Tribute to Dr. K.M. Govindegowda, ENT Surgeon
Sir, Some doctors make a difference in our lives, some doctors reduce the quantum of our sufferings, some doctors touch our hearts with their humane kindness, some doctors bring a smile on…


Sir, Some doctors make a difference in our lives, some doctors reduce the quantum of our sufferings, some doctors touch our hearts with their humane kindness, some doctors bring a smile on…
Sir, There is a vacant site next to our house (situated opposite to Bisilumaramma temple, 3rd Cross, 1st Stage, to be precise) and it has become a garbage dumping yard for many…
Sir, I would like to appeal to the MCC officials to stop dumping of garbage near the entrance of muda Park in Vijayanagar 3rd Stage, C-Block. It causes great inconvenience to the…
Sir, Covid-19 that hit the world as a pandemic forced countries all over the globe to change over to ‘Remote Learning’ or what is popularly known as ‘Online Teaching.’ Due to the…
Sir, The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has computerised the property tax assessment from this year. On obtaining a copy of the previous year’s assessment, they process and issue a computerised tax assessment…
Sir, The Vijayanagar Main Road stretching from Ring Road, all the way up to Kalidasa Road, is in a pathetic condition since the last two years. It has been dug up by…
Sir, After reading KBG’s 3-part Abracadabra on Fali S. Nariman, India’s Advocate Extraordinaire, in SOM recently, I was reminded of my visit to Delhi in the year 2005. We were staying with…
Sir, The only way to curb traffic rule violations in city is to go back to the penalties issued by the Central Government and in my opinion we should increase the punishment…
Sir, Apropos Dr. Javeed Nayeem’s recent write-up on Dr. Kannan, yes, it happened during the lockdown and I am sure being a humble, caring and honest person that he was, he wouldn’t…
Sir, In his column ‘Over a Cup of Evening Tea,’ Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem has lovingly paid a fulsome praise in portraying the personality of late Dr. N. Kannan, who left for…
Sir, This refers to online classes for primary and high school students. I wonder how parents who live in the rural or remote places with no/ less network coverage will cope up…
Sir, Now that the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) has been made the sole University to conduct Distance Education throughout Karnataka, it has assumed as a Central University with higher responsibility to…
Sir, In spite of the lockdown and keeping distances, the Coronavirus spread is not reduced significantly. In addition to these precautions, it may be necessary to take measures to avoid spread through…
Sir, Apropos the news item No Mask Pay Fine (SOM dated July 6), just imposing a fine on people not wearing a mask while stepping out of their homes is not enough.…
Sir, The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities and the Police are jointly collecting fines from people who are not wearing masks. Now a clarification is needed if a person driving a four-wheeler…
Sir, The decision of Mysuru City Traffic Police to commence a ‘Photo Clicking Drive” (Now Traffic Police will click photos of traffic violations on mobile phones in SOM dated July 6) is…
Sir, This is regarding the pathetic condition of the MUDA Park in Vijayanagar 3rd Stage, near Heritage Club. It is full of weeds and untrimmed branches of trees besides being a home…
Sir, The Aadhaar Seva Kendras (ASKs) in Vijayanagar and Saraswathipuram have recently re-opened after the lockdown was relaxed in Mysuru. The ASK had announced that only applicants with online appointments will be…
Sir, This is to bring to the notice of the authorities concerned about the public nuisance near the new Aadhaar Seva Kendra in Saraswathipuram. People are coming from various places in and…
Sir, When digitisation was the mantra everywhere and paperless offices are becoming prominent, many Government Offices have switched over to the new system and performing well. The MCC too initiated action on…
Sir, With the increase in number of traffic rules violators (it is observed that a violator by default violates multiple traffic rules) we have some motorists who derive pleasure in honking continuously…
Sir, This is to bring to the notice of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities their callousness and apathy towards safety in times of COVID-19. The MCC workers were seen cleaning the drainage…
Sir, In addition to giving a strong blow to the economy, COVID-19 is collapsing health, knowledge and education system of our future citizens. Now the Government is in a dilemma to re-open…
Sir, I am a resident of Vani Vilas Layout near Abhishek Circle, Hebbal. I have been living in this area since 10 years and I have noticed that the number of stray…