Special Reports
Can you guess what a 2,008x multiplier represents? It is not a cryptocurrency return. It is not the kind of eye-popping multiple promised by a high-risk venture fund. It is something far more consequential: the expansion of BharatNet’s optical-fibre footprint across rural India over the past decade. And unlike a financial multiplier, this one can…
KS Nagarajan There are stories of patriotism that are told on battlefields. There are others that are lived quietly, over decades, in the face of institutional indifference. The story of a 1971 war veteran, hands-on electrical and mechanical engineer and whistle-blower belongs to the latter category. After serving the nation in uniform and later working…
Ramu Chelimella Have you ever wondered why some highly capable people work incredibly hard, yet seem to achieve far less than their true potential? Perhaps the problem is not always the effort we put in… Perhaps it is the energy we unknowingly allow to escape. Imagine a beautiful pot being filled with water. We keep…
As someone associated with academics, I find it both surprising and disturbing that political parties opposed to the Narendra Modi government can make sweeping claims about the state of school education without acknowledging the hard data. The allegation that the Modi government has presided over the “closure” of schools, often repeated by sections of the…
A Concerned Parent of a Women Cricketer For nearly two decades, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has been through controversies, internal disputes, court interventions and repeated attempts at administrative correction. Yet, for those watching the game from the stands rather than the corridors of power, one uncomfortable question remains: when will the promised reform actually…
The Income Tax Department has finally begun pulling at a thread that could lead to a much larger financial story: how apparently insignificant entities are being used to move disproportionately large sums of money out of Bharat. In a nationwide field-verification exercise, the department has put approximately 394 entities under scrutiny, including 117 located in…
Nine years, five committees, endless allegations — and accountability still missing Special Correspondent There comes a point when “governance failure” becomes too polite a description. Hyderabad Cricket Association has crossed that point a long time ago. What is unfolding at the HCA is no longer merely an unpleasant internal dispute between rival factions, competing office-bearers…
The claim that “Dalits were denied education and only Brahmins had access to schools” is repeated so frequently that it has acquired the appearance of historical fact. But history is rarely so simple. The educational landscape of pre-colonial and early colonial India was considerably more diverse, and surviving records provide important evidence that challenges sweeping…
It is the story of the Cat (Lomaśa) and the Mouse (Palita)…a masterclass on the anatomy of manufactured narrative, bad-faith warfare, and algorithmic weaponization of untruth. It reveals how a lie is not meant to convince you of a fact; it is engineered to fill the void of immediate attention before truth can mobilize. In…
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…
