By P.T. Bopanna* In my recent articles involving issues relating to matrimonial alliances among Kodavas (Coorgs), I had noted that in recent years there has been a ‘mismatch’ between the boys and girls because...
By P.T. Bopanna Is an app on the lines of a dating app the solution to the problem of the growing inter-caste marriages among Kodava girls? One of the reasons for the growing inter-caste...
By P.T. Bopanna There was a time when Kodava boys ruled the roost in the matrimonial market a few decades ago. Not anymore. Among the Kodavas (Coorgs), a micro minority community in the Kodagu...
By P.T. Bopanna When Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah visited Kodagu (Coorg) in January, he was accorded an unprecedented welcome. Virajpet MLA A.S. Ponnanna went out of his way to extend the legendary hospitality of...
By P.T. Bopanna The latest viral ad featuring Bollywood star Ranveer Singh and American actor Johnny Sins has brought into focus the two men behind the ad who hail from Coorg in Karnataka. Bollywood...
By P.T. Bopanna Ammanda Vasu (in picture), who hailed from my ancestral village of Kadangamurur near Virajpet, was perhaps the first Kodava to represent the Indian hockey team. Vasu, aged 83, passed away on...
By P.T. Bopanna The feedback I have received is that while Virajpet MLA A.S. Ponnanna (in picture) is responsive in attending to the complaints of the public, he has failed to pay the much...
By P.T. Bopanna The late Chonira B. Muthamma (in picture), the first woman Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer in the country, is perhaps the most inspiring Kodava woman ever who will be remembered for...
By P.T. Bopanna This Republic Day will go down as a memorable one for me because two of the persons whom I had selected as ‘Coorg Person of the Year’ have won the Padma...
YEAR 2024: BOPANNA, AGED 43, WILL BECOME THE OLDEST WORLD NO. 1 IN MEN’S TENNIS DOUBLES HISTORY By P.T. Bopanna In a way, Rohan Bopanna becoming the oldest world No. 1 in men’s tennis...
