’s relocation to Dubai from my Coorg-Kodagu News Facebook page because of the toxic nature of the debate. The post had garnered over...
