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Hope for Small Tea Growers
Mountain Day hope for Small Tea Growers Dharmalingam Venugopal [Nilgiri Documentation Centre, Kotagiri] There is hope for small tea growers of Nilgiris if only they can reinvent themselves as family...
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Green Leaf Tea – Truth about the steep price slide
Dr.Haldorai writes about the ‘Steep Fall in Green Leaf Tea Price Read the complete details by clicking Steep Fall in Green Leaf Tea PriceFiled under: badaga
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‘Wishing you a Prosperous and Happy New Year’
The Lawyer hopes you get into trouble. The Doctor hopes you get sick. The Police hopes you become a Criminal. The Teacher hopes you are born stupid. The Landlord hopes you do not buy a House. The...
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Religious Conversions
Recently I received strongly worded comments from santhosh on my earlier post Religious conversion (given below) : This message is for the Badaga people who converted to Christianity….”Be with your...
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Happy New Year!
Nearly 350,000 visitors to this website. Greatly appreciated. Deeply humbled. What started as a hobby is now an obsession. To do something for the society that has given everything. The good, bad and...
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Centenary of a Badaga journalist
Birth centenary of late Mr.A.Dharmalingam I am happy to announce that the birth centenary of my father late A. Dharmalingam, Journalist, will be celebrated from January 11, 2015 to January 11, 2016....
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Happy Hethe Habba
The Hethe Habba – Festival starts from today 5th Jan 2015 in Porangadu Seemay. The main Habba is on monday, the 12th Jan 2015. May Hethe’s blessings be showered on all! Here is a thought from the heart...
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Classical Badaga song and Dance
Very pleasantly surprised to see a classical dance by two Badaga sisters K.Niveditha and K.Kavyaa in the following youtube video [uploaded by Krishnamurthy Hallan] to a very classical song in Badaga....
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At the cross roads?
Are we, the Badaga Community, at the cross roads? With drastic changes that have engulfed every thing around us, how long can we stay and live unaffected? With farming, especially growing vegetables...
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Badagas at the cross roads
Three main factors were high lighted in the last post – Badagas at the cross roads, about the need to change with changing times. One of them is the problem of ‘outside’ marriages and the root causes....
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Badagaru Hittu
A taste of the hills – K. JESHI [The Hindu – January 29, 2015] There is unusual fare at The Taj Vivanta as its Badaga Chef prepares a traditional Badaga feast for you The Badaga platter Wholeseome and...
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Nanga Naakku Betta – Neelagiri (Nilgiris)
Today is a clear day with bright sunlight in the hills. The hills, I am referring to is the Nilgiris, my native place. Every time I drive ‘into’ the hills, either from Mysore via Bandipur and Kallatti...
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Badaga Jewellery
Ravindran Jevanah(ravindranj62@gmail.com) writes to ask :- Coming to Jewellery, apart from Chinna, Mookuthi, Belli Ungara, I would like to know about the ‘Cheripenigai and the other broad Belli Bangle...
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Seemay and Hattis
In an effort to give the exact and correct names of hattis/villages under each of the four SEEMAYS, given below is the list under Thodhanaadu seemay. I would request our friends to verify and vet the...
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Seemay and Hattis – 2. Porangaadu Seemay
Naakku Betta – pix by JP In an effort to give the exact and correct names of hattis/villages under each of the four SEEMAYS, given below is the list under Porangaadu seemay. I would request our friends...
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Trekking in the ‘Badaga Land”
Premnath Paliath [premandassociates@gmail.com] writes :- I am from Gudalur though not a Badaga myself. I have been with and known Badagas for a long time. I am an ardent trekker and I have been...
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Seemay and Hattis – 3. Mekku Naadu Seemay
‘Mekku Nadu Seemay‘ Also known as ‘ Asala Bisalagiri Seemay ‘ Naakku Betta – pix by JP In an effort to give the exact and correct names of hattis/villages under each of the four SEEMAYS, given below is...
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Seemay and Hattis – 4. Kundhe [Naadu] Seemay
‘Kundhe Seemay’ Also known as ‘Eera Jilla Seemay’ Naakku Betta – pix by JP In an effort to give the exact and correct names of hattis/villages under each of the four SEEMAYS, given below is the list...
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Happy Birthday – Mrs.Rukmani Bhojraj
There are many women who have sacrificed everything so that they can devote all the time to look after the well being of family, friends and others. Their selfless sacrifies even under very trying...
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Prof.Paul Hockings – the man who made Badagas known to the world
Prof Paul Hockings is the Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, USA. He is also the Adjunct Curator of Anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History and...
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