A 'first' for Robin Uthappa

It's ironic that Karnataka, a state which has produced national cricketers aplenty had to wait this long for someone to put Coorg on the cricketing map. That 'someone' is Robin Uthappa. Rajan Bala in The Asian Age writes an appreciation on the first Kodava cricketer to represent India.

There is bravery, at times almost foolhardy, in the Kodava men like there is beauty among their women. It is a race that clings to tradition — ancestor worship is common — and walks upright.