Sir, India gave away the First Test Match at Chennai on a Silver Platter. A series of blunders committed resulted in pathetic performance. The blunders listed are: Pitch: The pitch seemed to have been prepared for English team and they took advantage more with spin than pace this time. Our bowlers were inept in offering…

Sir, Of late, I am observing in newspapers that a lot of men are removing their shirts to get the COVID-19 vaccination. I want to know what prevents them from wearing a half-sleeve shirt or a loose T-shirt so that it will be easy for the vaccinators to inoculate them without insisting on them to…

Sir, The server at Sub-Registrar’s Office, Mysuru city, was down since last week. From yesterday, they are taking registration of documents but not taking EC and other activities which has put the public into great hardship. I cannot understand as to why they need so many days to rectify the problem. I request the District…

Sir, I am a resident of #3, Kalidasa Road, Mysuru. On 2.2.2021, a personnel from a Bank called me and informed about the availability of Tollfree number “OneAssist” to assist in case of loss of Wallet containing Debit / Credit cards. In such an exigency inform the Tollfree number and the Bank will immediately block…

Sir, The 8th Cross, Vinaya Marga, in Siddartha Layout is facing a perennial problem of overflowing drain in one particular stretch as shown in the picture. Sometimes the drain not only floods this street but also the main road. Of course, the Mysuru City Corporation staff come and clean whenever we complain but we repeatedly…

Sir, Apropos the news item “First, age check… then petrol !” (Star of Mysore dated Feb. 3), it is definitely not a wise and practical solution to curb the minors from driving vehicles. It may not be possible to judge the age of a person by merely looking at his face or at his physique….

Sir, There is a fully dried up tree in front of Ganabharathi in Kuvempnagar, which is posing a threat to the vehicles parked nearby and passing by too. Hence, I request the authorities concerned to clear it immediately before any untoward incident takes place. – Sumukhashesha on e-mail, Mysuru, 4.2.2021 You can also mail us…

Sir, This refers to the recent news item titled “Govt. makes ration card mandatory to obtain Birth and Death Certificates.” I had a ration card (may be 12 years old) with just my deceased wife’s photo. My two daughters (now adults) and my photo was missing. I took my old ration card to KarnatakaOne to…

Sir, The road in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage (from Trinetra Circle to Water Tank) is rightly named as ‘High Tension’ Road as pedestrians and motorists will have ‘highest tension’ while using this road. Adding to the troubles, UGD work started a few weeks ago and has stopped abruptly. The already narrow road with very high traffic…

Sir, I reside on V.B. Bakery Road, Srirampura 3rd Stage. I would like to bring to the notice of the authorities concerned that the quality of Kabini water we are getting for the last 15 days is not good. The water supplied is very hard, causing difficulty in cooking dal. Besides there is scale formation…