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Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ CategoryInterview: Storm FestivalFriday, November 4th, 2011Storm Festival is one of the biggest music festival organised in Coorg till now. It has created quite a pleasant strom with music enthusiasts at the same time ruffled some local feathers, who are a bit apprehensive, if not ill-informed about the festival. We are grateful to the organizers for answering some of our queries. CC: How and when did the idea come up ? Liquid Space: Storm Festival is a brain child of Liquidspace Entertainment, a company incepted in 2009 by 2 brothers, Nellamakkada Lavin Uthappa and Sachin Bopanna. A dream of a couple of years back is being brought to reality in the form of the Storm Festival with the support of artist managers Submerge and The Syndicate. Storm aspires to showcase the natural beauty of Coorg, the Scotland of India and encourage responsible tourism through its initiative against the usage of plastic and drugs. CC: Can you tell us a bit about the festival ? Liquid Space: The festival will have DJs from across the globe to keep your feet tapping and top bands from India to fill with different flavours of music while one gets to enjoy the serene beauty of nature along with adventure and camping experience to get you off the daily grind and mundane. CC: How many artists will be performing at the festival ? Liquid Space: Storm in association with Karnataka Tourism, MTV Roots, Timescity.com and Radio One, will have over 37 artists from across the globe performing on two different stages. The Festival will have bands and DJs like Indian Ocean, Lesle Lewis, The Raghu Dixit Project, Richard Durand, Thomas Gold, Pearl, Nikhil Chinapa and others. We have 16 bands and about 23 DJ’s including 5 international acts. CC: This is the first time such a huge music festival is being organised in Coorg. With local boys Nikhil and Vachan playing, it seems more interesting. How has the response been till now? Liquid Space: We started promoting the festival actively since May 2011. The response has been overwhelming. Nikhil Chinapa is hosting the Festival and we also have DJ’s from Coorg like Kalypso and Vilas besides Vachan Chinnappa. CC: How many people are expected to participate? Liquid Space: We have space for about 800 people to stay in tents and we are expecting around 1500 people to attend the festival everyday. CC: Some locals are apprehensive about the festival. They feel it may disturb the environment. What do you have to say to them? Liquid Space: The Organizers being from Coorg understand local sentiments and present apprehensions. With a strong conviction towards preserving the environment, team-Storm takes the concept of “responsible Tourism experience” to a new level. With eco-friendly venue, minimal usage of plastic and innovative recycling techniques, Storm Festival promises to fulfil the green-cause. The festival is a total “drug- free zone” and has a zero tolerance policy against those who breach it. Tags: Interview, Liquid Space, Nikhil Chinapa, Strom Festival Thalassery-Mysore Rail Line Action Council wants the railway line to pass through CoorgTuesday, October 11th, 2011Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa recently announced that the new survey has been completed and an alternative route(Nilambur-Wayanad) has been choosen. But the “Action Council” seems to be hell bent on having it pass through Coorg. Kalavoor Johnson, general convener of the council was quoted in The Hindu stating: “The Thalassery-Mysore railway line will never be a reality if it passes through Wayanad or Nilambur as the route entails laying of a railway track through long stretches of forest, which is unlikely to be approved by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF),” . Interesting to note is that Mr.Jhonson seems to be quite oblivious to the fact that if the railway line passes through Coorg, it will not only damage the forests but the livelihood of the people of Coorg, the coffee plantations. The proponents from across the border are currently lobbying in delhi with their claim that “the small stretch of forest along the route through Kodagu can be left undisturbed by the construction of tunnels”. Yeah Mr.Aravindakshan- why not, lets have a Metro in Coorg Forests. Tags: Kalavoor Johnson, M P Aravindakshan, Rajiv Gandhi Peace Foundation, Thalassery-Mysore Rail Line Portrait of Chikka Veera Rajah, the last King of CoorgThursday, September 29th, 2011 The Toddler, Chikka Veera Raja, Son of Linga Raja. The above potrait is of Chikka Veera Raja( also known as Chikka VeeraRajendra/Veerarajendra Wadiar), ca 1805. Tags: Chikka Veera Raja, Chikka Virarajendra, Veerarajendra Wadiar Uthappa shines in the Senior NationalsWednesday, June 22nd, 2011Not Robin Uthappa, there is a new Kid on the Block and he goes by the name Uthappa SK. The 20 year old SAI player was adjudged the best player in the Senior Nationals that concluded recently.  Uthappa S K after winning the Junior Nationals in Pune in 2010. A B Subbaiah’s dream team reachead the finals of the Senior National after a long haitus. The Last time Karnataka played in the finals was in 1969. Karantaka lost to Haryana in the finals for 2 – 1, but with bagging the best player award and V R Raghunath another Coorg lad being the top scorer in the tournament, the stars are shinning well. Amar Aiyamma was the captain. Bharat Chetri proved that he is one of the top goal keepers in the Country. Whether Uthappa will make it to the national side is anyone’s wildest guess, i would say. V R Raghunath is trying to get back to the team but the call never seems to come from the National side. The only Coorg lad in the team is Arjun Halappa. Hockey buff’s will know very well how the 2 time top scorer in PHL, Lehnn Aiyyapa( Len Aiyappa ) was treated by the National Selectors. Len got so pissed with the treatment that he vowed never to play for India again.  Len Aiyappa playing for a Italian team in 2010 Dhanaraj Pillai in 2007 was also miffed with Len’s exclusion. He had said at that time;
