Sir, The sprawling Manasagangothri campus, often awash with morning walkers and joggers, wears a deserted look.  The Government has unlocked the economy; domestic flights, buses, metros are operating. Even gyms and theatres were given a go-ahead signal. At a time when everybody has access to everything and anything, health conscious people who are often wedded…

Sir, Recently, a Central Government pensioner applied for transfer of his pension from one account in a branch of SBI to another account with a different branch of the same bank in the same city. The transferor branch, in its knowledge, transferred the SB account through which the pension was being operated itself to the…

Sir, Recently, Muda announced  its plan of building a satellite town by acquiring some villages around Mysuru and also form new Layouts. But why is it not taking care of its existing Layouts? Muda Layout Shanthaveri Gopala Gowda Nagar’s maintenance is very poor when compared to other Private Layouts in its surrounding areas. Muda seems…

Sir, The Gokulam Post Office has been functioning for the past few decades. Unfortunately, it does not have its own building and as such the Office has shifted its location whenever the owner wants them to vacate. This has happened several times and each time the customer has to go to the Yadavagiri Post Office…

Sir, This is with regard to Maneka Gandhi’s column titled ‘Pet Talk (Symptoms and treatment of Parvo in puppies)’ in SOM dated Oct. 21, 2020. She spoke extensively regarding treatment of Parvoviral gastroenteritis or PVGE as it is commonly known. PVGE is a deadly and remarkably contagious disease that invariably affects a large proportion of…

Sir, Apropos the news item “All tourist spots in Mysuru, Mandya open for visitors” (SOM dated Oct.17), it is indeed a very unwise decision now to open all tourist spots during the festival period, after having banned entry to such places earlier. Although the Government has urged people to follow COVID safety norms strictly, they…

Sir, In yet another attempt to make wearing helmets compulsory by riders of motorised two-wheelers, including minors above four years of age, implementation of suspension of DL for three months has been contemplated by State Transport Department recently. When the Central Government increased penalties for traffic violations, public made a hue and cry. As a…

Sir,  KBG’s  ‘Nostalgically Speaking-8’ write-up on Prof. G.T. Narayana Rao in SOM dated Sept.6, 2020, has prompted me to write about my association with him since 1975. He joined our team of Ganabharathi as Committee Member in 1980 when I was the Vice-President.  Guddehittalu Thimmappaiah Narayana Rao, GTN as he was popularly called, after his…

Sir, Coronavirus can come hiding from various known and unknown sources and the best shield to protect ourselves from the deadly virus apart from boosting immunity, wearing face masks, sanitising and following social distancing is “steam inhalation.”  In countries like Japan,  China and Taiwan the authorities have reportedly promoted steam inhalation in a big way…

Sir, I am a pensioner aged 90 plus and living in Bogadi 2nd Stage. My house tax is not being received for the last 3 years for want of Completion Report (CR) and a slight variation from the plan. For the variation I am bound to pay whatever penalty as per rules. Regarding the CR,…