India, April 5 -- By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem

The French-born celebrated sculptor of the time; William Robert Colton was commissioned to make the statue of Chamarajendra Wadiyar X in white Italian marble. As the statue's face bore no resemblance to the face of late King, the Queen commissioned Ganpatrao K. Mahatre from Bombay to make the correction

Last week, I wrote about the rather unhappy state of some of the statues, both already unveiled and yet to be unveiled, that have been erected in our city and strategically positioned in some very prominent places. In response to this writeup, I received a number of responses, most of which seemed to be in agreement with what most Mysureans feel; that a statue erected as a memorial, should do jus...