Sir, The 130th birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the great teacher par excellence, is celebrated today, 5th September 2018 throughout the length and breadth of our country. Gone are those days when teachers like Chanakya and Dronacharya possessed qualities such as diplomacy and political foresight which were considered essential qualities of teachers of that…

Sir, With the Cauvery Basin Catchment Area and Wayanad region receiving unprecedented rainfall and with the massive discharge from KRS  and Kabini Dams, the Stanley Reservoir at Mettur has achieved full reservoir level many times over as also two downstream anicuts filling up to the brim,  the Cauvery delta farmers of Tamil Nadu never had…

Sir, Stray dogs in Roopanagar, Bogadi, are creating havoc to the children, pedestrians and motorists, especially two-wheelers. People are scared to move around either by foot or in two-wheelers. Children are afraid to play. There are instances where the panic-stricken two-wheelers caused accidents to avoid getting bitten by the dogs. The animal welfare organisation People…

Sir, The renewal of driving licence (DL) at the RTO office is the worst experience in one’s life, particularly for a senior citizen. My driving licence due date for renewal was nearing and I had no option except to visit the RTO office in Mysore one month in advance to get it renewed. My experience…

Sir, The office of the “Urban Property Ownership Record (UPOR) under the Revenue Department, located at Nazarbad is an exceptionally good office with the entire staff “working” without wasting time. The general perception about the staff of any Government Office is that they are unfriendly, lethargic, undisciplined and demand bribe to execute our legally entitled works….

Sir, This refers to Justice M.F.  Saldanha’s open letter to our CM on Kodagu devastation (SOM dated Aug. 27). There could not be a more apt letter than this one by the retired Judge with environmental concern. I spent some years of my childhood and also some years later in the then Coorg and have…

Sir, Launching of Karan Thapar’s book ‘Devil’s Advocate – The Untold Story’ (Star of Mysore dated Aug.28) was indeed a very well-organised programme and equally well-attended for which Mysuru Literary Forum gets all the credit and also to those who interacted with the highly articulate  author. Karan Thapar is not an easy person to deal…

Sir, The two Photo Voter Slips that were in my name were handed over to me by an official of Election Commission at my house on Aug. 28 along with other members’ slips of my household.  According to these slips, I am entitled to vote twice in the MCC elections to be held on Aug.31….

Sir, Mysureans have an opportunity to usher in a new era by casting votes to those candidates who have pledged to implement some minimum policies like refusing to take commissions offered by contractors for work undertaken in their Wards, to promote digitisation of property tax, 24X7 water supply, preserving parks and lakes by ensuring all…