History

The book describes the ainmanes (ancestral homes) of the native communities in Kodagu (Coorg) and their socio-cultural significance. Ainmanes are architectural symbols and expressions of the heritage and culture of the people living in this distinctive district of Karnataka in South India. They b...

Veerarajendra, the exiled raja of Coorg and his eleven-year-old daughter Gowramma, were the first Indian royals to land in Britain in the summer of 1852. In this book, C.P. Belliappa has reconstructed the extraordinary saga of the earliest Indian royalty to live in Victorian England. By unearthin...

‘The Romance of Indian Coffee’ has been chosen as the World’s Best book on Coffee at the Gourmand World Awards function, held recently at Yantai near Beijing, China. (http://coorgnews.in/featuresnewsmakers/romance-indian-coffee-book-ranked-best-world/)   The book &lsquo...