Sir, This has reference to the news item titled ‘Former Dy.SP wants recognition for protecting the then CM Devaraj Urs from mob’ (SOM dated Aug.16). The claims made by K.S. Sadananda, Retd. Dy.SP, is true and deserving. Even though I do not have any documentary evidence in this regard, I was an eye-witness for the…

Sir, This has reference to the write-up titled “J&K Special Status Revoked: Proof of ‘Decisive Leadership’ of Prime Minister Modi” by Prof. H.M. Rajashekar, retired Political Science Professor and Constitutional Expert, in SOM dated Aug. 6, 2019. The article exposes the inadequacy of political and constitutional knowledge by the author on how India emerged as…

Sir, Metallic traffic control guards (barricades) belonging to Mysore Traffic Police are found abandoned on II Cross, Umar Khayam Road, Tilak Nagar, Mysuru-1 (near Canara Bank Branch). These were brought to site during Ramzan to control heavy traffic/vehicles into Eidgah Maidan for prayers. One can see such metal barricades lying on many roads in Mysuru,…

Sir, On July 30 (Tuesday), we answered our door bell to see three people helping my elderly father out of a car, blood dripping on his clothes from wounds on his forehead and chin. My father was in shock and a little disoriented. We were very alarmed and horrified.  It appeared that my father had…

Sir, Reading in yesterday’s SOM a write-up about “Tracing Mysore’s Footprints of Freedom Struggle,” to recall the past in connection with the 73rd Independence Day celebrations tomorrow (Aug. 15), my thoughts went down the memory lane to the year 1947-48. Those two years I was a resident-student of Gurukula Ashram, Kengeri, near Bengaluru, where education…

Sir, The Ring Road on the periphery of our city was constructed for smooth flow of traffic and to de-congest the inner roads by diverting unnecessary traffic and has been a boon for motorists both from within the city and outside Mysuru. Especially, it has been of immense use for heavy transport vehicles which need…

Sir, I was back in Mysuru, after working for a few years in the Gulf. Quite a few important works were waiting for me to attend to on my arrival. And on top of the list was work at Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). With an application written in English, I went to MUDA to…

Was the warning of rain and widespread destruction in Kodagu region meant to be ignored? Sir, This refers to the letter titled “Geologists must stop acting like Astrologers” (Star of Mysore dated July 3, 2019) by Prof. Yadupathi Putty of Krishnamurthypuram. The correspondent was so sure that the disaster in Kodagu region will not be…

Sir, I regularly pass through Irwin Road to drop my wife to her office which is near the Suburban Bus Stand. But over the last two years, there is no city bus facility near to the Bus Stand. This is because of Irwin Road widening project which has been stalled now. It is a very…