Special Reports
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U Lakshman Rao “We realize the value of something only when it is no longer available.” Few truths describe our relationship with water more accurately. When water flows freely from a tap, its presence becomes almost invisible to us. We turn the handle, and water appears; we drink it, cook with it, wash with it,…
India has become so accustomed to the convenience of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) that many of us have forgotten what life was like before instant digital payments became part of everyday life. Yet, whenever there is a discussion about charges associated with digital transactions, some of the criticism seems disproportionate. The larger question is simple:…
Vinay Rao It is an Under-19 match on a Hyderabad ground. A lean eighteen-year-old runs in and bowls his best ball. The batsman facing him is a grown man: broad-shouldered, heavy-forearmed, with a full beard. He is twenty-three. He swats the ball over midwicket without effort. Then he does it again. By the end of…
History has a curious way of leaving clues in places historians sometimes overlook. One such clue may be standing quietly in our fields: the Indian humped cattle, or zebu. For more than a century, the idea that a nomadic race of “Aryans” invaded India around 1500 BCE, destroyed the Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), and introduced…
Special Correspondent On 24 April 2026, the Telangana High Court reconfirmed Justice (Retd.) P. Naveen Rao as the Single Member Committee overseeing the Hyderabad Cricket Association, and did more than renew a tenure — it sharpened one. The Court defined an eight-point scope of authority, directed the Apex Council to work in coordination with the…
Hyderabad is not just another cricketing centre. It is a founding member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and has contributed to Indian cricket in almost every department — administration, umpiring, playing and coaching. Yet, when one looks back at the history of Indian cricket, there is an unmistakable feeling that Hyderabad’s…
U Lakshman Rao The transformation from money orders, demand drafts and counter-based banking to instant digital payments is not merely a technological story. It is a story about the economic value of time, the dignity of ordinary citizens, the efficiency of markets and the gradual movement of financial power from institutions toward individuals. The significance…
India’s recent patenting of BAM-H24, a boron-rich energetic compound developed by scientists associated with ACRHEM, now DIA-CoE, at the University of Hyderabad under DRDO, has understandably attracted attention. But the significance of the development lies not in the broad claim that India has “cracked boron rocket fuel”, but in something more specific: an Indian team…
An Aggrieved Parent The announcement of Hyderabad’s Ranji Trophy squad, with Mohammed Siraj taking over the captaincy, has inevitably brought one notable omission into focus — Shaunak Kulkarni. Shaunak is not a name that has suddenly appeared on the Hyderabad cricket radar. He has progressed through the local cricket structure, performed consistently in the leagues…
