Who Moved My ‘Mr Cool’?

So, MS Dhoni wants to trademark “Mr Cool”. Yes, you read that right. Our man from Ranchi has moved the papers in Kolkata to officially own the tag that millions of cricket fans unofficially stamped on him long ago. As someone who’s shared dressing rooms with hotheads and heartbreakers, I’ll say this upfront—Dhoni has every…

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HCA’s AGM: A Brazen Return of the Discredited and Disqualified

MS Shanker If anyone believed that public outrage, investigative exposés, or even central agency scrutiny would clean up the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), last Sunday’s Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) proved otherwise. What unfolded on June 29 was nothing short of a farcical power-sharing exercise, where tainted officials, past manipulators, and compromised figures re-emerged in…

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Secularism by Spirit, Not Symbol: Why the Preamble Needs a Cleanup

Preamble Hijacked: Undoing the Politics of the 42nd Amendment The words “Secular” and “Socialist” were not part of the original Constitution adopted on 26 January 1950. These were inserted later through the 42nd Constitutional Amendment during the Emergency in 1976—an authoritarian period under Indira Gandhi’s rule. Today, there is a growing chorus among jurists, constitutional…

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Who Ruined Hyderabad Cricket – Part XIII

Inside the Supervisory Committee Chaos: When Petty Power Games Derailed Reform MS Shanker The tragicomedy unfolding within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) continues to offer a lesson—not in cricket administration—but in how not to run a public institution. At the heart of this slow-motion disaster lies a web of WhatsApp messages, passive-aggressive emails, backroom groupism,…

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K-6 Missile: India’s Game-Changer in the Indo-Pacific by 2030

After the successful deployment of BrahMos missiles during the recent four-day conflict with Pakistan—where nine enemy air bases and an equal number of terror launchpads were decimated, including the headquarters of two of the world’s most dreaded terrorist organisations, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba—India is now poised to field an even more formidable weapon: the K-6 hypersonic…

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Mindful Memoirs: Roy Emerson – The Enduring Legacy of a Tennis Legend

Roy Emerson remains one of the most accomplished and revered figures in tennis history. Born on November 3, 1936, in Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia, Emerson’s journey from the quiet rhythms of farm life to the global tennis arena is a story of relentless dedication, athletic excellence, and unwavering sportsmanship. Raised on a dairy farm, Emerson developed…

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