Special Reports
A Miraculous Escape from a Sri Lankan Nightmare There are journeys you plan, journeys you cherish, and journeys you simply survive. Our trip to Sri Lanka—meant to be a quiet Ramayana trail pilgrimage—slowly turned into the third kind. What began as a serene family excursion, tracing mythological footsteps across the emerald island, ended in a…
By Vinay Rao Hyderabad cricket wrapped up a week of mixed fortunes—encouraging progress on the field, familiar controversies off it. The men’s team delivered two convincing wins in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), stumbling only against a Prithvi Shaw blitz. The Women’s U23 side endured a setback against Andhra but remains in the qualification…
Let us get to the real thorn in the side of modern Test cricket — the tiresome excuse of “rest.” Every time a player is asked to turn up for a Ranji game, a workload chart magically appears, and suddenly, a five-day match becomes an unbearable burden. England’s cricketers play four gruelling months of county…
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…
