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Hyderabad’s Last Green Line Under Siege

Special Correspondent Hyderabad is once again at war with itself. On one side stands the familiar promise of “development”—flyovers, elevated corridors, and ever-expanding metro infrastructure. On the other stands one of the city’s last surviving ecological lifelines: the Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park (KBR Park). This is no longer a quiet policy debate buried in…

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The Forgotten Architect of Intelligent Systems

Long before Google became synonymous with search and artificial intelligence, an Indian-origin scientist working quietly in the United States had already begun reimagining how machines could think. Subhash Kak is not a household name in today’s AI-dominated discourse—but perhaps he should be. Because decades before Silicon Valley discovered “intelligence” in code, Kak was already asking…

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Exit Polls and the Illusion of Knowing the Voter

Every election season brings with it a familiar spectacle: flashing graphics, confident projections, and the near-theatrical unveiling of exit polls that claim to decode the “mood of the nation.” Yet, beneath this data-driven bravado lies a deeper philosophical question—can voter behaviour ever be measured with precision, or are exit polls merely a sophisticated guess wrapped…

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Friends With Benefits: The HCA Script

Vinay Rao There is a peculiar species that thrives in cricket administration — not outraged by wrongdoing, but deeply offended when wrongdoing happens without including them. Their moral compass doesn’t point north; it points toward access. Access to passes, positions, proximity — and, most importantly, perks. For years, life inside the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA)…

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Adapt or Perish: The New Grammar of Cricket

Cricket, like all living organisms, evolves. And in today’s game—particularly in the high-octane environment of leagues like the Indian Premier League—the change is not gradual, it is ruthless. What was once considered classical is now outdated. What worked yesterday can expose you today. The idea of “360-degree cricket” is no longer revolutionary; in fact, it…

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