TENNIS ACE ROHAN BOPANNA SELECTED ‘COORG PERSON OF THE YEAR, 2010′
By P.T. Bopanna In a way, Rohan Bopanna becoming the oldest world No. 1 in men’s tennis doubles history, is also a proud moment for me because I had selected him ‘Coorg Person of...
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CM TO VISIT KODAGU (COORG): HAS VIRAJPET MLA PONNANNA FAILED TO ADDRESS CHRONIC LOW VOLTAGE POWER PROBLEM?
By P.T. Bopanna Has Virajpet MLA A.S. Ponnanna failed to adequately address the low voltage problem being faced by the people of Kodagu (Coorg) in the last few decades? The irrigation of coffee plants...
KODAGU-MYSURU SEAT CRUCIAL: WILL SIDDARAMAIAH LOSE HIS CHIEF MINISTER’S POST AFTER LOK SABHA POLLS?
By P.T. Bopanna The fate of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah continuing as chief minister will be decided by the voters of Kodagu (Coorg) in the coming Lok Sabha polls because Kodagu-Mysuru Lok Sabha seat...
PERSONAL LOSS: MAJ GEN CODANDA KARUMBAYA PASSES AWAY AT MYSURU
By P.T. Bopanna Maj Gen Codanda K Karumbaya, SM (Retd), aged 87 years, who had written extensively on Kodagu (Coorg) and Kodavas (Coorgs) passed away at Mysuru on January 4. It is a personal...
PADMA SHRI AWARDEE RANI MACHAIAH IS ‘COORG PERSON OF THE YEAR, 2023’
By P.T. Bopanna Padma Shri award winner, Rani Machaiah, who is an exponent of the Ummathat folk dance art of Kodagu (Coorg), is Coorg Person of the Year, 2023. Rani Machaiah Iymudiyanda has been...
K A KUSHALAPPA, UNSUNG HERO OF KODAGU (COORG)
By P.T. Bopanna The exercise to select the Coorg Person of the Year title, throws up the names of people whose work go unnoticed. One such unsung hero is K.A. Kushalappa (Kelapanda) who belongs...
HINDUTVA EFFECT: HARVEST FESTIVAL OF PUTHARI CELEBRATED BY KODAVAS (COORGS) HAS LOST ITS ‘SPIRIT’
By P.T. Bopanna The harvest festival of Puthari celebrated by Kodavas (Coorgs) has lost its ‘spirit’ thanks to the deep roots Hindutva has taken in Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka. The festival celebrated by...
ICC WORLD CUP: INDIA MAY HAVE LOST, BUT THIS TWEET BY WRITER DEVAIAH BOPANNA IS WINNING HEARTS OF TWITTERATI
By P.T. Bopanna India may have lost the ICC World Cup to Australia, but this tweet by Mumbai-based writer Devaiah Bopanna is winning the hearts of the twitterati. Devaiah tweeted: “We have already taken...
B Y VIJAYENDRA: FROM BEING ‘SUPER CHIEF MINISTER’ TO KARNATAKA BJP PRESIDENT
By P.T. Bopanna Sometime during 2020, I was one among the journalists selected for felicitation by chief minister B.S. Yediyurppa as part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the Press Club of Bangalore. At...
IN JEST: DID KODAGU (COORG) LINGAYAT RAJAS HAVE KODAVA BLOOD FLOWING IN THEIR VEINS?
By P.T. Bopanna Will it be correct to state that the Lingayat Rajas who ruled Kodagu (Coorg) from 1600 AD to 1834 have Kodava blood flowing in their veins? I had posted an item...
