Special Reports
Vinay Rao (…..Contd) To understand why none of these questions found their way into the courtroom, one must first understand what many affiliated clubs within the Hyderabad Cricket Association have gradually become. For a significant section of HCA’s membership, cricket development has ceased to be the primary purpose of affiliation. The affiliated club is no…
Politics in Telangana is entering a decisive phase. The honeymoon period of the Congress government is fading, while the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), once the dominant political force in the state, continues to grapple with an identity crisis after transforming itself from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) into a national party. As one struggles to…
A court ordered the money to be paid. It showed only half the picture. Here is the other half. Vinay Rao A recent court order directing the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) to release nine years’ worth of Cricket Development Fund arrears to its affiliated private clubs has been widely welcomed by the beneficiaries. The judgment…
There is an old English proverb that says, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” As a child, I often wondered what wisdom lay behind this simple statement. When I once asked my father, a physician, he smiled and replied, “Keep the gut healthy with good fibre and half the battle against disease is…
Ramu Chilimella The Secret of Great Leadership Isn’t Position—It’s Purpose A simple picture can teach a profound lesson. Many ask: Who is the better leader? The duck leading from the front? Or the hen guiding from behind? The answer is both. Leadership is not about where you stand. It is about what your team needs…
I have never believed in blaming individuals. Administrators come and go. Selectors change. Office-bearers change. But if a system continues to produce the same injustice decade after decade, then it is the system that deserves to be questioned. My question is simple. Why is genuine rural talent from Telangana still treated as an afterthought? I…
Special Correspondent Even as the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) may argue that there is no immediate urgency to constitute its Women’s Cricket Selection Committee because the domestic women’s season begins only around October, the delay has begun raising uncomfortable questions among women cricketers and former players alike. Their concern is not merely about timing but…
Bhandaru Srinivasa Rao History remembers Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao as the Prime Minister who transformed India’s economy, a scholar fluent in numerous languages, an accomplished writer, and one of the country’s most astute political minds. But beyond the statesman stood a remarkably simple human being whose humility, extraordinary memory, and insatiable curiosity left lasting…
Dr Asha Chadha In a landmark achievement that reinforces its reputation as one of India’s premier institutions of higher education, Osmania University has become the first university in the country to simultaneously secure four prestigious International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certifications from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Government of India. As an alumna of…
The controversy surrounding the observance of “Samvidhan Hatya Diwas” once again raises an important question: Why should remembering one of the darkest chapters in Bharat’s democratic history be objectionable? As someone who grew up with sympathies for the Congress and even held positions in the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) during my youth, I…
