Sir, This refers to T.J.S. George’s article titled “If gangsters have taken over the education ‘industry’ all talk of development in India is bunkum” (SOM dated Apr.4). Corruption and commercialisation of education is responsible for the lowest level of moral standards we are observing today in our country. This is evident from daily news of…
Sir, This letter is in response to Prof. K.S. Rangappa’s remarks on granting autonomy to B.N. Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences (BIMS) in his interview (Former University Vice-Chancellor Speaks; SOM dated Apr.16). Though it is important to grant autonomy to BIMS to be independent and more practical oriented, University of Mysore (UoM) should not hand…
Sir, This refers to the letter on stray dog menace that appeared in Star of Mysore dated Apr. 3. I fully endorse the views of the reader. Stray dog menace has increased in Hebbal II Stage, particularly near Sankranthi Circle, Sangam Circle and also near K.D. Circle in Vijayanagar. One can see a group of …
Sir, A couple of months ago, Lingambudhi Lake reserve forest was in the news when the guards shot dead a thief who was trying to cut down sandalwood trees. A gang from H. D. Kote was involved in it, according to Police. Today, the regular walkers noticed that yesterday’s windy evening had brought down many…
Sir, Many of us are travelling by KSRTC buses after finishing our company work — from Electronic City to Kengeri, Electronic City to Majestic, Whitefield to Majestic (even to Satellite bus stand when we don’t get buses from Kengeri due to weekend rush) — to catch buses to Mysuru almost every Friday and vice-versa on…
Sir, A few weeks back the MCC contractor’s men came to the 4th Main of Gokulam 3rd Stage with men and a JCB and created a havoc by demolishing the concrete steps and slopes in front of the entrances and garages of some houses. This work continued for more than a week. When asked the…
Sir, Four city buses — 91A, 91B, 91C and 91D — were plying from R.K. Nagar ‘J’ Block to City Bus Stand. 91A and 91B were plying from R.K. Nagar ‘J’ Block via Kamakshi Hospital and were returning to ‘J’ Block in the same route whereas Bus Nos. 91C and 91D were plying via Railway…
Sir, I have been observing that Mysuru’s vehicular traffic is on the rise since 10 years. There are several traffic signals which have come up due to increased traffic at different junctions. Prior to traffic signals at these junctions, there were road humps to control the speed of vehicles. But when a new traffic signal…
Sir, I am a resident of Bogadi Bank Colony, off the Ring Road. We the residents were excited and our pleasure knew no bounds when suddenly last week a huge road roller came to our colony where the roads have been in an utterly miserable condition since more than 18 years ! The octopus hands…
Sir, The news item about a City Court Judge under the “Human Interest Story” published in SOM dated Apr.12 reminded me of two very eminent personalities — Dr. Abdul Kalam and Albert Einstein. Abdul Kalam had said that while he was in Tel Aviv he once saw a Israeli newspaper and the front page had…
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