Sir, This has reference to the news item in Star of Mysore dated 27.3.2019 calling the property owners to pay property tax for the year 2019-20 in the month of April 2019 to avail 5% rebate benefit under Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act.  The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is yet to computerise the tax assessment for…

Sir, This has reference to the news item ‘Introduce Artificial Intelligence in Schools and Colleges’ (SOM dated Mar.24), a suggestion given by Prof. Sargur N. Srihari. His opinion was that ‘New kinds of work force would emerge in the market, hence there is an urgent need to introduce AI in Schools and Colleges in India…

Sir, Queue up at 4.00 in the morning, if you want any services from MysoreOne Centre. Still better you sleep over there if you want to be sure of your work getting done. Doesn’t matter even if you are a senior citizen or physically challenged.  I am not talking about queuing up for tickets for…

Sir, In spite of having a couple of cameras installed at the junction close to  V.V. Mohalla Traffic Police Station, signal jumping by impatient motorists is rampant.  The way motorists jump the signal and drive head on,  against the on-coming vehicles  causes jitters to the rules-abiding motorists. Probably the cameras fixed at this junction are…

Sir, After many fatal accidents and many readers expressing their ire in this column, road humps and speed control barricades were erected opposite GRS Fantasy Park Ring Road intersection.  This had proved good as many heavy and other vehicles were used to slow down dead, thus making way for vehicles to cross over to service…

Sir, Now that the festival of democracy is unfolding in front of us, it is time to take the next big step and implement electoral reforms. Though there have been enough discussions around this, no concrete steps have been taken except for the faulty implementation of NOTA (None of the Above) option. Below are some…

Sir, This is to bring to the kind notice of the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company (CESC) that most of the monthly electricity bill remitting machines operated manually in city are only accepting cash payments and not card payments. India is a country which is fast in adopting digital technology or cashless transaction which needs implementation…

Sir, This refers to the book talk, Modern South India: Past and Modern Story of South India and of Southern Culture (SOM dated Mar. 17). The reviewer Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy, in para 6, has mixed-up the title of the book (not mentioned) and the name of its author (Tamil poet Thirukkaral). A  book of…

Sir, A pack of five dogs are seen during night on Valmiki Road. They come to the garbage bin placed near the pwd office on  the said Road. There are certain people who come and dump food near the garbage bin in the night and these dogs are attracted to the food. They also bark…

Sir, When the desired outcome of the voters casting their votes for NOTA, that is None Of The Above, is not going to be achieved because of faulty or lack of corollary provision, what good it is to go out in the scorching sun, stand in a long queue, haggle with the polling officials to…