The final match of Biddatanda Cup Hockey Tournament will be played between Paradanda and Chendanda teams at Napoklu in Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka on May 14 (Sunday). The 21st edition of the Kodava...
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...
By P.T. Bopanna Apparently bowing to pressure from the Kerala timber lobby, the Congress government in Karnataka headed by chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday decided to reject the Kasturirangan report on preserving the Western...
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 P.T. Bopanna The ongoing agitation by tribals at Diddalli in Kodagu (Coorg) took a new turn on Friday with Gujarat-based social activist Jignesh Mevani (in picture) joining the agitation. Mevani, who has led...
By Appanervanda Pavin Appanna Ganapathy Legendary General K.S. Thimayya’s daughter Mireille Chengappa goes down the memory lane to recall her fond remembrances of her father who won many a battle for India. Today is...
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 P.T. Bopanna It looks like Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has played a joke on the people of Kodagu (Coorg) by announcing in his budget to develop an airstrip at Madikeri. In the first...
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)...
By P.T. Bopanna The Congress government in Karnataka headed by chief minister Siddaramaiah is engaged in a diabolical game plan to remove the ‘deemed forest’ tag from devarakadus (sacred groves) in Kodagu (Coorg) district...
