MADIKERI: With an aim to promote the mother tongue among kids settled outside Kodagu, an online platform in the district has come up with a unique initiative. ‘Umbak Entha’, an online platform will ...

Madikeri: The Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy on Monday held a preliminary meeting at the Virajpet Kodava Samaj to gather feedback on the long-pending demand to include the Kodava language in the ...

MADIKERI: The two-day 'Kodava Ballya Namme' festival organised by the Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy at the Ammathi Kodava Samaja highlighted the need to protect Kodava culture and rituals. The ...

While the drive has been to ensure primacy to Kannada in education, some of the non-Kannada languages spoken in various regions of Karnataka have also entered schools and colleges in recent years.

Madikeri: ‘Kodava Pusthaka Pathaya', an initiative of the Kodava Sahitya Academy to promote and preserve Kodava literature and culture through reading books, was launched by Virajpet MLA AS ...

(Personal honour and reputation are worth a Kodava’s life to him; he masters people through intelligence and skill. At the forefront of generosity and philanthropy, he views men and women as equal) ...

Appanna was one of the elders that Ponnapa worked very closely with while researching her first book. His knowledge of the culture and very importantly, the Kodava language, is extraordinary; he ...

In a letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Kannada and Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi, CNC’s N U Nachappa Codava stated that the language of Kodavas has a history spanning more than 4,500 ...

Recently, Rashmika Mandanna surprised her fans with a special video on social media. In the video, she speaks in the distinct language of the Kodava people, accompanied by a heartfelt caption, "To all ...

Speakers of Tulu and Kodava have opposed the draft of the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Bill, 2022, which aims to ensure the “extensive use and propagation” of Kannada. They have sought ...

“Come and see the ainmanes of old where our ancestors lived as one.” This line is extracted from Ainmane, a poem in A Place Apart: Poems from Kodagu, by Bacharanianda P Appanna, is dedicated to one’s ...