Sir, After the electrification was completed, I had recently visited the Railway Station to drop my relative boarding Shatabdi Express. But I was unhappy to see the train in a state of non-standardised condition, even though it is ISO 9001-2000 certified train. I request the Railway authorities to look into it and provide a solution…

Sir, I am a resident of Vijayanagar 4th Stage, Anjanadri Main Road (NPS Road). From past few months, the garbage auto is irregular and people are dumping waste on either sides of the road and into the drains. Stray dogs have increased and become a nuisance to people who go for strolls. Constructions have dwindled…

Sir, Daily thousands of people travel between KHB Hootagalli Dhaba stop and Mysuru city. There is a need for a  bus shelter here as a number of school children and senior citizens will be waiting for buses. Vehicles coming towards city via this stop will be moving in such a speed that accidents have been…

Sir, Apropos the letter ‘Do Vote, but Vote intelligently’ by Bhamy V. Shenoy (SOM dated Apr.22), KBG is right that we all vote on party lines including the most educated and well-informed. In an environment where money and muscle power matters most and politics has become the most lucrative vocation, the biggest challenge at present…

Sir, The recent death of well-known Kannada writer Dr. K. Prabhushankar took my memory back to my High School days. A new High School was started in 1949-50 at the initiative of the famous Sahukar S. Channaiah and his associates, naming it as Vidyavardhaka High School. In their enthusiasm to open the School immediately, they…

Sir, Apropos the letter “A unique tribute to Mysore Vasudevacharya” (SOM dated Mar. 27), I write this to inform about some of the initiatives taken up by a group of music enthusiasts at the house where the legendary musician lived, probably for over four decades. It was in March last that I dared to enter…

Sir, Very sad to read S.M. Rajeshwari’s letter (Mar. 27) about the condition of the house where the great composer of Karnatak music, lived from 1865 to 1961. At the same time thrilled to know that Dr. Sukanya Prabhakar ventured to give a performance there with students of Surabhi Gana Kala Mandira on Mar. 8,…

Sir, Every day, the blazing heat of summer sun pierces through the already-thin ozone layer sending people scurrying for a spot under the shade of a tree even if it is for a few seconds of respite while waiting for the traffic light to change to green. It is an irony, however, that hardly anyone…

Sir, As a further step to Swachhatha Abhiyaan, the Railways should take steps to say ‘NO’ to plastics in the trains. The vendors selling eatables like idli and dosa wrap them with thin plastic papers while the vendors selling groundnuts too pack them in plastic covers. I have in my journey, advised them several times…