By P.T. Bopanna* Though the government has categorized Kodavas (Coorgs) as Hindus, Karnataka’s warrior community is a modernized indigenous group which is outside the fold of Hinduism. The debate triggered by Tamil Nadu minister...
By Shrividya Somanna They say, “Dreams are never achieved by staying on the ground.” For Bhavani Thekkada Nanjunda (in picture), aged 28 years, adventure awaits on the slopes of life. From being the first...
By P.T. Bopanna Coorg or Kodagu as it is officially known now in Karnataka is well known for its brave soldiers. No doubt Madikeri, the headquarters of Kodagu, is dotted with the statues of...
By P.T. Bopanna Has A.S. Ponnanna (in picture), the newly elected Congress MLA from Virajpet in Kodagu (Coorg) district betrayed the trust of the voters by hobnobbing with the defeated BJP MLA K.G. Bopaiah?...
By P.T. Bopanna They say in politics, there are no permanent enemies, but only permanent interests. This was proved to the hilt when so-called political adversaries from Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka came together on...
By P.T. Bopanna A massive hotel complex with swimming pools, promoted by multinational Marriott, has opened its door at Makkandur village in Coorg, the epicentre of the 2018 landslides. It was exactly five years...
By P.T. Bopanna After watching today’s cartoon of Nala Ponnappa, my mind went back to 1979 when I was a post-graduate student of journalism at Bhavan’s, Mumbai. In my research paper (dissertation) as part...
By P.T. Bopanna Jenica Pasura has qualified to play at the world’s largest junior golf event hosted by US Kids Golf. Eight-year-old Jenica is the daughter of Vincy Ponnappa Pasura and Dimpu Mandepanda, residents...
By P.T. Bopanna Ever since Sudha Murthy, chairperson of Infosys Foundation, made a statement that she carried her own spoon when she went out because she was concerned if the same spoon had been...
By P.T. Bopanna Writer C. P. Belliappa, cartoonist Nala Ponnappa and myself (Bopanna) literally came on the same page in the year 2006. I wish to recall how we three landed on the same...
