Sir, Signal jumping as a result of not keeping an eye on the signals has become rampant in the city including the busy Central Business District area (see photo). Many are not stopping on their own on yellow signal (on yellow signal that comes before red signal we are not supposed to cross the stop…

Sir, Recently I had the first-hand experience of travelling from Shivamogga by Talaguppa Mysuru Inter-City Express which I feel was the worst experience of train journey in my life. The train no doubt was punctual and fast but the seating arrangements for the coaches were not matching with the speed of the train. For a…

Sir, This is with reference to the rejoinder of U.B. Acharya to TJS George’s articles with their barely concealed antipathy towards Hinduism. It is an irony that we live in a land where the beliefs and traditions followed by the majority of its people are ridiculed, criticised, harangued by all sorts of people who are…

Sir, Mysuru is a fast growing city in Karnataka next only to Bengaluru. We can see plenty of private residential layouts being developed by promoters in all directions extending upto Bannur in the East, Yelwal in the West, Nanjangud in the South and Srirangapatna in the North. Many villages which were in the outskirts of…

Sir, Many of us travel by KSRTC buses after finishing our work in the evenings from Electronic City to Kengeri, from Electronic City to Majestic, from Whitefield to Majestic (even to Satellite bus stand when we don’t get buses from Kengeri due to weekend rush or since buses don’t enter the bus stand) to catch…

Sir, Of late, certain motorists are using a particular type of headlight in their two-wheelers, particularly bikes, which seems like the bulb is rotating and is causing confusion to the motorists coming from opposite direction. The colour, the rotation/twist are really causing hindrance to the drivers of the vehicles from opposite side.  Before this new…

Sir, Reading KBG’s Abracadabra (SOM dated Apr. 19 and 20) on how he lost the passports and got it back while on a trip to Chennai to get visas to UK and US revived in me a host of memories of thirty-five-years ago. I too recall an incident that took place in 1982. My husband…

Sir, This has reference to TJS George’s article titled “Hitler, Nehru & a worthless Bose” in his column Point of View (SOM dated May 2). He used a Pak professor to prop up his dislike against the BJP by comparing what would have happened if Modi had become the PM of India in 1947 instead…

Sir, It was indeed very distressing to read about the suicide of two II PU students who had failed in the exams (Star of Mysore dated May 2). Many schools and colleges, including the so-called elite private institutions are in the habit of applying undue pressure on the average and weak children to perform well…

Sir, In an attempt to reduce deaths and injuries in road accidents, most of which are preventable, National Road Safety Weeks are being celebrated in our country (ranked No. 1 in the number of road accident deaths and injuries) every year to increase awareness among citizens. However, many people are not taking the message out…