The nondescript village of Kempapura in Magadi taluk, 75km from Bengaluru, holds a secret close to its heart. Of a curse which did not allow its people to talk about Kempegowda, the founder of IT City, for five centuries. His memorial lay in Kempapura, a hamlet of 60 houses and a population of around 500, with a plaque dating back to the 16th century , yet no one mentioned it. […]