Sir, The letter titled “When ideology intrudes, art suffers” by H.R. Bapu Satyanarayana in SOM dated Dec.16, tells one side of the story and deliberately masks the overall picture of what is going on in Rangayana. The letter tries to squarely blame and put the responsibility of the ongoing fiasco at Rangayana on a few…

Sir, Those who admire Rangayana productions have to agree with the views of Director Addanda Cariappa. He has been the target of vested interests from the day he assumed office. Whatever his political leanings be, the production of ‘Parva’ was a landmark in Rangayana. That Cariappa, being a Kodava, has serious reservations regarding Tipu is…

Sir, Apropos the headline in Star of Mysore dated  Dec. 19 which inter alia informs that forty thousand doses of covid-19 vaccines are wasted and DHO claims it is negligible. Well, I am of the opinion that instead of wasting the vaccine doses which take time, energy and money to manufacture in the labs, the…

Sir, This refers to the news item on Piped Natural Gas (PNG) starting from Hebbal area in SOM dated Dec.12. It was also mentioned that the piped gas would come to Rs. 700 per month. One wonders if meter is installed for the PNG, where is the question of fixed charges being levied? Two days…

Sir, The above two photos are of line of trees on Vishwa Dhathri Main Road from Vivekananda Circle, Kuvempunagar. As you can see, these trees are dangerously leaning on the road side, may be due to regular pruning by CESC of the interfering branches on the other side which has overhead electric wires. This is…

Sir, I would like to bring to the notice of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) that the stray dogs in Gokulam 1st Stage are causing a nuisance to the residents living  around. The continuous barking day and night are a menace to the senior citizens, especially in the mornings and late nights. They tend to attack…

Sir, As the rail traffic is slowly back on track now, I appeal to South Western Railway (SWR) to restart a few more trains on Mysuru – Nanjangud – Chamarajanagar route. Especially, there is urgent need for a trip between Mysuru – Nanjangud at around 9 pm every day; take a halt at Nanjangud and…

Sir, When ideology intrudes, art suffers. That appears to be the disturbing development in which the present Rangayana Director Addanda Cariappa finds himself when a coterie of vested interests seem to be determined to throwing a spanner into the excellent work of all round effort in the field of theatre and art in Rangayana. Of…

Sir, The recent spell of intermittent rains has no doubt increased the water level in Kukkarahalli Lake, but simultaneously contributed to the unbridled growth of common water hyacinth in the lake which has engulfed a large portion of the water surface (see pic). Ironically, this lake used to be a source of water supply to…

Sir, Right now Coronavirus is under control in Karnataka and the life of common man is slowly returning to normalcy. At present Pre-Primary, Primary and High Schools, Pre-University and Degree Colleges have been functioning with full strength. But due of lack of city bus facilities in the morning, School and College students as well as…