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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
By P.T. Bopanna This year’s Kailpod, the festival of arms, being celebrated by the Kodavas (Coorgs) in Karnataka on September 3 is special because for the first time the Union government has recognised the...
