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From Pay-to-Play to Merit-to-Play – Part III

Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has spent enough time dealing with controversies, committees, allegations and administrative battles. The time has come to ask a much more fundamental question: What kind of cricketing system does Hyderabad want to build for the next generation? The answer cannot be another cosmetic administrative reform. It cannot simply…

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A journo who covered Parliament for quite long and saw seven PMs from the Press Gallery

I wish to briefly introduce my erstwhile senior colleague in one of the leading English dailies in Hyderabad, Deccan Chronicle, who is not only a prolific writer, but also revered as an upright journalist holding professional ethics and morals. That’s P.A. Rama Rao. He sent me this article, and I consider it my privilege to…

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Karna’s boast and Arjuna’s wrath

Sanjaya said to Dhrutarastra: “At that moment, your ten sons advanced against Bhīmasena with the confidence of seasoned warriors. Yet their assault was short-lived. With ten irresistible shafts released in swift succession, Bhīma severed their heads and cast them lifeless upon the earth. Vṛkadhara, the brother of Karṇa, then challenged him with great audacity, but…

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Smriti Irani gets key UP Poll Role in BJP revamp

New Delhi: The BJP on Monday unveiled its new national team under party president Nitin Nabin, giving former Union minister Smriti Irani a significant organisational role as one of the party’s eight national general secretaries and assigning her charge of the crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Irani’s appointment is among the most closely watched decisions…

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