Special Reports
Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association today appears less like a united sporting body and more like a battlefield of bruised egos, frustrated power centres, and vested interests unwilling to let the game breathe in peace. The endless complaints, anonymous leaks, WhatsApp propaganda, selective outrage, and counter-allegations flooding your e-paper office raise one unavoidable question:…
KS Nagarajan From Ashta Vasus, Santhanu Maharaja, the fisherwoman Satyavati, Bhishma’s vow, Varahamihira, Aryabhata, Vyasacharya, Valmiki Maharishi, Dronacharya, and Sukracharya — Bharat’s civilizational history has always revolved around strategy, perception, discipline, focus, and knowledge systems. The questions that arise today are not merely historical, but deeply philosophical and political. Why did Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and…
Vinay Rao Not a eulogy. Not a complaint. A mirror — held up to the people who have the most to lose, and the most power to change things. Somewhere in this city, a club secretary is paying for his team’s kits from his own pocket. Not because the rules require it, but because no…
As a woman political activist and an ordinary citizen who still believes in the strength of India’s democratic institutions, I watched the proceedings in the widely discussed Twisha case with a mix of hope, anguish, and growing discomfort. Whether the case ultimately amounts to murder or suicide is for the courts to determine based on…
This e-paper is not claiming that everything is perfect under Justice P. Naveen Rao or HCA Secretary Jeevan Reddy. There are legitimate questions that deserve scrutiny — about selection, player welfare, governance, finances, and the structure of TG20 itself. Those debates are necessary, and this paper will continue to ask those questions fearlessly. But what…
Unsung Heroes: Seth Amar Chand Banthia MS Sparsha History remembers the warriors who charged into battle with swords raised high. It remembers queens who died on horseback, generals who led rebellions, and kings who lost empires. But hidden behind every revolution are quieter figures — men who never wore armor, never commanded armies, yet changed…
Dr Sandhya Rani At a time when political rhetoric in Tamil Nadu continues to target Sanatan Dharma with shallow slogans and sweeping accusations, a young Vedic scholar, Velukkudi Krishnan, has delivered what many seasoned intellectuals failed to articulate — a calm, precise, and devastatingly effective rebuttal. His response to Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi…
K.S. Gopal’s Passing and the Slow Political Obituary of an Ideology MS Shanker The passing away of K.S. Gopal is not merely the death of an individual. It marks, in many ways, the fading echo of an entire ideological generation that once dominated India’s intellectual, academic, cultural, and policy landscape with unquestioned authority. Dr Gopal…
Maheshwar Singh There is something strangely fascinating about the name Heinrich Klaasen. It sounds more German than South African. Yet when he walks out to bat, there is nothing confusing about his cricket. It is pure, uncluttered, old-school batting wrapped in modern-day power hitting. Klaasen continues to play exactly the way he did when he…
Special Correspondent Yet another missile has been launched at the ever-entertaining universe of the Hyderabad Cricket Association, this time by former Secretary Sheshnarayan — a gentleman who, judging by his tone, appears torn between outrage, exhaustion, and the strange burden of being “too vocal to be trusted” and “too silent to be innocent.” And honestly,…
