Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa

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Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa
Born India
OccupationChinnappa: Engineer/Writer
Nanjamma: Statistician/Writer
Nationality Indian
Notable works Pattole Palame
The Ainmanes Project

Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa are translators and scholars of Kodava studies. Their Pattole Palame was written using the Kannada script originally. It has been translated into English by Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa and has been published by Rupa & Co., New Delhi. [1]

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Early life

Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa are the grandchildren of Nadikerianda Chinnappa, the compiler of the Pattole Palame.

Nadikerianda Chinnappa's daughter Gangamma married Muthanna who was an engineer and from the Boverianda clan. Chinnappa's son Subbayya and daughter-in-law were both teachers. Their daughter Nanjamma was married to her cross-cousin, the son of Gangamma (Chinnappa's daughter), who had also been named Chinnappa. They both pursued their professions at Chennai, Kolkata and Canada. Nanjamma was a visiting fellow at Cambridge University in 1974. She has also co-authored a book on Business Survey Methods. [2] In 1993 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. [3] In 2006 she was given an honorary doctorate degree (D. Litt.) of the Mangalore University by T. N. Chaturvedi, the Governor of Karnataka. [4]

Pattole Palame in English

After retirement the couple settled down in Bangalore in 1995 and began to realise their grandfather's cherished dream. Finally in 2003, they completed the work and it has been published by Rupa & Co., New Delhi. That same year it was released in Madikeri (Mercara). This book has become the chief text for the Coorgs. [5] [6]

Other works

They have been working on the ainemane project, this can be found on the Ainmanes website. [7]

Ainmanes Project

Ainmanes.com (website)

Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa had undertaken a project to collect information regarding each and every Ainmane found in Kodagu, irrespective of the community or caste of the clan members residing in them. They visited many of them in the period between April 2003 and May 2008. They also collected oral legends and traditional information from the occupants of each of these functional Ainemanes. Along with this they have researched about the concerned clans from previously published written material, wherever possible. The information thus collected are now available on the Ainmanes website. [7]

Ainmanes of Kodagu (book)

In 2014, Niyogi books has published their work titled Ainmanes of Kodagu. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Books: Pattole Palame ~ A love song to Kodagu". Google blogger - Aditi De. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Business Survey Methods". Amazon.com. Amazon. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "View/Search Fellows of the ASA". American Statistical Association. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Mallya, Dr. K B. "Nanjamma Chinnappa: A Statistician Par Excellence". Mangalorean.com. Mangalore Media Company. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Venkatesha, M. N. (2004). "Pattole Palame: Kodava Culture – Folksongs and Traditions". Indian Folklore Research Journal. 1 (4): 124–129. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Author Search: Chinappa". AbeBooks.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Ainmanes". Chinshai technologies. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Bopanna, P. T. "Kodagu Ainmanes Book Hits The Stands". Coorg Tourism Info. Bopanna. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
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