Sir, This is with respect to the helmet quality checking drive by the City Police. While the avowed intention of this drive is to protect the riders in case of an accident, several questions arise as to the real reasons and intentions behind such a move. Firstly, these helmets which are also called half-helmets, made…

Sir, Although leaf-burning is banned in most Municipalities including our royal city of Mysuru, I have come across in almost all the localities where the MCC pourakarmikas who sweep and clean roads are in constant habit of burning the heaped up dry leaves and some garbage collected along with it. This leads to leads to…

Sir, In the recent past a few petrol bunks in and around the outskirts of Mysuru city are not filling fuel for the money we pay. One of my close friends faced this bitter experience when he went to a petrol bunk in the vicinity of his house. He got petrol filled for Rs.  200…

Sir, Fortieth Anniversary Commemorative Issue was good. I also received an autographed copy of KBG’s book “Star of Mysore — Story of a Unique Evening English Newspaper” via his good friend, K. Vijaya Kumar. As I was then reading a historical-cum-semi-religious Kannada book, it took me some time to start reading this book. Going through…

Sir, It is difficult to fathom how deeply and steeply we have been sucked in the quicksand and drowned ourselves in the sea of corruption. Just three individuals — Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya and Kothari — have plundered the banks to the tune of roughly Rs. 25,000 crore! This trio is just a sample. There…

Sir, I am a user of HP Gas cylinder. About seven years back when the HP Gas agency under the name of  Samrat Gas Agency on Aniketana Road, Kuvempunagar, shut down, my name was transferred to Sri Raghavendra Gas Agency on Maruti Temple Road, T.K. Layout. Right from the date of transfer to the said…

Sir, At the stroke of 5.45 pm, the chorus in Karnatak music under the leadership of Vidu. Dr. Sukanya Prabhakar started vibrating at the residence of celebratory Mysore Vasudevacharya near Agrahara Circle, Mysuru. Vidu. Dr. Sukanya Prabhakar rightly chooses to celebrate International Women’s Day on Mar.8 with the help of her disciples. She selected an…

Sir, This is with reference to the news item “Hunsur Road Straightening is Shelved” in SOM dated Feb.24. I wholeheartedly welcome the decision. Earlier, the Government of Karnataka had initiated a project on straightening of Hunsur Road near Jaladarshini Guest House for which Rs. 12 crore had been sanctioned by the Central Government. In the…

Sir, With reference to the above subject, my letter had appeared in these columns on 22.05.2015, almost two and a half years ago where I had written about the excess parking fee collected by the staff of toll and parking fee collection centres at Brindavan Gardens. Recently I had been to Brindavan Gardens once again…