Newsmakers Achievers’ Awards: OneIndia special correspondent adjudged ‘best journalist’

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Records, All

It was a proud moment for OneIndia as our special correspondent Vicky Nanjappa bagged the award of ‘best journalist (digital)’ at the Eighth Edition of Newsmakers Achievers’ Awards. The event was held in Mumbai on May 1. Unlike any, the event this year was dedicated to the acid attack victims. Vicky Nanjappa was recognised for his contribution to the field of journalism in the last 18 years. Achievers from various fields like education, art, science, politics etc were also recognised and awarded on World Labour Day.

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While celebrating achievers from various fields, the Newsmakers Achievers’ Awards did its little for those in need. The highlight of the event was the financial assistance provided to children of sex workers apart from contributions to acid attack survivors. “I have undergone eight surgeries and two more will follow. I hope the accused should be awarded stringent punishment. Life is full of obstacles but one should struggle hard to overcome all obstacles,” said Aarti Thakur, a 27-year-old acid attack survivor.

Daultabi Khan, a 34-year-old victim of acid attack said, “I have to undergo huge hardships after the acid attack. I have lost vision in my one eye both my ears are deformed. I will utilise this money for treatment purpose.” Achievers of 2017 During the event, several persons from the media, academic and political sector were honoured including OneIndia’s Vicky Nanjappa for journalism. Pandit Birju Maharaj and Pradeep Welankar were honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award while Diwakar Raote received the Best Politician Award.

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Aasha Warriar was honoured with the Best Spiritual Leader award while Dr Mukesh Batra bagged the best doctor award. Dr Deepak Bhosale received the best Educationist award. Roxy Arora was honoured with the best Author award. Virag Gupta received the best lawyer award. Namrata Thakker was honoured with the Best Social Entrepreneur award.

Deep Haider received the Best Journalist (Editor) award. Rashid Hashmi was felicitated with the Best News Anchor award. Varun Singh received the Best Journalist (Print) award. Anil Nagpal received the Best Photographer award. Nandita Venkatesan was felicitated with Best Writer/Reporter award.

Asha Mamedi bagged the Best Social Worker jury award. Sushant Divgikar was felicitated with Best VJ award. Siddharth Nigan received the Best Child Artist award. Meghna Malik was felicitated with the Best Actress award. Darshan Kumaar received the Best Actor award. Lubna Adams bagged the Best Fashion Choreographer award and Ssumier S. Pasricha received the Best Comedian award. Dolly Parekh was felicitated with Best Fashion Designer award.

Samidha Guru was honoured with the Best Marathi Actress award while Kishor Kadam bagged the Best Marathi Actor award.

“This year award function is special for us as we have tried to make a small difference in the lives of acid attack victims and sex workers daughters’ lives. By lending a helping hand to them we will rebuild their lives,” said Vaidehi Taman, Group Editor of NBC. OneIndia News

source: http://www.oneindia.com / OneIndia / Home> News> India / by Anusha Ravi / Wednesday – May 03rd, 2017

Hariprriya’s special appearance for Anjaniputra

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg

Actress Hariprriya is all set to make a special appearance in Puneeth Rajkumar-starrer Anjanipurtra directed by A Harsha. The movie has Rashmika Mandanna playing the female lead with Ramya Krishnan essaying a pivotal role.

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The Neer Dose actress is getting ready to shake a leg with the actor for Puneeth’s introductory song in the movie, which will be shot from today.

Harsha, who has been shooting for the film in full steam, had been simultaneously planning for the introductory song shoot.

The director had been looking for that perfect actress who can match steps with Puneeth and finally decided on Hariprriya.

Harsha is tightlipped about the song but we can be sure of seeing a power-packed dance choreographed by Harsha, which will reflect a modern outlook.

Puneeth is the current Sandalwood favourite especially after his role in Raajakumara, which has been much appreciated and is doing well at the box office. This is the first time Hariprriya is working with the actor and she will be joining the sets from today. The actress had always expressed her desire to work with the star.

Anjaniputra is being produced by M N Kumar, with music scored by Ravi Basrur and cinematography by Swamy.

