Special Reports
Our Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has once again slipped into media headlines—not for a giant-killing Ranji triumph, not for unearthing the next VVS Laxman, but for something depressingly routine: allegations of corruption. This time, the storm has been kicked up by a familiar constituency—parents of youngsters who couldn’t cut, wondering aloud how…
In the golden age of tennis during the 1920s and 1930s, one woman stood above all others with an air of cool determination that earned her the nickname “Little Miss Poker Face.” Helen Wills Moody wasn’t just a tennis champion—she was a phenomenon who redefined what it meant to be a dominant athlete in women’s…
MS Shanker Family trips are supposed to create memories. Ours became a saga. Eight of us — my family and my sister’s — landed in Sri Lanka last Sunday, eager to walk the Ramayana trail, to stand where Sita once stayed captive, to trek the mythical caves of Ravana, and to soak in the turquoise…
U Lakshman Rao Samuel P. Huntington’s 1993 thesis, The Clash of Civilizations, was once dismissed as alarmist, reductive, even Islamophobic. Three decades later, a spate of global events has resurrected his core argument in a new avatar—what some commentators now call “Clash of Civilizations 2.0.” This updated version isn’t about ideological blocs or Cold War…
By Ramu Chilimella Invictus FinServ LLP has underscored the importance of disciplined, long-term investing through a striking comparison of two oil-rich nations—Venezuela and Norway—whose divergent economic trajectories offer powerful lessons for individuals, families and entrepreneurs seeking lasting financial security. According to Invictus, true wealth is not measured by how quickly it is accumulated but by…
Over the past few years, India has quietly but steadily transformed its literacy landscape. Spearheaded by our most dynamic Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government’s ambitious policy push—rooted in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the NIPUN Bharat Mission, and ULLAS (the New India Literacy Programme)—this drive is now delivering visible, measurable results across…
Every subject has its own importance in day-to-day life. Yet, subjects like Geography are often not given their due prominence. The consequences of such neglect can be serious—both for individuals and for nations. In ancient times, people acquired geographical knowledge through experience, largely by trial and error. But in the modern world, amid growing socio-economic…
K S Nagarajan For decades, the world has been distracted by the glitz, wealth, and fabricated superiority of global power networks. Much like the caricatured sheikhs in old films — reveling in extravagance while exploiting others — today’s self-proclaimed guardians of international order behave no differently. Behind the polished language of “global security” and “peacekeeping”…
(………Continued) How “Mob-Lynching” Worked Against Dr. Neeraj Kumar Dr. Neeraj Kumar was appointed as an Assistant Professor on ad-hoc basis on 14.07.2003 at NIPER Mohali. His services were later regularized for five years on contract, effective 29.07.2003, via order dated 22.07.2004. He successfully completed this term on 28.07.2008 and became entitled to consideration for a…
Remembering Hanumant Singh In the annals of Indian cricket, few figures embodied aristocratic grace and sporting excellence quite like Hanumant Singh. A prince by birth and a batsman by calling, he brought to the cricket field the same elegance and dignity that defined his royal lineage. Though his international career spanned just 14 Test matches,…
