Special Reports
Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s November 3 US Senate election is undoubtedly historic. By defeating Republican Mike Rogers, the 42-year-old Democrat has become the first Muslim elected to the US Senate, giving the progressive wing of the Democratic Party a significant political victory. But with the electoral celebrations behind him, the spotlight is now shifting…
U Lakshamana Rao. तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय । असतो मा सद्गमय । मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय ॥ ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥ Lead me from darkness to light, from ignorance to wisdom, from falsehood to truth, and from mortality towards immortality. Deepavali, the magnificent festival of lights, is one of the most profound expressions of India’s ancient…
Glorious Times of Andhra Patrika – Reminiscences: 3 P.A. Rama Rao Joining the Hyderabad branch office of Andhra Patrika as a Teleprinter Operator, following an unexpected job offer, changed the course of my life. Until then, my ambition was to secure a government job. But my association with Andhra Patrika transformed that goal and inspired…
Special Correspondent Time is running out for the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) Apex Council. Its continuation in office is now only an interim arrangement, pending formal elections. But that extension comes with considerable responsibility: addressing pending financial irregularities, examining allegations of affiliated clubs fielding teams under benami names, identifying genuine affiliated clubs and finalising the…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has thrown down an open challenge to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi: if he has the courage of his convictions, let him come forward for a public debate on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Shah has made it clear that the BJP is prepared to discuss the issue…
Special Correspondent For the first time in recent years, there appears to be a glimmer of hope among Hyderabad cricket stakeholders that the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) might finally be heading towards meaningful course correction. The Single Member Committee (SMC), headed by Justice P. Naveen Rao, seems to have taken a timely and potentially significant…
106 Signatures, 32 Barred Clubs and a Desperate Last-Minute Manoeuvre Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), once among the most respected members of the BCCI, cannot continue to be held hostage by a handful of self-appointed power brokers, club secretaries and vested interests who appear to have mistaken the association for their personal fiefdom….
The real malice behind a decade of administrative decay Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) does not suffer from a shortage of cricketing talent, capable administrators or judicial intervention. What it has suffered from, for well over a decade, is something far more damaging: an entrenched class of self-serving office-bearers and club power-brokers who…
Another match, another humiliating performance. Yet, the selectors remain untouched. Is the SMC waiting for Hyderabad cricket to hit rock bottom before acting? Special Correspondent Another dismal performance by Hyderabad’s Senior Women’s team. Another season of unfulfilled promises. And, predictably, not a word of accountability from those responsible for assembling the side. How long will…
My cricketing career may not have been a long one, but it gave me the rare privilege of meeting, watching and playing alongside some of the finest cricketers India has produced. Looking back, I owe a big thank you to M.L. Jaisimha and, above all, the Almighty for giving me those unforgettable experiences. Cricket is…