Currently, Hariprriya is busy with Chiranjeevi Sarja-starrer Samhaara directed by Guru Deshpande.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Entertainment> Kannada / by A Sharadhaa / Express News Service / May 02nd, 2017

Joshna Chinappa wins historic Asian squash title, Saurav Ghosal falters

Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Records, All, Sports, World Opinion
India's Joshna Chinappa and Hong Kong's Max Lee (L) pose with their trophies after the 19th Asian Squash Championships in Chennai on Sunday.(PTI)
India’s Joshna Chinappa and Hong Kong’s Max Lee (L) pose with their trophies after the 19th Asian Squash Championships in Chennai on Sunday.(PTI)

Joshna Chinappa held off a fighting Dipika Pallikal 13-15, 12-10, 11-13, 11-4, 11-4 in 78 minutes to win probably her biggest title.

Joshna Chinappa on Sunday scripted history by becoming the first Indian to clinch the Asian Squash title with a thrilling win over compatriot Dipika Pallikal Karthik in the women’s final in Chennai.

In the men’s final, however, Saurav Ghosal went down fighting against No.1 seed Max Lee to finish second best.

In a clash between two players who train together at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai, Chinappa held off a fighting Pallikal 13-15, 12-10, 11-13, 11-4, 11-4 in 78 minutes to win probably her biggest title.

The first game saw the two Indians go toe-to-toe as they mixed aggression with strong defence. Pallikal squeezed out the opener as her rival faltered at the end.

The second game was another long one and went to the extra points again as neither gave away an inch. However, in a reversal of fortunes, Chinappa saved a game point to level the match.

The third game was another close affair as the Indians sought to forge ahead. It was even-steven as both the players had to work hard to win every point. Pallikal saved two game points to take a crucial lead.

Chinappa, however, wasn’t shaken after falling behind and came out all guns blazing to run away with the fourth game as Pallikal made too many errors for her own comfort.

At the start of the decider, Pallikal suffered a mild injury scare as she slipped and fell on the court. But Chinappa kept her cool and stormed to a big lead.

Pallikal fought back, but only briefly as the world No.14 Chinappa sealed a memorable triumph in front of a cheering crowd.

Earlier, Ghosal faded after a bright start, which saw him win the opening game, dropping just five points, to go down 11-5, 4- 11, 8-11, 7-11 in 61 minutes against Lee, ranked 17 in the world.

The Indian, cheered by a holiday crowd at the Express Avenue mall, was quickly off the blocks and hit some delectable shots to take the opening game.

Undeterred by the loss of the first game, Lee roared back and ran away to win the second to level the match.

The third game was a long one as both gave nothing away. Ghosal played well but his rival always had the answers to whatever was thrown at him. He hit some superb winners of his own to take the third game and gain an edge.

The fourth game appeared to be heading to a rout as Lee surged to a 8-2 lead before Ghosal fought back. He saved two championship points before handing the no.1 seed his maiden Asian title.

source: http://www.hindustantimes.com / Hindustan Times / Home> Sports> Other Sports / by Press Trust of India / Chennai – April 30th, 2017

First-ever all-Indian final in Asian Squash Championship to be played between Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik

Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Records, All, Sports, World Opinion

Dipika Pallikal Karthik upset the top-seeded Anni Au while Joshna Chinappa made light work of the sixth-seeded Tong Tsz Wing.

It will be an all-India final for the first time ever in the Asian Squash championship when Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik clash in the women’s singles event.

The two Indian women made the final of the tournament with contrasting wins.

While Pallikal, seeded fourth, upset top seed Annie Au of Hong Kong 11-9 7-11 11-7 11-9, the second seeded Chinappa made short work of Hong Kong’s sixth-seed Tong Tsz Wing 11-6 11-4 11-8 to storm into the final.

In the first semifinal, Pallikal stunned Au in 50 minutes.

Starting brilliantly against the pre-tournament favourite, Pallikal took the opening game to lay down the marker. However, Au came back strongly to claim the second game with a series of impressive stroke-making.

Pallikal seized the initiative from thereon and kept Au off balance by staying aggressive.

The Chennai-based Pallikal closed out the match for a memorable win.
With this victory, Pallikal has posted only her third win over the Hong Kong player, ranked 11th in the world, in 10 meetings.

