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LIST OF BOOKS ON AND RELATED TO COORG/ KODAGU
Author: P.T. Bopanna Title: Round and About with P T. Bopanna Publisher: Rolling Stone Publications, Bengaluru-560011. 2022 Title: Coorg Role Models Publisher: Rolling Stone Publications, Bengaluru-560011. 2021 Title: My Coorg ChroniclesPublisher: Rolling Stone Publications, Bengaluru-560011. 2020 Title: Are Kodavas (Coorgs) Hindus?Publisher: Rolling Stone Publications, Bengaluru-560011. 2018 Title: Coorg State: Udchad-Thandad (translation of the book Rise…
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MAKING OF AN AUTHOR: MORE BY ACCIDENT THAN DESIGN
As a journalist, I had never imagined that I would be an author one day. For a boy who studied in a small rural school in Kodagu (Coorg), it has been quite a journey. As they say, life is sometimes stranger than fiction. I wish to revisit my childhood years briefly to give you an…
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‘THE ROMANCE OF INDIAN COFFEE’ WINS GOURMAND INTERNATIONAL AWARD
To put it simply, the Gourmand Awards is the Oscar Award of the food and drink publishing business. The Awards celebrate global cookbook and wine book publishing, and feature many world-renowned chefs every year. The Gourmand Awards were founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau, and its international headquarters is located in Spain. The news report…
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GOURMAND AWARD: INDIAN AUTHOR DENIED VISA BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT
From my personal experience, I am convinced China is a rogue nation which has absolute disregard for life and should be held responsible for the havoc caused across the world by the coronavirus which originated in that country. My experience with China goes back to 2016 when I was denied a visa to participate in…
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LOCKDOWN EFFECT: JOURNALIST P.T. BOPANNA’S NEW WEBSITE
By P.T. Bopanna (in picture) After promoting five Coorg-centric websites, I had no plans to go in for one more website. However, the lockdown triggered by the coronavirus, pushed me into go in for one more website. My last book ‘My Coorg Chronicles’ came out early this March. By mid-March, I completed distribution of the…
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DISCOVER COORG VIDEO: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT KODAGU
DISCOVER COORG VIDEO: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT KODAGU ‘Discover Coorg – A Video’ is the first full-fledged video on Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka, one of the foremost holiday destinations in South India. The video produced by journalist P.T. Bopanna, author of seven books on Coorg, features tourist spots, homestays, Coorg jewellery, Kodava family…
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KODAGU: MUNGARU MALEYA VISMAYADA NADU
By P.T. Bopanna In view of the phenomenal success of the English version of my book ‘Discover Coorg’, a handbook on Kodagu district published first in 2006, I decided to bring out the Kannada version. The book ‘Kodagu: Mungaru Maleya Vismayada Nadu’ was published in 2009. The decision to bring out the Kannda edition was…
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‘RISE AND FALL OF THE COORG STATE’ IS CLOSEST TO MY HEART, SAYS AUTHOR P.T. BOPANNA
‘RISE AND FALL OF THE COORG STATE’ IS CLOSEST TO MY HEART, SAYS AUTHOR P.T. BOPANNAOut of the seven books authored by me, the ‘Rise and Fall of the Coorg State’ is closest to my heart. The book mainly deals with how the Coorg State was wiped out from the map in 1956 following the…
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‘RISE AND FALL OF THE COORG STATE’ VIDEO
‘RISE AND FALL OF THE COORG STATE’ VIDEO In the video, Palanganda Kanthi Bippin reads out excerpts from the Kodava language translation of the book ‘Rise and Fall of the Coorg State’ authored by journalist P.T. Bopanna. The original English version of the book was first published in 2009. The book was translated into Kodava…