Sir, The Shatabdi train plying between Mysuru and Chennai is the best mode of travel between these two major cities. In fact, this train can be preferred over any other train, but for slightly higher train fare. However, one thing which causes inconvenience for the regular passengers in this train is the unscientific and improper…

Sir, This is concerning the road right in front of Nirmala Convent on Gokulam main Road where half the road has been broken (dug up) for some work. The same has not been repaired forcing all vehicles to use only one side of the road. Can the authorities concerned please look into this and do…

Sir, Kudos to Mysuru City Traffic Police, Traffic Wardens and Home Guards for effectively controlling the traffic during last couple of days. The vehicular traffic density was very high during Dasara season but owing to proper planning and apt use of manpower, this year the traffic chaos was minimum. At some points motorists were causing…

Sir, Apropos the news item ‘Sudha Murty’s Aqua Touch’ (SOM dated Oct. 15). The rejuvenation of Hebbal Lake by Infosys Foundation and the District Minister promising to turn it into a tourist spot soon is a pleasant news. This should motivate other Corporates, MUDA and MCC to revive the other water bodies which are dead…

Sir, Recently, our Chief Minister spoke about re-naming the century-old  “University of Mysore” as “Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar University.” I think politicians have to think twice before uttering on any subject. One should know the value of the existing name before re-naming it. It need not be said how much we respect the late Nalwadi, the…

Sir, Since yesterday afternoon, I have been reading in some newspapers and also watching on TV that the Congress Party is not for building a Ram Mandir at Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya which Hindus believe is the place where Lord Ram was born. According to Shashi Tharoor, the Congress MP, no good Hindu wants…

Sir, I have been using the M.G. Road daily to commute towards Chamundi Hill Road. The vegetable market located besides M.G. Road is creating lot of problems to the motorists passing through this stretch, especially during 7 am – 10 am. Lot of people who travel on this road during this time are officials whose…

Sir, A visit to the Mysore Palace revealed lack of commitment to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan with the absence of dustbins in and around the historical Palace and no proper allotted area for hawkers to sell their snacks or wares. There seems to be no instructions to hawkers to have their own dustbins to keep their…

Big B galvanises Gujarat tourism, why not our Maharaja galvanise Mysuru Tourism? Sir, When Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh appointed our Maharaja as the Brand Ambassador of Mysuru City, I was the first one to congratulate him for his bold initiative. But alas, his group of officials have let him down badly after this excellent move….

Sir, Now that the Dasara season has set in, I found this brief news item titled “Mysore Dasara Festivities” quite interesting [Courtesy: From ‘The Hindu’ Archives – A hundred years ago, Oct. 10, 1918, published in its issue dated Oct. 10, 2018): Mysore Dasara Festivities “His Highness the Yuvaraja opens the All-India Dasarah Exhibition (in…