MAKING OF THE COORG JEWELLERY VIDEO
By P.T. Bopanna My association with Coorg jewellery started way back in 2006 when I was putting together my first book ‘Discover Coorg’. I had visited writer C.P. Belliappa’s home (Home Estate!) in Kodagu...
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COORG-BORN M.A.GANAPATHY, IPS, APPOINTED DG BCAS
By P.T. Bopanna Kodagu-born Maneyapanda Appaiah Ganapathy (in picture), IPS, has been appointed as the director general of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). The 1986 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre has...
THE BALELE (COORG) CYCLE DIARIES
By Shrividya Somanna* The residents of a remote place called Balele in Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka have developed a passion for cycling. Initiated by Armanamada Shashi, a group of cyclists started touring around...
COORGS MARRYING OUTSIDE COMMUNITY: HAS BALELE KODAVA SAMAJA GOTS IT PRIORITIES WRONG?
By P.T. Bopanna The Balele Kodava Samaja in Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka seems to have got its priorities mixed up. The Samaja recently passed a resolution (in picture) not to rent their premises...
HEALING TOUCH: COORG-BORN POONAM’S INITIATIVE TO POPULARISE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL IN KASHMIR
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...
ASHA MANDAPPA: AN ARTIST PAR EXCELLENCE WHO RUNS AN INNOVATIVE ART INSTITUTE
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...
UNIQUE CUSTOM: WHAT GOES INTO A COORG BRIDE’S TROUSSEAU
By Neelamma Subramani Poonacha* Wedding is a memorable and eventful day for a woman. For a Kodava bride in Karnataka’s Kodagu (Coorg) district, the accumulation of trousseau is an exciting journey which starts months...
WRITER CHETAN BHAGAT HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD
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...
BAN TOURISM AT TALACAUVERY IN COORG AND DECLARE IT A PILGRIMAGE CENTRE
By P.T. Bopanna In the wake of the recent landslides at Talacauvery, the birth place of river Cauvery in Kodagu (Coorg) district, the Karnataka government should immediately declare the Bhagamandala-Talacauvery temples as pilgrimage...
SQD LDR DEVAYYA WHOSE HEROICS EMERGED FROM A BOOK GETS STATUE IN COORG
By P.T. Bopanna The statue of Squadron Leader Ajjamada Bopayya Devayya, the only Indian Air Force officer to be awarded the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) posthumously, was unveiled on September 7 at Madikeri in Kodagu (Coorg) district...
