Sir, I duly endorse the view expressed by a reader, in this column under the heading ‘Irresponsible societal behaviour’ in SOM dated May 7. One of the major reasons for steep hike in Covid cases recently is due to utter carelessness of people. Carelessness is manifested in improper wearing of the mask. While a section…

Sir, Reading Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy’s article about the magnificent Brihadeeswara temple at Thanjavur in Star of Mysore dated Apr.27, my memory went back to my native place (Thanjavur) where I stayed for 24 years. After marriage I came to Mysuru. While I was there I used to go to the above temple every Thursday…

Sir, Imposition of ‘Janata Curfew’ or ‘Lockdown’ to avoid spread of Corona in the State, though a good idea, needs some rethinking. Mysuru City Police have directed that no vehicle will be allowed ‘even’ between 6 am and 10 am. That means people have to walk the distance to buy their requirements. The area where…

Sir, I would like to bring to readers’ attention about the yeomen service rendered by the front-line covid warriors at District Hospital on KRS Road. On Apr. 16 (Friday) I rushed to this hospital as my RT-PCR report came positive. In spite of considerable crowd, I noticed the staff who were registering the covid patients…

Sir, I was very disappointed by observing the behaviour of some of our fellow citizens during these unprecedented times. I went with my mother for her second dose of vaccine at the ESI Hospital on Friday. The vaccine was supposed to arrive and hence the token distribution was stopped. But once the vaccine arrival was…

Sir, Apropos the letter ‘Convert this Bus Stand building as Covid Seva Kendra’ (SOM dated May 2) by Raghunath Sharma, it is indeed worth converting any un-used public building for a social cause, especially in the present situation when not only covid-infected people run from one hospital to the other looking for bed and treatment…

Sir, Since the declaration of COVID Curfew, it is observed that Police are blocking many main roads and sub-roads with barricades. Is it really necessary to block the roads to restrict the vehicular movements during the lockdown period? Blocking roads will deter the free and fast movement of emergency vehicles, where every second is precious…

Sir, Apropos to the report “MUDA’s Group Housing at Gokulam opposed” (SOM dated 21st April), we totally agree with Venkatachala, former Corporator and Madhu of City Co-operative Bank in opposing the proposed construction of cluster houses in Gokulam 3rd Stage. The field around the MysoreOne Centre is a beautiful open space only one-of-its-kind in this…

Sir, I had just finished a phone conversation with a friend on the consequences of 6 am to 10 am shopping window when I received the copy of SOM on 30th April. Headlines — “MAD RUSH.” What else? In our country ‘People’s behaviour’ has become more of a pandemic whereas commonsense and implicit obedience to…

Sir, On Monday, 3rd May, I had to address an argument on an important public issue before the High Court for admission through video-conferencing. Shockingly, on Sunday night my BSNL Broadband connection got stuck. Being anxious, I messaged at 10 pm to Ramkumar, Head of Accounts Department, BSNL and this time the shock was greater…