By P.T. Bopanna Is saffronisation killing the soul of the Kodavas (Coorgs), a microscopic community in the state of Karnataka? Not long ago, because of their high literacy rate and their long exposure to...
By P.T. Bopanna I run a dozen pages on Facebook. Among the pages, one of the most popular pages is coorgjewellery.in. The page has over 3,200 followers. I created the page as an extension...
Zarina Sannu Mallangada says: “As a Kodava, I am privileged not to be bound or bundled by something called religion and it gives me both an edge to privacy while freedom to watch and...
Today (April 14) is the first day of the Kodava month of Edmyaar. It marks the commencement of the Kodava calendar and the start of the agriculture cycle in Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka. Kodavas...
By Roona Uthappa Ballachanda “I am no longer a Hindu!’ I declared, years ago, while in a rebelliously angry mood, after reading some of the misogynistic laws in the “Manusmrithi”. I was young, a...
By Pria Makanda Finding the right man as your life partner is a myth, just like spotting a Ferrari in the city traffic. But I would rather be happy with my Kodava Kinna (boy)...
The writer of this article is Arakere Jayaram (in picture), senior journalist and former chief of bureau of The Hindu, Bengaluru. Jayaram writes: The following is my response to the article by journalist P.T....
By Roona Uthappa Ballachanda The accusation by Facebook page ‘Connecting Kodavas’ that the article “Actress Nidhi: Intolerance To Coorg Women Marrying Non-Coorgs” is written with the aim of increasing TRP for www.coorgnews.in, is both...
By P.T. Bopanna One of my recent posts on Facebook, explaining the legend behind why the mother tied the ‘pathak’ (Coorg mangalsutra) to the daughter on the eve of the wedding, had gone viral....
By Roona Uthappa Ballachanda Kodavathi actress Nidhi Subbaiah recently announced her plans to get married. She sounded ecstatic in her description of their relationship and her fiancé’s proposal and one would assume that people...
