Kaveri Ponnapa

Kaveri Ponnapa is an author and writer on Kodava culture and food.

Biography

She did her post graduation in Anthropology from London.[1]

Her scholarly work, The Vanishing Kodavas was published in 2013 after about 15 years of research.[2][3][4]

She also translated Kodava poems in the book, A place apart - Poems from Kodagu.[1] She has written other books and also runs a popular blog, "The Coorg Table".[4]

Her grandparents, who left Kodagu when they are young, returned to their ancestral house from Andaman and Nicobar Islands after retirement.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Ganapathy, K. V. (2022-01-08). "A Place Apart: English translation of some Kodava poems". Star of Mysore. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  2. ^ Rajpal, Sujatha (2022-09-12). "Only the younger generation can save their culture from vanishing…". Star of Mysore. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  3. ^ "Kaveri Ponappa launched her book at The ITC Windsor in Bangalore". The Times of India. 2014-01-08. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  4. ^ "Out Of The Ordinary: Aastha Vohra, Co-Founder – Manzuri". www.femina.in. Femina.in. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  5. ^ Ponnapa, Kaveri (2015-10-25). "Epicurean tales from a remote coffee estate in Coorg". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-03-30.