By P.T. Bopanna Coorg-born Poonam Caveriappa Chattoo (in picture) has shown through her football initiative the way forward to restore normalcy in the troubled Kashmir Valley. From its inception, the Bengaluru-educated Poonam has been...
By P.T. Bopanna Asha Mandapa, the daughter of the late K.C Madappa, an IAS officer, who retired as Secretary to the President of India, was trained in art by Egyptian artist, Prof. Yusuf Kowkab. Her...
By P.T. Bopanna Being a hardcore journalist, I have not taken the writings of author Chetan Bhagat (in picture) seriously. Chetan Bhagat is India’s bestselling novelist and his books include Half Girlfriend. I must...
By P.T. Bopanna The newly appointed Kodagu (Coorg) superintendent of police Kshama Mishra (in picture), a 2016 batch IPS officer, has taken her job seriously. The people of Kodagu were taken by surprise by...
A documentary feature film co-produced by writer Devaiah Bopanna (in picture) has been shortlisted to go to Cannes Film Festival in the category of ‘Work in Progress’. Devaiah co-founded All Things Small (ATS), a...
Hockey Olympian M. P. Ganesh from Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka has been recommended for Padma Shri award. Mollera Poovaiah Ganesh, aged 73, was the captain of the Indian hockey team and won the Arjuna...
By P.T. Bopanna If I had known beforehand how difficult it was to produce a documentary, I would not have ventured into the project. Producing a documentary is a complex process and one has...
By P.T. Bopanna Kodavas, a microscopic community hailing from Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka, were once known for their leadership qualities. So much so, Kodagu came to be known as the ‘Land of the Generals’....
By P.T. Bopanna Veteran journalist C.M. Ramachandra (94) (in picture), former head of The Hindu newspaper in Karnataka, passed away on Friday. He wrote the foreword for my bestselling book ‘Rise and Falls of...
By P.T. Bopanna I had never imagined I would be an author one day. As they say, life is sometimes stranger than fiction. I wish to go back into my childhood to give an insight...
