In moments of global uncertainty, nations are tested not merely by the strength of their economy or military power, but by the maturity of their diplomacy and the clarity of their leadership. As the world grapples with a severe energy shock triggered by the escalating West Asian conflict and disruptions around the strategic Strait of…
Institutions are often remembered for their scale. A few are remembered for their soul. The Exhibition Society belongs firmly to the latter category — an institution that has combined spectacle with service, enterprise with empathy, and tradition with transformation. Established in 1938 by the graduates of the illustrious Osmania University, the Society began as a…
The health of a state’s governance is often reflected not in its speeches, but in its records — land records, property registrations, mutation files, and title deeds. In Telangana today, that vital administrative backbone — the Revenue Department — appears to be in visible distress. What should have been a model of streamlined governance risks…
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…
This is a strong opening—evocative and dignified. I’ve tightened the language, corrected minor errors, and improved flow and grammar while preserving your tone and emotional weight. On February 13, 1893, a young monk in saffron robes stood before an eager audience at Mahaboob College in Hyderabad. His words were not merely a speech; they were…
Parliament, often described as the “temple of democracy”, witnessed a spectacle this week that should deeply shame every believer in constitutional politics. For four consecutive days, the Congress-led Opposition chose disruption over discussion, theatrics over substance, and brinkmanship over parliamentary responsibility. What began as a rigid and unreasonable demand soon degenerated into chaos that dragged…
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 proposal to subsume historic Secunderabad into later-sprung, administratively amorphous regions such as Malkajgiri and Rachakonda is not a mere bureaucratic exercise—it is an assault on history, identity, and civic memory. Cities are not Lego blocks to be rearranged at the convenience of governments. They are living organisms shaped over decades by culture, discipline, geography,…
By P. L. Srinivas What is unfolding at Jawaharlal Nehru University today is not dissent. It is a defiance of constitutional order. And it deserves to be called out—not politically, but nationally. I write this not merely as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, but as a former student leader of the Congress’s National…
With Assembly elections approaching in Assam, West Bengal, and Puducherry, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s political trajectory for 2026 is no longer speculative—it is visible, deliberate and assertive. The Modi–Amit Shah combine continues to dictate the tempo of national politics, and increasingly, even their critics are forced to acknowledge this reality. It is telling that Prashant…