Chinappa, meanwhile, completely dominated her rival as she took the first two games easily before Wing posed a challenge in the third.
But the Indian shut her rival out to win in front of a cheering crowd at the Express Avenue mall here.

Earlier, men’s top-seed Max Lee of Hong Kong ousted third seeded Malaysian Nafiizwan Adnan 12-10 11-6 11-5 in 51 minutes to book his spot in the final.

source: http://www.indianexpress.com / Indian Express / Home> IE Sports / by PTI / Chennai – April 29th, 2017

A food trip to coffee land

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Coffee News
Cupfuls of goodness Served at The Flying Squirrel
Cupfuls of goodness
Served at The Flying Squirrel

The Flying Squirrel serves high quality artisanal coffees

Catching up over coffee these days seems passé. The same cold coffee served under some fancy name, leaves you confused over whether you are drinking melted ice or cold milk. But all is not lost for coffee connoisseurs. There are cafes committed to serving the best coffee without compromising on quality.

The Flying Squirrel, located in a bustling food street in Koramangala, stands out for their high quality artisanal speciality coffees. The cool 36-seater micro roastery and cafe has a relaxed ambience with plenty of natural light streaming in. Make no mistake, though, this is no ordinary cafe. It is a coffee brand and the emphasis is on coffee, there’s no deviating from that.

The Flying Squirrel, started in 2013, by Tej Thammaiah and Ashish DÁbreo, has coffee beans sourced directly from an estate in Coorg, from where the cafe has got its name. One of the common sightings at the estate is the flying squirrel.

It is also where coffee is freshly roasted and ground before it is retailed within the city and to other parts of the country.

As you enter the micro roastery and cafe, the aroma of freshly roasted coffee and the sound of swirling in the coffee machine, fills the air. We make ourselves comfortable and then look through the menu, which has salads and burgers to choose from. The emphasis is on the coffees, which are available as pour over, espresso or Americano, cappuccino, and latte. We can’t wait to try their signature coffees, so we order parama cuppaccino , a blend of arabica and robusta. Its smooth taste gives you ‘coffee coma’ so to speak. Eager to try another variety, we are served clouds in my coffee, which has a bolder flavour than parama, but it leaves you refreshed. ‘Tis the season for cold brews, which is a welcome addition to the menu to beat the sweltering heat. So we sample citrus bloom cold coffee, infused with a hint of orange, which is a burst of delightful mildly sweet flavours.

The food has been specially designed to complement the coffees, which is central to the menu. We try the buckwheat noodles with smoked salmon. It is fresh and healthy, but the salmon slow cooked in olive oil gives it a delicious twist. There’s the Coorg bird eye chilli (grown in Coorg) spaghetti with jumbo shrimps that is again mildly flavoured. And if we thought that the food couldn’t get any better, we are serve millet lasagna.

Wrapped in multi-millet and grain lasagna sheets with baby spinach and mushroom filling. YUM! The beef burger is served with a lovely relish and fries.

Here is a place that feels like home. Where you can spend some quality time with friends over freshly brewed coffee in large servings.

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The Flying Squirrel Micro Roastery and Café /
@136, 1st Cross Road, 5th Block, Koramangala /
HITS:Coffees and millet lasagna /
MISSES:Beef burger/
MEAL FOR TWO:Rs. 1,200 /
: 40991044
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source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> Metro Plus / by Sravasti Datta / April 28th, 2017

Filter coffee anywhere, anytime

Business & Economy, Coffee News, Coffee, Kodagu (Coorg)
M S Jayashree, partner in the venture
M S Jayashree, partner in the venture

Bengaluru :

If you are an avid coffee lover and miss the taste and aroma of filter coffee when you travel outside Karnataka, here is an instant solution.

Mysuru-based HABICAF (Habit and Coffee) has come up with a readymade coffee decoction that will give you authentic coffee filter anytime you desire. They will be in Bengaluru from April 28 to 30 as part of the Organic and Millet Nation Trade fair at Palace Grounds.

HABICAF which started marketing and selling its product in October last year is getting a good response. Vijai Bopanna hails from Kodagu, and for him, coffee estates were a common sight at his native, Gonikoppa. “I tried a couple of other ventures before starting HABICAF a few months ago. As packaging, we are supplying filter coffee decoction in a sachet with a nozzle,’’ he says. The sachet is specially designed to retain the aroma of the coffee, Bopanna adds. He says that they make filter coffee with the coffee powder from his hometown.

