Sir, The presently running Tipu Express and Chamundi Express trains’ coach composition consists of just a single AC coach (that is, AC Chair Car Coach- C1) apart from general sitting coaches. It…
Sir, While reading the story of Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa (SOM dated May 28 - 30, 2019), I remembered seeing that great personality when I was a high school boy in Hunsur.…
Sir, Stray dogs have increased in huge numbers in and around Vijayanagar 2nd Stage and surely in other parts of the city. It is for several years, a repeating ‘menace’ that the…
Sir, An overflowing drainage is soaking the bricks (see picture) that labourers each morning, with unprotected hands, lift and use for constructing a building. They are unaware of the lurking health issues,…
Sir, The article titled “Are you HAPPY at what you are doing?” by N.K.A. Ballal in Star of Mysore dated June 6 is worth reading several times. We, as adults, frame the…
Sir, Train number 16209/16210 Mysuru-Ajmer Express runs as a Weekly train with stops only at Mandya, Ramanagaram, Bengaluru Station and then continues on Hubballi-Miraj-Pune-Vadodra-Ahmedabad route till Ajmer. The train thus provides a…
Sir, I endorse the views of N. Devarajan of Nanjangud (Star of Mysore dated May 15) on the need for Bus Shelters near Devaraj Urs bridge (Nanjangud). Same is the case at…
Sir, This is with reference to the article ‘Of the joy and sorrow of travelling’ by Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem in his column Over a Cup of Evening Tea (SOM dated May…
Sir, The entry provided by the Railways to different Railway platforms from KRS Road side (opposite CFTRI) is of immense help to the passengers staying towards Vontikoppal side. But when a train…
Sir, Of late the menace of hi-beam light usage is increasing on city roads, resulting either in accidents or discomfort for the vehicle(s) / people coming in the opposite direction. Adding to…
Sir, With a landslide victory of the ruling party (BJP) for the second term, many Opposition leaders and the so-called intellectuals have doubted the EVMs and even gone to the extent of…
Sir, Nowadays it is very difficult to walk on K.T. Street, particularly from Prabha Theatre to Irwin Road junction. I am a pedestrian as I usually walk to my workplace. But I…
Sir, This refers to the letter by Mubasher Mirza (SOM dated May 21) throwing much more light on MUDA sites and Societies’ Layouts including private developers’ skyscrapers like Gulliver in the realm…
Sir, The vehicle in the picture spotted at Columbia Asia junction is transporting water to some location. The water is continuously pouring out through the pipes onto the road. Along with this…
Sir, The recent Lok Sabha elections saw polarisation and a near total divide of the electorate. The results of the elections with a huge win for BJP and win for Modi has…
Sir, It is being observed regularly that many people are getting down the autos or cars when the vehicles are waiting for the green signal and walking towards the Circle along the…
Sir, Train No.06575 “MEMU” Special is really a boon to all commuters of KSR Bengaluru City Railway Station to Mysuru and vice versa, en route in each and every aspect, economically, financially…
Sir, Though Mysuru City Traffic Police are trying their level best to inculcate some discipline to the un-disciplined motorists, our un-disciplined motorists are refusing to reciprocate. We find many two-wheeler and four-wheeler…
Sir, It is sad to see the remnants of the previous evening’s party littered in the streets. The liquor manufacturers seem to have made things so easy for the bibbers. I see…
Sir, Thanks to the City Corporation officials for taking up the widening of Bogadi Road from two-lane to four-lane last year. However, while widening at three places, that is, opposite to RIE…
Sir, This refers to Shanthi Ganapathy’s interesting eye-witness account of the first general election held in Coorg (Kodagu) in 1951 (SOM dated May 21, 2019). However, there is one inaccuracy in the…
Sir, I read with interest the article 'Salutations to two Acharyas' by Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy in SOM dated May 19. Writing on Shankara’s philosophy, he says ‘Aham Brahmasmi means I am…
Sir, The Railway network under Mysuru Division is witnessing rapid development related to passenger growth, increased traffic post-doubling and electrification and new Railway Stations developed to reduce congestion at Mysuru Railway Station.…
Sir, This has reference to the “Editor’s Bottom Line” in Star of Mysore dated Apr.25, 2019. A genuine question has been asked, how we can make the earth habitable again. The problems…
