KHARGE & ME: ‘HOW ARE YOU PONNAPPA?’
By P.T. Bopanna As the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge (in picture) celebrates his birthday on July 21, I wish to recall my association with him. While I was working for The Times of India...
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COORG CELEBRITIES: ACTRESS PREMA’S TALENT VS. RASHMIKA’S SMARTNESS
By P.T. Bopanna Two celebrities from Coorg in Karnataka – actresses Prema and Rashmika Mandanna – have set the social media on fire in the last few days. Celebrated journalist Barka Dutt’s interview of...
JUST DO IT MODI: SHOULD PM MODI STEP DOWN WHEN HE COMPLETES 75 YEARS IN SEPTEMBER?
By P.T. Bopanna The RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent remark about stepping down at the age of 75 has triggered a political buzz. At a book launch, Bhagwat said: “Turning 75 is nature’s signal...
PROTESTS AGAINST ‘OVER-TOURISM’ IN EUROPE: THIS MAY SPREAD TO COORG IF REMEDIAL ACTION IS NOT TAKEN
By P.T. Bopanna It is time people of Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka protested against ‘over-tourism’ on the lines of recent protests across southern European cities. Thousands of protesters marched across southern European cities in...
KODAVA LANGUAGE: ACTOR KAMAL HASSAN KILLS TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE
By P.T. Bopanna Kodava Thakk being my mother tongue, I wish to note that the Kodava language is as old as the other Dravidian languages, including Kannada and Tamil. International language experts have established...
OUR DRESS, OUR PRIDE: SANDALWOOD KODAVA (COORG) ACTORS FACE BACKLASH FOR ‘MISUSING’ KODAVA ATTIRE FOR REELS PUBLICITY
By P.T. Bopanna The reels which flooded the social media following the naming ceremony of the daughter of sandalwood actors Bhuvan Ponnanna and Harshika Poonacha has upset sections of the Kodava (Coorg) community. I...
MY MENTOR COLUMNIST T J S GEORGE PASSES AWAY
By P.T. Bopanna Veteran journalist, writer, and Padma Bhushan awardee T.J.S. George died on October 3 aged 97 years. He passed away in Bengaluru due to age-related illnesses. I had the privilege of being...
MUDDANDA CUP: KODAVA CULTURE GOES FOR A TOSS AT KODAVA (COORG) FAMILY HOCKEY FESTIVAL
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,...
SWEET & SOUR: VIRAJPET MLA PONNANNA IS A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER MLAs IN KARNATAKA
By P.T. Bopanna In the recent past, a couple of my reports may have shown Virajpet MLA from Kodagu district A.S. Ponnanna (in picture) in a negative light. I wish to point out that...
MUDDANDA CUP: KODAVA FAMILY HOCKEY FEST RESEMBLED A CONGRESS PARTY CONVENTION
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...