“We use the traditional method to extract decoction, just like we do at home, but in a larger quantity. We add Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) – approved preservative that keeps the decoction fresh for longer time,” he adds. M S Jayashree is his partner in the venture. If the seal is not opened, one can use the decoction up to six months. If the seal of the nozzle is opened, it can be used up to 20 days without the need for refrigeration and 30 days when kept in a refrigerator. Each sachet contains 200 ml of decoction and can prepare 30 to 40 standard sized cups of coffee, depending on how strong the person loves his or her coffee.

According to Bopanna, most of the coffee beans are procured from Coorg, Sakleshpur and Chikmagalur. For civet coffee, they are procuring beans from Indonesia. “We are coming up with many other flavours other than the regular coffee. Our flavours will be Vanilla, Cinnamon, Hazelnut and much more. We also coming up with herbals. There is cold brew coffee which can be served cold and without milk,’’he adds.

HABICAF decoction is available in Mysuru and Bengaluru. “Very soon we are planning to sell our products through an e-commerce platform,’’ he says. “Right from getting the beans, making powder, adding chicory, extracting decoction, 90 percent of our processing is natural,’’ he adds.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bengaluru / by Ashwin S. Sripad / Express News Service / April 26th, 2017

Harshika Poonacha goes local in Happy Journey song

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg

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After shaking a leg for a special song in Case No. 18/9, Harshika Poonacha is all set to spin her dance magic in Srujan Lokesh’s Happy Journey — one that she calls a proper item number.

Speaking to a daily about the song, Harshika said that she feels that every actress needs a super-hit number, and after having heard the song in Happy Journey, she was bowled over and was sure that it would be a hit.

Harshika is a dancer and her thirst to be in an all-out dance number seems to have finally been fulfilled.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> Entertainment> Kannada> Movies> News / TNN / April 15th, 2017

Uthappa, one of the most reliable batsmen of IPL

Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Sports

While Gautam Gambhir and Darren Bravo were punishing the Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers at will during the team’s pre-match training on Tuesday, Robin Uthappa didn’t even pick up the bat at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium. Instead, with his headphones plugged onto his ears with a nonchalant look, he preferred to do his sprints.

Come Wednesday, however, the Bangalorean blasted the Rising Pune Supergiant bowlers to hog the limelight. No doubt he was fortunate to have been dropped on the boundary line early on in his innings. But the manner in which he exploded thereafter — scoring a 47-ball 87 — to help Knight Riders overhaul a target of 183 with no trouble was an exhibition of Uthappa at his best.

Such was Uthappa’s onslaught, especially against the Supergiant spinners — he fetched 57 runs off 25 balls, that the wicketkeeper-batsman stole the thunder from Gambhir, who was featuring in his 100th game for Knight Riders.

The belligerent knock turned out to be a perfect icing on the cake for Uthappa, who had earlier did his glovework to perfection. His three stumpings were instrumental in Supergiant being unable to run away with the game in the first innings.

No doubt that young chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, who combined with Uthappa to see the back of M.S. Dhoni and Manoj Tiwary in the same over, lavished praise on his senior teammate.

“85-plus is a very good score in T20. As compared to Test level, it would be around 150. In T20 if someone scores around 85, you have almost won the match,” said Kuldeep. “He batted very well and was good in wicketkeeping. He has been working very hard on it. Hopefully, he continues to do the wicketkeeping like this.”

Under-rated performer

Uthappa may have had a quiet season of domestic cricket, losing his place in the Karnataka Ranji Trophy squad for the first time in a decade. But when it comes to the IPL, the 31-year-old is one of the most reliable batsmen. However, despite having entered the list of top-5 run-getters in the IPL, Uthappa is often not given his due as the backbone of the squad.

During his 10-edition stint in the IPL — spanned across four different teams — he has put in impressive performances on a consistent basis. Still, he is not often considered in the league of top IPL batsmen. No wonder then that Matthew Hayden, the former Australian opener, called him an “under-rated” batsman in T20.

