India, April 16 -- By R. Raja Chandra

This refers to a series of articles in Star of Mysore by your popular columnist Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem (Over A Cup of Evening Tea) on statues dotting our heritage city.

Initially, I wanted to write a riposte to his illuminating story titled "A Mysore Queen's Magic Touch!" in SOM dated Apr. 5. However, his parting comment - A little more about Colton, Ganpatrao and another most unusual statue, next week! - made me wait for another week!

However, after reading his Apr. 12 column, titled "Of A Few More Statues And Their Makers," I perforce had to change my mind about writing a detailed note on Robert William Colton (1867-1921) and Ganpatrao Mhatre (1879-1947). Hopefully, I will reserve it for another da...