Sir, This has reference to the write-up on the current pathetic condition of Multi-storey Parking facility under construction at the Town Hall (Star of Mysore dated Aug. 19 titled “Not Before Dasara Town Hall Parking, Irwin Road Widening”). In 2012, when Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) learnt about the MCC’s proposal to build a Parking facility…

Sir, It’s 2.30 pm when these snaps were taken. All the 4 clocks have come to a grinding halt. As you are aware, this is not the first time it has stopped working. Usain Bolt ended his decade-long dominance in the world athletics at the 2017 World Championship. The most inspiring line that I read…

Sir, This refers to my letter titled “Guarding the garbage?” published in SOM dated Aug.17. Immediately after Star of Mysore hit the stands, in which it was pointed out that metal traffic barricades were idling at a garbage dump in Tilaknagar, the Police personnel have promptly taken them into their custody within a matter of…

Sir, This refers to the news item titled “Volvo service to Mandakalli Airport” (Star of Mysore dated Aug.16). I doubt if the City Bus Stand (CBS)is the right place for pick up and drop because it will serve only passengers residing nearby. Imagine the plight of people from Dattagalli or Hinkal or JP Nagar —…

Sir, When I read the reminiscent of freedom struggle of Dr. M.G. Krishnamurthy in SOM dated Aug. 13 (Tracing Mysore’s Footprints of Freedom Struggle), I remembered my own experiences of pre-and-post-Independent days as I am 82-year-old now.  We stayed next to ex-Ministers late H.C. Dasappa and late Yashodharamma Dasappa. We have been witness to the…

Sir, This has reference to the news item titled ‘Former Dy.SP wants recognition for protecting the then CM Devaraj Urs from mob’ (SOM dated Aug.16). The claims made by K.S. Sadananda, Retd. Dy.SP, is true and deserving. Even though I do not have any documentary evidence in this regard, I was an eye-witness for the…

Sir, This has reference to the write-up titled “J&K Special Status Revoked: Proof of ‘Decisive Leadership’ of Prime Minister Modi” by Prof. H.M. Rajashekar, retired Political Science Professor and Constitutional Expert, in SOM dated Aug. 6, 2019. The article exposes the inadequacy of political and constitutional knowledge by the author on how India emerged as…

Sir, Metallic traffic control guards (barricades) belonging to Mysore Traffic Police are found abandoned on II Cross, Umar Khayam Road, Tilak Nagar, Mysuru-1 (near Canara Bank Branch). These were brought to site during Ramzan to control heavy traffic/vehicles into Eidgah Maidan for prayers. One can see such metal barricades lying on many roads in Mysuru,…

Sir, On July 30 (Tuesday), we answered our door bell to see three people helping my elderly father out of a car, blood dripping on his clothes from wounds on his forehead and chin. My father was in shock and a little disoriented. We were very alarmed and horrified.  It appeared that my father had…

Sir, Reading in yesterday’s SOM a write-up about “Tracing Mysore’s Footprints of Freedom Struggle,” to recall the past in connection with the 73rd Independence Day celebrations tomorrow (Aug. 15), my thoughts went down the memory lane to the year 1947-48. Those two years I was a resident-student of Gurukula Ashram, Kengeri, near Bengaluru, where education…