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COORG UNDER ONE ROOF: COORG’S FIRST TOURISM AND NEWS PORTAL IN A NEW AVATAR
By P.T. Bopanna Coorgtourisminfo.com, Coorg’s first tourism and news portal started in 2005 is being relaunched in a new avatar. With Coorg district in Karnataka emerging as a prime eco-tourism destination in South India,...
MATCHMAKING: KODAVA BOYS ARE NO WAY INFERIOR TO KODAVA GIRLS
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...
KODAVA MATCHMAKING: A SUITABLE BOY SHOULD HAVE 10 ACRES OF COFFEE ESTATE IN COORG AND ONE HOUSE EACH IN MYSURU AND BENGALURU
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...
SIDDARAMAIAH ENJOYS LEGENDARY KODAVA HOSPITALITY, BUT LEAVES CRUMBS IN BUDGET FOR COORG
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...
TWO COORG MEN BEHIND THE MOST TALKED ABOUT VIRAL AD FEATURING RANVEER SINGH AND AMERICAN ACTOR JOHNNY SINS
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...
BEFORE MY MEMORY FADES: PASSING OF COORG HOCKEY LEGEND AMMANDA VASU UTHAIAH
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...
ATTN. PONNANNA, VIRAJPET MLA: SUGGESTIONS TO SOLVE POWER SUPPLY PROBLEM IN KODAGU (COORG)
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...
REMEMBERING C B MUTHAMMA, INDIA’S FIRST WOMAN IFS OFFICER, ON HER BIRTH CENTENARY
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...
MEMORABLE REPUBLIC DAY: TWO ‘COORG PERSONS’ – JOSHNA CHINAPPA AND ROHAN BOPANNA WIN PADMA SHRI
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...
