Special Reports
Formal Complaint to Justice Rao: Immediate Review of U-23 Women’s Selection By Yet Another Aggrieved Girl’s Parent I write this not as a statistic, not as a disgruntled voice in the crowd, but as a mother watching her daughter’s dreams being quietly dismantled. I write with anguish, not anger. And I write with hope —…
The 85th meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG), held on October 18, 2024, at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali, has raised more questions than it answered. What should have been a routine administrative exercise now appears symptomatic of a deeper malaise—indifference, reactive governance, procedural ambiguity, and potential conflicts of interest….
When global tech giants place billion-dollar bets, they don’t merely choose geography — they choose governance, vision and velocity. So, when Google Cloud announced its largest AI and data centre hub outside the United States — a multi-gigawatt, $15 billion investment — and chose Visakhapatnam over Hyderabad, the question naturally arose: what went wrong in…
By Vinay Rao The whispers inside Hyderabad cricket circles are no longer whispers. They are turning into uncomfortable questions. Across club offices, dressing rooms, and practice grounds, a growing sentiment is hardening — that the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) administration seems more invested in power equations and patronage than in performance and grassroots growth. This…
By A Parent I write this not as a critic with an agenda, not as a rival parent nursing personal disappointment, but as someone who has invested years — emotionally, financially, and morally — in Hyderabad cricket. What we are witnessing today is not an isolated controversy. It is a deepening crisis of credibility that…
Special Correspondent The administrative turbulence within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has taken yet another complicated turn, raising serious questions about governance standards, procedural propriety, and institutional credibility. What began as high-profile arrests over alleged financial irregularities has now evolved into a wider debate over due process, political influence, and internal power struggles. Arrests Without…
By Vinay Rao Hyderabad cricket is no stranger to turbulence. But what it faces today is not routine turbulence. It is an institutional credibility test. The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), already battered by allegations of corruption, nepotism, administrative paralysis and internal factionalism, now stands at a defining crossroads. And the central question before it is…
The political awakening of Indian women is one of the most significant transformations of the past decade. From beneficiaries of welfare to stakeholders in governance, women today are not merely voters—they are decision-makers. The question before them is simple: which political leadership has translated promises into measurable change? Supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, like…
Last evening at the R. Premadasa Stadium, cricket once again reminded us why the game is played with bat and ball — not with press statements, political posturing or television theatrics. India didn’t respond to provocation. It responded to length balls and loose deliveries. And that is precisely why Pakistan, or anyone else for that…
By Vinay Rao The Hyderabad cricket ecosystem today resembles a long-running soap opera — selection controversies, corruption whispers, byelaw acrobatics, election drama and administrative flip-flops unfolding episode after episode. The latest instalment, surrounding the B-Division League semifinals under the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), reads less like sport and more like a screenplay — with the…
