Sir, I was not surprised reading the news item ‘Aadhaar Card correction a painstaking process,’ published in SOM on Feb. 13. Tax-payers face problems at every office they visit because of lack of merit in the staff dealing with the issuing of the card. Apart from a few sincere and merited workers, most of them…
Maintenance of Heritage Structures
February 14, 2019Sir, In recent times, there is a lot of hurt expressed at the rebuilding of heritage structures. Any structure has a defined lifetime, which can be extended with proper maintenance. The basic question that arise is about the maintenance part of such structures, which calls for expenditures that can be high depending on their age….
Campus interviews, a forethought
February 12, 2019Sir, It is that time of the year when there is joy around the Engineering Colleges as it is time for campus interviews and IT companies conducting online tests for selecting the best candidates. No doubt, every student aspires to get the best company and pay package and dream to achieve big in life. The…
Impressed with SOM Education Fair
February 12, 2019Sir, I visited the SOM Education Fair on Sunday, at Maharaja’s College Grounds and I was impressed with the event. Superb idea, extremely well organised and a one-stop shop for parents looking for ideal school for their children. I did not know that there were so many educational institutions in Mysuru. I could not help…
Aadhaar deactivation !?
February 11, 2019Sir, I would like to draw the attention of the authorities concerned regarding a report about deactivation of Aadhaar for not using it over a certain period of time. The news — elsewhere — regarding Aadhaar number getting deactivated if it remains unused for a period of three years can do nothing but give a…
Development at what cost?
February 11, 2019Sir, We the residents of Bannimantap C Layout have been put into a lot of inconvenience due to haphazard road digging, widening and new water connections going on from the past year and a half. To add to the misery they have now dug up the roads, damaged water pipes, snapped our telephone cables and…
Education Fair in city: Amazing response
February 10, 2019Sir, The optimistic and sincere effort put forth by Star of Mysore in organising the Education Fair has received a never-before-seen response in the city of Mysuru. Needless to say an Education Fair like this was very necessary. Parents and children were found eagerly collecting crucial information from the stalls. As I was going around…
One-stop-Fair to choose schools, colleges
February 10, 2019Sir, I visited the Star of Mysore Education Fair and was pleasantly surprised to see a high degree of professionalism in the way the event was organised. The air-conditioned ambience, carpeted floor with sign of directions, excellent stalls, interaction by the staff at stalls with students and parents and water dispensers at vantage points was…
SOM has set a new standard for exhibitions in Mysuru
February 9, 2019Sir, I was at the Star of Mysore Education Fair yesterday and went around all the stalls. I was pleasantly surprised by the superb way in which the entire Fair has been organised. I have myself been a Chairman for two major Expos in Mysore — IFCON ‘98 at CFTRI and Integrate ‘99 at Chamundi…
Plea for Jan Shatabdi Express like service between Bengaluru and Mysuru
February 8, 2019Sir, It’s a very exciting day for the people of Shivamogga as the new Shivamogga-Yesvantpur Jn Jan Shatabdi Express chugged off recently, a low cost, speedy and luxury boon for the people. I would like to request the Railways to provide the same speedy service between Bengaluru and Mysuru, by either extending this new train…
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