Special Reports
M Jayshree या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥ या देवी सर्वभूतेषु मातृरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥ Salutations again and again to the Divine Mother who abides in all beings in the form of universal energy and motherhood. The timeless spiritual traditions of Bharata perceive the universe not as a…
Cricket in India has travelled a remarkable journey—from an era when representing one’s state or country was a matter of passion and pride, with little financial reward, to a modern sporting industry in which talented players can earn crores in a single season. For today’s young cricketers, accustomed to the glamour of the Indian Premier…
The French astrologer Nostradamus acquired enduring fame for prophecies that generations have interpreted through the lens of subsequent events. But what happens when a geopolitical magazine’s annual forecast appears, in retrospect, to echo political turmoil unfolding months later? Is it coincidence, perceptive forecasting, or simply the human tendency to connect the dots after the event?…
Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) appears determined to prove that it has learnt absolutely nothing from its repeated administrative failures. Despite repeated warnings, public criticism and calls for corrective action, the same old culture of complacency, questionable decision-making and apparent indifference to accountability continues to haunt Hyderabad cricket. The latest casualty is the…
U Lakshmana Rao. या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥ Yā Devī Sarvabhūteṣu Śaktirūpeṇa Saṃsthitā, Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namaḥ. Salutations again and again to the Divine Goddess who abides in all beings in the form of universal energy. Among the most precious jewels of Bharata Varsha’s spiritual and cultural heritage, Navaratri…
Ramu Chelimella According to the Vedic tradition, Pooja is not merely lighting a lamp, offering flowers or chanting mantras. It is a sacred journey from the external to the internal, from ritual to self-realisation, and from seeking the Divine outside to awakening the divinity within. Every Ritual Has a Deeper Purpose Lighting a lamp —…
Vinay Rao India and West Indies played at Uppal on 14 October with the United Nations Environment Programme in Hyderabad’s corner. The Hyderabad Cricket Association also came away with a United Nations certificate for how it ran the stadium. Cricket at Uppal usually makes news for what happens in the middle. The India vs West…
Shrikant Rao The global heavy mining truck industry has officially fractured here in the iron-red murrum—the punishingly abrasive, gravelly laterite soil peculiar to Mysore—where the sudden arrival of BEML Limited’s new BH60-EV battery-electric mining dump truck has forced long-standing market leaders to completely rethink their fleet projections. This transition is governed not by green optics,…
MS Shanker In 1955, British naval historian and author C. Northcote Parkinson published an observation in The Economist that began as satire but evolved into one of the most enduring criticisms of bureaucracy: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” Seven decades later, the principle remains remarkably relevant. Its real…
MS Shanker When a few hundred protesters become a national movement, has journalism mistaken a street for a country? A WhatsApp post making the rounds raises an uncomfortable question about Indian journalism: Has a small stretch of road in New Delhi acquired the extraordinary power to speak for 1.4 billion Indians? Or has a section…
