Yesterday morning as I sat at my working desk, there sat a brown cover addressed to me on the table. It came from Palanganda T. Bopanna, a journalist author from Bengaluru. Inside was a thin book with a thick hard cover embellished with the photograph of the author in his ethnic Kodava headgear of a…
Preserving Kodava culture: New website Kodavas.in launched
November 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Bengaluru-based Freelance Journalist and author P.T. Bopanna has launched his new website www.kodavas.in, featuring the unique culture of the Kodavas (Coorgs) who belong to Kodagu district. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Bopanna, who put together his first website www.coorgtourism.com way back in 2005 and owns five more websites, said, “My main intention of starting…
‘Coorg Persons of the Year 2018’
December 29, 2018Educationist Kolera Zaru Ganapathy and Industrialist Ashok Kumar Shetty share the title Mysuru: Two extraordinary individuals who went out of their way to face the challenges posed by the unprecedented floods and landslides which struck Kodagu this August, have shared the title of ‘Coorg Person of the Year- 2018.’ The winners are Kolera Zaru Ganapathy,…
Plea to hold 2019 Kodava Family Hockey Fest
September 14, 2018By P.T. Bopanna Giving a new lease of life, the President of the Harihara Mukkatira Family Association, Mukkatira Uthaiah, has said his family was ready to host the 2019 edition of the Kodava Hockey Festival. The tournament earlier scheduled to be held at Balugodu near Virajpet in April, 2019, was cancelled in view of the…
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