Over the last couple of years, having tied the knot with his long-time girlfriend Sheetal, Uthappa has tempered down. If he continues to remain at his nonchalant best, as was evident on Tuesday, he would do a world of good for himself and Knight Riders.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sport> Cricket / by Amol Karhadkar / Pune – April 27th, 2017

Severe summer unveils gem in Kodagu

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Green Initiatives / Environment, Nature, Records, All

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Lord Shiva temple accessible to devotees after 33 years as water in Chiklihole reservoir near Suntikoppa recedes

Summer is peaking in the state to compound the prevailing drought and as a result of receding water levels in dams across the state, submerged structures have been resurfacing. With some of the buildings showing up being temples, people have some reason to celebrate even in the eventuality of a shortage of water. So it is, at the Chiklihole dam near Suntikoppa of Kodagu district, after a lord Shiva temple emerged recently.

The temple that was submerged in the reservoir is visible for the first time in 33 years. The spot has since been attracting tourists, who are otherwise missing the pleasing sight of surging waters in the Cauvery catchment area in Kodagu they have been familiar with.

The Chiklihole reservoir, from which water is supplied to farmers of Kushalanagar, Rangasamudra, Bettageri, Nanjaraya Pattana and Guddehosuru among others, has a storage capacity of 0.18 TMC.

The temple area was included in the Chiklihole dam basin in 1983, after experts concluded the land was a good source of water. The government ordered an alternative temple to be built nearby, and in 1993, a Magdooru family constructed the temple of Vishwanatha and installed the main idol of lord Shiva from the old temple in it.

That Vishwanatha temple of Magdooru went on to become famous.

According to residents of Magdooru, Shivaratri is celebrated grandly in the new temple of their village, but with them now being able to access the old temple, they will celebrate the festival even better. Sai Kumar of the Magadooru family, which hails from Kerala, told Bangalore Mirror, “Our ancestors moved from Kerala to this place
in 1947 and they constructed the temple in 1969. As the temple was sunk in the reservoir in 1983, we constructed another one in 1993 on land allotted by the government. We are very happy to see the original temple now.”

Karthik Prasad, a tourist from Mysuru, visits the reservoir at least once a year. “This year I saw the temple, which was like a fantasy,” he said.

source: http://www.bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> News> State / by Bangalore Mirror Bureau / by Manoj Sharma / April 26th, 2017

Coorg keeps winning

Sports

Hockey Coorg made it three out of three with a 9-0 thrashing of Telangana Hockey in a Pool C encounter of the Hockey India sub-junior men’s Nationals here on Thursday.

Hat-tricks by N.T. Tarun and Ashik Uthappa ensured that Coorg is yet to drop a point while all the other teams in the pool have.

Elswhere, Namdhari XI followed up its 20-0 win on Tuesday against Goa with another huge win — 15-0 over Hockey Puducherry.

The results: Pool B: Namdhari XI 15 (Hanspal Singh 4, 22, 29, 35, 44, 45, 59; Hardeep Singh 41, 49, 58; Princepal Singh 34, 69; Jaskaran Singh 63, 65; Surpreet Singh 8) bt Hockey Puducherry 0.

SAG, Gujarat 5 (Nikhil Jamboktkar 33, 52; Sahil Katiyar 46, 51; Sunny Ubre 34) bt Mumbai Hockey Association 1 (Mohd. Tauseef Qureshi 4).

Hockey Madhya Bharat 5 (Abhishek Yadav 9, 68; Mohit Tatawat 6; Irbaz Khan 65; Mudassar Qureshi 69) bt Goans Hockey 2 (Sunil Chari 32, 63).

Pool C: Bengal HA 1 (Lorik Pal 15) drew with Citizen XI 1 (Zainul Samar 58).

Hockey Coorg 9 (N.T. Tarun 23, 25, 33; Ashik Uthappa 47, 66, 70; K.M. Yaswan 53, 59; Rakshi Kariappa 62) bt Telangana Hockey 0.

Hockey Himachal 5 (Pankaj 28, 66, 68; Suraj Singh 24; Charanjit Singh 51) bt Vidarbha HA 2 (Rehan Khan 54; Shiv Borkar 62).

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sport> Hockey / by Principal Correspondent / Bengaluru – April 27th, 2017