Special Reports
Special Correspondent Hyderabad cricket has long been bruised by whispers of corruption. Now, it stands bloodied by a sworn complaint that reads less like a sporting grievance and more like a crime thriller. Kidnapping. Illegal confinement. Assault. Extortion. And at the heart of it all, an explosive allegation: Rs 24 lakh allegedly paid to secure…
Ramu Chelimella Mindset is the real clock. It ties directly into the experiment’s time-travel vibe. A group of elderly men walked into a house with canes—and a week later, they ran out. No medicine. No surgery. Just by flipping a small switch in their brains. How? The year was 1979. A brilliant Harvard psychologist, Dr….
For decades, India’s engagement with the Gulf rested on a narrow, transactional foundation—oil in, remittances out, and diplomacy confined to ceremonial courtesy. Strategic depth was limited, political trust was cautious, and security cooperation remained largely off the table. That conservative grammar of foreign policy, rooted in post-Independence non-alignment and ideological balancing, has been decisively rewritten…
The 81st meeting of the Board of Governors, held on June 20, 2023, was less a forum of governance and more a case study in administrative drift. With the re-entry of a former Registrar—suspended during my tenure—as Secretary to the Board, confusion once again became the institutional norm. The minutes themselves read like a chronicle…
By Vinay Rao Blaming parents has become the easiest reflex in India’s cricketing ecosystem—more so in this part of the country. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Hyderabad Cricket Association, an institution entangled in controversy, allegations of corruption, nepotism, and a web of legal battles. Matters are pending not only with state investigating…
Special Correspondent Hyderabad cricket is no longer being mismanaged. It is being methodically dismantled—selection by selection, season by season, dream by dream. Behind the ceremonial announcements of under-23 and under-19 squads lies a far uglier scorecard: one that tracks influence instead of innings, connections instead of centuries, and loyalty to power brokers instead of loyalty…
By Alekya Pratap As an ordinary karyakarta of the world’s largest political organization, the Bharatiya Janata Party, I wholeheartedly welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visionary announcement to groom nearly one lakh young karyakartas into future leaders. This is not a routine party initiative. It is a declaration of national intent — a conscious effort to…
Cricket, like politics, has a short memory and a sharp tongue. One lean series is enough to turn a “Hitman” into “No-Hit-Rohit,” and suddenly the whispers grow louder than the applause. Rohit Sharma’s modest returns in the recently concluded ODI series against New Zealand have reignited the oldest debate in Indian cricket: when does a…
Dr Sandhyaa Bombay For decades after Independence, India’s political class wrapped itself in the language of “secularism” while quietly deciding what parts of the country’s civilisational heritage were fit to be taught, practised, or even spoken about in public institutions. The result has been a curious paradox: a nation that celebrates its ancient roots in…
By Vinay Rao For years, the prevailing wisdom around Hyderabad cricket has been one of resignation. Nothing changes, many said. The system is too entrenched, the networks too deep, the corridors of power too insulated from scrutiny. Corruption, nepotism, and selective governance, critics argued, had become features rather than flaws. And yet, dissent has a…
