Sir, On the occasion of Star of Mysore’s anniversary celebration, I want to THANK YOU KBG for being so generous in sending SOM copies to Pondicherry way back in 1998-99. Though I had thanked you personally at a gathering in Olive Garden, I thought our readers must know about your grateful act. Way back in…

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…

Sir, 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….

Sir, 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…

Sir, 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…

Sir, 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…

Sir, 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…

Sir, 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…

Sir, 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…