Sir, I underwent some inconvenience during last week while travelling in the train from Davanagere to Mysuru and today from Mysuru to Bengaluru. Thanks to Indian Railways for immense facilities and comforts provided to its commuters in Railway Stations and inside the trains. But many a time, the coach halting display and the stoppage of…

Sir, I got myself booster vaccinated today. I went in early and by the time the vaccination staff arrived, there were just four persons waiting for the early bird status. However, I was disappointed to see so few people at the vaccination centre. Maybe by the end of the day, the number turning up for…

Sir, We are impressed with your good review and critique of the book “A Place Apart” in Star of Mysore dated Jan. 8, 2022, and agree with your views. The only surprise is that you continue to call the Kodava language as a ‘dialect’ when it has been established by linguistic experts the world over…

Sir, This is to bring to your notice that I received the COVID vaccination — the first dose on 13th March 2021 and the second dose on 26th April 2021 — at Brindavan Hospital, Mysuru and both were Covishield. Duly through CoWIN  I have downloaded the certificates. Now on 6th January 2022 I received SMS…

Sir, This refers to a recent newspaper report titled ‘How much can you save by switching to EVs in Karnataka?’ Savings by using different type of EVs (Electric Vehicles) as shown in the report is very interesting and attractive to note. But promotion of these vehicles needs redoubled efforts with a wide awareness among people…

Sir, As an ordinary citizen I am disappointed by the imposition of curfew during the weekends across Karnataka. As per Dr. Soumya Swaminathan of WHO, imposition of curfew is an exercise in futility and it only inconveniences the public. In what way a family traveling in a car on a Highway will increase the COVID…

Sir, In N.R. Constituency represented by our MLA Tanveer Sait, there are two satellite bus stand complexes lying vacant —  Naidunagar satellite bus stand and Sathagalli satellite bus stand. They were built a decade ago for what purpose nobody knows. Both the bus stand complexes are vacant even today and only the tarmac path on…

Sir, This refers to the news item “Girl driving to Mysuru for friend’s birthday killed as car topples” (Star of Mysore dated Dec. 28, 2021). This incident of driving fast and losing control in overtaking is not the first instance and will not be the last. Many young people sitting behind the steering wheel of…

Sir, A 2-year-old child was rushed to our Emergency Room (ER) because the child had swallowed a coin about 3 hours ago. After swallowing the coin at home, the child was in great discomfort and couldn’t swallow her saliva down. The child was taken to a few hospitals earlier and X ray images confirmed that…

Sir, This refers to the weekly column ‘Over a cup of evening tea’ on the remains of the fallen Raja Marga balustrades (SOM dated Oct. 24, 2021). The enormous tragedy is nobody can file an FIR on a system that has grown flabby over the years and gradually depravity setting in. For the politicians, corruption…