Sir, The Nelson Mandela Road in Bannimantap happens to be the busiest road connecting the Millennium Circle (LIC Circle) and Sayyaji Rao Road. Also, many KSRTC and private vehicles speed up and down in the evenings. As this busy stretch is dark without street-lights, pedestrians have to put their lives at risk while crossing the…

Apathy of MCC authorities and elected reps Sir, For the past few weeks I have seen a number of letters in this column about the pathetic conditions of roads in most parts of the city including my letter “Make Mysuru city roads free of pits and potholes before Dasara” (Star of Mysore dated Sept. 6)….

Sir, Following publication of my letter titled “Remove this dangerous old electric pole” in SOM dated Sept. 17, immediate action has been taken by the CESC authorities concerned and the old pole has been removed this morning. With this, a major mishap is avoided. Thank you STAR and CESC for prompt action. – Nalini Prasad,…

Sir, KBG’s Abracadabra titled ‘Dr. Devi Shetty speaks of how medical doctors treat a patient’ was indeed a profound truth articulated by Dr. Devi Shetty about the importance of touch in healing the patient (SOM dated Sept.15). Also under the ‘Note’ K.B. Ganapathy has told the home truths that many doctors may not concur but…

Sir, With the demise of C.D. Krishnegowda, erstwhile Curator of Mysore Zoo, the city, in particular, the Zoo has lost a great animal-lover. He had developed a great bonding with all the animals of the Mysore Zoo and most of the animals were a great friend of him. He used to visit all the animals…

Sir, It was in February 1978, I got my new house in Gokulam 3rd Stage. I went to the Mysuru City Corporation and requested the officials there about fixing annual rental value and tax for my house and submitted my application. I was advised to meet the concerned Revenue Inspector (RI). When I met him,…

Sir, Big, colourful cut-outs of politicians and their kin, glorifying their birthdays, or putting up huge posters to welcome leaders on any occasion, are common now. Of late, the passion has multiplied and we now see colourful flex boards fluttering around everywhere on a regular basis, at prime areas like traffic signals and over the…

Sir, There are two electric poles in front of my house. We had lodged a complaint to CESC about 10 years ago to replace the old pole which was in a pathetic and dangerous condition. In the year 2017, another pole was added next to the old pole (see photo) and the old pole was…

Sir, The Niranjana Mutt (Anathalaya, meaning Orphanage) which is in the news of late belonged to one Nanjundaswamy, who was also popularly known as Niranjana Swamy. Later, the place came to be known as Nanjunda Anathalaya after him. Just before his death, Niranjana Swamy willed this landed property in the name of his disciple Swami…