Sir, In the article titled “Poet Laureate Kuvempu and Prof. N.A. Nikam’s role in building Manasagangothri” (SOM dated Aug. 4), there is an error. It is mentioned that Maharaja Kumari Jaya Lakshammanni Avaru is the wife of Sardar Basava Raja Urs. This is factually wrong. In fact, Maharaja Kumari Jaya Lakshammanni Avaru, eldest daughter of…

Sir, As private vehicles are prohibited on Chamundi Hill Road on Ashada Fridays, half of the total devotees have now started to use the hill steps to reach the temple. The city administration should deploy monitoring authority for safe flow of thousands of step climbers. After 11 am, it was very hard to move up…

Sir, Very recently I had to travel to Hassan from Mysuru for my personal work. Since I missed the early morning train, I decided to travel by bus. I decided to park my vehicle at the two-wheeler parking lot in the basement of Sub-Urban Bus Stand. I learn, the maintenance of the parking lot has…

Sir, This has reference to the letter “Provide second passage for Ring Road Railway under-bridges” (Star of Mysore dated July 25). Needless to say that with single Railway under-bridge at all four places of crossing the Outer Ring Road (ORR) with 6-lane approach road, the accidents happening is not surprising. In fact, even when Mysuru…

Sir, The sudden and sad demise of Lalitha Rao, who wrote occasionally in SOM, has brought a pall of gloom on many of us who knew her well. Her gentle nature reflected in her pleasant conduct and in her writings. Her writings always stirred pleasant memories in the mind of the reader of beautiful days…

Sir, No doubt, water is our most precious natural resource and something which most of us take for granted. The move by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to make rainwater harvesting (RWH) mandatory needs to be fully appreciated. But the point is that before implementing  RWH as mandatory, has the Corporation authorities analysed the feasibility and…

Sir, This refers to the beautiful article titled “Say sorry even if you are right” by N.K.A. Ballal in SOM dated July 26. The article was very touching and relevant to the present day lifestyle. As it is rightly mentioned by Ballal, the sense of ‘ego’ is coming in the way of relationship mainly due…

Sir, Apropos the news item titled ‘Creator of Brindavan Gardens, a German Horticulturist G.H. Krumbiegel’s great granddaughter opposes Disneyland plan’ (Star of Mysore dated July 29). Hope our Chief Minister shelves the Disneyland project after going through one of the architects of the Gardens, G.H. Krumbiegal’s granddaughter’s open letter to him. SOM Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy’s…

Sir, I would like to bring to the notice of the elected representatives that the stretch between Narayana Multi-specialty Hospital and Columbia Hospital is always deprived of street lights. The stretch mentioned is always dark and thereby many accidents occur. I request the CESC and elected representatives to look into this matter and do the…

Sir, This refers to the news item in SOM yesterday regarding raids on beauty parlours. The Beauty Parlour Association of Mysore, Mandya, Kollegal, Coorg and Chamarajanagar is now 20-years-old. Over the years we have personally visited all parlours and catalogued each and every one.We have submitted this list to the City Corporation a number of…