Sir, Launching of Karan Thapar’s book ‘Devil’s Advocate – The Untold Story’ (Star of Mysore dated Aug.28) was indeed a very well-organised programme and equally well-attended for which Mysuru Literary Forum gets all the credit and also to those who interacted with the highly articulate  author. Karan Thapar is not an easy person to deal…

Sir, The two Photo Voter Slips that were in my name were handed over to me by an official of Election Commission at my house on Aug. 28 along with other members’ slips of my household.  According to these slips, I am entitled to vote twice in the MCC elections to be held on Aug.31….

Sir, Mysureans have an opportunity to usher in a new era by casting votes to those candidates who have pledged to implement some minimum policies like refusing to take commissions offered by contractors for work undertaken in their Wards, to promote digitisation of property tax, 24X7 water supply, preserving parks and lakes by ensuring all…

Sir, The Urban Local Body elections are scheduled for Aug. 31 and the need of the hour is good leaders with intelligence and integrity.  It is unfortunate that good people are shying away from taking this responsibility. Moreso the young people. The choice of candidates being made by established political parties is far from desirable….

Sir, Subsequent to the news about parking issues leading to choking of the entrance-cum-exit road at the Railway Station rear terminal, the Traffic Police have swung into action as if to remedy the problem. There is now a notification put up by the Traffic Police banning the entry of autos and taxis operating under the…

Sir, K.B. Ganapathy’s Abracadabra on Pavan K. Varma’s book titled ‘Adi Shankaracharya’  (SOM dated Aug. 17 and  Aug. 23) was interesting, specially about Parakaya Pravesha and about the pig. I have since read the book and found that one superstition about Shankara performing last rites of his mother was mentioned there which seemed ghastly and…

Sir, KBG’s Abracadabra titled ‘Pavan Varma’s Parakaya Pravesha of Adi Shankara – 2’ (SOM dated Aug.23) was interesting. At the end he has mentioned that Deepak Thimmaiah wondered if there were more Shankaras, who accomplished all that is attributed to Adi Shankaracharya alone. In my opinion, it is like wondering how Swami Vivekananda could accomplish…

Sir, This has reference to the article “Rat race, is it worth it?” by N.K.A Ballal (SOM dated Aug. 23). Ballal has rightly touched the very root of our present education system at the cost of enjoying life. Academic parameters are the only benchmark to assess a child and in the rat race, human values…

Sir, There are nearly a dozen drainage pits or potholes on Irwin Road starting from sub-urban bus stand to Government Ayurveda College Circle including at Nehru Circle. Almost all the manhole pits are not levelled on par with the surface of the road (see photos). These are causing inconvenience to all the road users and…

Sir, We had applied for renewal of my wife’s Passport (Maalathi Sekar) and got an SMS to contact Kuvempunagar Police Station regarding Police verification procedure. Accordingly, we called on them and the moment we entered the Station, the Police personnel at the entrance and the lady at the Reception Counter were quite courteous and directed…