To that the then IHF Secretary K Jothikumaran said “that since all the three drag flickers, Sandeep Singh, Didar Singh and Raghunath, have performed well in the PHL, there was no point in having one more drag flicker in the side.” It was no secret that Len hated Jothikumaran to the core. And “What a relief” it was for Len when Jothikumaran was caught red-handed and kicked out of IHF. Even after Jotikumaran’s exit Len never got a call back. But even today Len is everywhere in the domestic circuit and still scoring hat-tricks and still winning for his team. He has been quite positive and his love for the game keeps him going. For that matter even Amar Aiyamma has been ignored by the National Selectors. Unlike Cricket, in Indian Hockey there is no statistics maintained about games and individual player and thus it makes it quite easy for the selectors to pick and choose whomsoever they want in the national side without worrying much about the scrutiny from others. Uthappa is young and he has a long way to go. My advice is – just love hockey, play well. Forget whether you get into the national side or not. Whether you stay there for long or not. Enjoy the game kid. Tags: A B Subbaiah, Amar Aiyamma, Bharat Chetri, Lehnn Aiyyapa, Len Aiyappa, Senior Nationals 2011, Uthappa SK, V R Raghunath Govt to Center & UNESCO: Development in Western Ghats will take precedence over ConservationThursday, June 16th, 2011The State Govt has decided to reject the proposal of UNESCO to allow certain contagious areas in Western Ghats to be nominated as UNESCO World Heritage site. The state govt is going to write to the center refusing UNESCO the permission for the same. The Forest Minister C H Vijayshakar was quoted in Times of India saying;
The Minister also said they have taken the decision to oppose is because - all political representatives in the area are opposed to the move. An ecstatic former MLC A.K. Subbaiah was quoted in The Hindu stating;
Nanda Subbaiah, former president Siddapur Kodagu Small Growers’ (Coffee) Association, said;
Rebutting the pseudo-environmentalist tag, The Secretary of Coorg Wildlife Society, Tarun Cariappa had the following to say;
We have been accused about a lot of things lately, being psedu-environmentalist,getting foreing funds.
We like to make clear that we have never been in access of foreign funds. Secondly, we have even asked the honorable speaker
and MLA from Virajpet Mr. K.G.Bopaiah to conduct an inquiry if he thinks that we are foreign funding for our activities.
We would like to retriate that CWS has nothing to do with proposing the sites to be included in UNESCO Heritage list, though
we do support such a move. Vested political represtatives are spreading rumors to discredit our organisation.
Tags: A K Subbaiah, C H Vijayshankar, Coorg Wildlife Society, K G Bopaiah, Nanda Subbaiah, Tarun Cariappa, UNESCO, Western Ghats, World Heritage Site CM Yeddyurappa said ‘Bane’ is ‘Encroached Land”Sunday, April 10th, 2011According the report in The Hindu, CM Yeddyurappa, during his recent visit to Kodagu, seems to have opined that Bane land is encroached land. In short, if he ever meant that, he means that “Bane land is Goverment Property”. The news report further reads that
If that is so, then… there are politicians or bureaucrats in the Karnataka Goverment who want to deprive the Kodava people and other indigenous communities in Kodagu over their rights to the bane lands. The news report also speaks about the ever dragging issue of General K.S. Thimayya Memorial at Sunnyside(his home), at Madikeri. Deccan Herald reports that Transport Minister R.Ashok has assured that order to shift RTO office will be passed immediately. He also assured that the Karnataka Government is serious about solving the Jamma Bane issue and lamented that the issue got stuck because of Home Minister Dr V S Acharya and Minister for Primary & Secondary Education, Kageri Vishweshwar Hegde barging in with their demands at the precise moment – when CM Yeddyurappa was going to make an announcement to resolve the issue in Kodagu. Tags: Bane Land, General thimayya, General Thimmaiah, Jamma Bane, Jamma Land, Kageri Vishweshwar Hegde, Sunnyside, V S Acharya, Vishweshwara Hegde Kegeri, Yeddyurappa Arjun Halappa is the new Indian Hockey CaptainFriday, April 8th, 2011There is a sweet news for Hockey crazy Coorg. Local lad Arjun Halappa has been selected as the Indian Hockey team captain and he will lead the team to play in for Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia on May 5th. Tags: Arjun Halappa, Azlan Shah, Hock, Indian Hockey Fabindia exhibition in MadikeriFriday, April 8th, 2011Fabindia is holding a special exhibition on 8th & 9th April 1, 2011 at The Rotary Club of Mercara, General Thimmaiah Road, Madikeri. On offer is an an exciting range of products ranging from garments for men, women, jewellery, home linen, floor coverings, gift-ware and personal care products. Tags: Exhibition, Fabindia, Madikeri A Cookery Year in CoorgThursday, March 31st, 2011About A Cookery Year in CoorgA Cookery year in Coorg is a unique Cookbook and Calendar that showcases the unique, diverse and mouthwatering Coorg food and recipes. The Calendar has a collection of recipes from the traditional fare of the Kodava people. Presented in the innovative format of a Calendar with vivid images and easy to follow recipe instructions for all levels of culinary expertise! Click on the Images to view in bigger resolution.
The calender can be purchased online . The cost is Rs 250.
Tags: Cookbook Calendar, Coorg Calendar, Coorg Cuisine, Coorg Receipes, Kodava Cuisine, Kodava Receipes Glimpses of Puthari from KodaguMonday, November 29th, 2010
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