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sunaMO
It is 10.59a.m Let us leave the NakkuBetta and take a ‘trip’ around this great country called India for a change. Election trends and results are coming out thick and fast. As I was hoping, there is a...
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Aditi Rane’s summer project !
This website ‘All about the BADAGAS of the BLUE MOUNTAINS’ is read and followed by many. The greatest pleasure I get in maintaining this website is when young children want to know about Badagas. Here...
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yeh dil monge more…
Though we live in rather secluded hattis in a place called the Nilgiris , surrounded on all sides by blue mountains, what happens in Delhi and Chennai,[I am talking about the POLITICAL CHURNING after...
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badaga.co is back
badaga.co and baduga.co will to take you to our website BADAGAS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
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Changing Times…
This is a time of change. Or, changing times. For, the nation. For a community like Badagas. The first sign of change has come in the form of the 2014 election results. A clear mandate for Modi. As...
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Open SHAME….
We have heard and hung our heads in shame about the brutal gang rape and murder of two cousins in Baduan, UP recently. Two young girls, had gone to the near by fields to relieve themselves in the...
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Make the Nilgiris a much NICER place
Dharmalingam Venugopal [Nilgiri Documentation Centre] needs no introduction. His commitment to uphold the importance of heritage and history of our district,The Nilgiris, is well known [The Nilgiri...
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Badaga Day
Today, 15th May, is Badaga Day ! A day for celebration !! May 15th is also celebrated as Ari Gowder Day due to the selfless work done by Rao Bahadur HB Ari Gowder for the community. Many reforms were...
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“Abharanji”– a novel worth reading!
When ‘Poompaavai‘, a writer who has published novels in Tamil, sent me an email mentioning that she has high regards for the Baduga people and their culture; and that she was writing a ‘a romantic...
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ARI GOWDA – a great Indian, a great Badaga
28-6-2014 is the 43rd Death Anniversary of Ari Gowda Bowing our heads in silent reverence and respect for all that he had done to our community…so that we can hold our heads high ! Nanjan Adja Gowder...
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Remembering Rao Bahadur Ari Gowder
Today, 28-6-2014 is the 43rd Death Anniversary of Ari Gowda Bowing our heads in silent reverence and respect for all that he had done to the family, society and the nation !
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URGENT HELP required
Appeal for help Received the following email from P.G.Stalin sir, please help the Badaga family suffering in the GH, Coimbatore in nephrology ward. the poor girl is all alone and is taking care of her...
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Urgent – Help required
Appeal for help Received the following email from P.G.Stalin ‘sir, please help the Badaga family suffering in the GH, Coimbatore in nephrology ward. the poor girl is all alone and is taking care of her...
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Do not lose a piece of paradise called the Nilgiris / Nakku Betta
Yes, it is highly tempting to sell our land [mostly planted with tea] due to the unbelievable prices offered by outsiders, the so called ‘Bombay Buyers’ as claimed by the brokers -many of whom are,...
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Remembering you, Mother
Even at the age of 99 years and ten months, your memory was sharp. You would not only recognise, the relative who had come to see you, but would pleasantly surprise the person by recalling many...
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Badaga Dress
Here is an interesting article about how the vesti -dhoti- mundu has been the traditional dress of Badagas. Obviously, the recent incident of a High Court Judge not being allowed entry to the Cricket...
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Badaga and vedic character ‘Chandrabindu’ !
A language takes thousands of years to develop and to to be in ‘circulation’ it needs be actively spoken.. But to survive, it needs a script that can be easily and effectively used. Badaga language...
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Thank you very much
It was indeed a very pleasant surprise that yesterday 24th, July 2014, this website had 552 hits. On a single day. Best ever in the existence of www.badaga.co – ‘Badagas of the Blue Mountains’ I am...
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SONG OF THE HILL-PEOPLE
SONG OF THE HILL-PEOPLE by Indu.K.Mallah ~~~~~ What myth informs you That your god is greater than ours? Which fairy tale tells you That your god is the only one? Which god gave you the right to...
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