Special Correspondent Should a person named as an accused in a corruption case be allowed to vote in Hyderabad Cricket Association elections? Should he be permitted to contest those elections — and even win? And, having won, should he be allowed to occupy a position of authority in an institution whose own constitution contains a…
U Lakshman Rao In today’s digital life, “Good Morning” has become more than a greeting for many people. Every day, WhatsApp fills with verses, quotations, downloaded pictures, motivational messages, jokes, religious thoughts, philosophical views and assorted material from different platforms. The sender often believes that forwarding such content is a thoughtful and meaningful gesture. The…
Pakistan continues to crib, sulk and complain. Governments and generals may change, slogans may change, but one habit remains constant: blaming Bharat for Pakistan’s own failures and trying to convince the world that Pakistan remains a power to be reckoned with. The reality is far less flattering. Pakistan is economically fragile, politically unstable and increasingly…
It was in the year 1988, in May, at the peak of summer in Hyderabad, that a visit to Sikkim, Darjeeling and Kalimpong via Siliguri and Bagdogra, after a flight to Calcutta, remains nostalgic even today. Glimpses of that journey remain captured in the mind as though etched there eternally. The Himalayan ranges are a…
From Father God to Hindu Patriarchy Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale became a feminist icon in the West because its nightmare was instantly recognisable: Christian patriarchy carried to its dystopian conclusion. Male religious authority controls women, scripture provides the sanction, and the female body becomes territory over which Church and State exercise power. Western feminism…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula Among the luminous revelations of the Rigveda, the hymns composed by the sage Vishwamitra in the sacred Gayatri chandas stand as radiant expressions of humanity’s earliest spiritual intuition and disciplined scientific contemplation. In these hymns, Agni is not merely the physical flame kindled upon the altar, but the conscious divine principle that unites…
The venerable sage Nārāyaṇa, absorbed in profound devotion, worshipped Lord Shiva with unwavering concentration and offered exalted hymns of praise. Acknowledging Shiva as the Absolute Reality, the eternal foundation of all existence, he declared that whoever truly realizes this supreme truth attains the highest merit and ultimately reaches liberation. With a heart overflowing with devotion,…
Sri Matsya Venkateswara Swamy Temple is located on a hill at Devarampadu village in Rajupalem Mandal, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh. The temple is popularly known as Nethi Venkanna and is also associated with the name Palnati Tirumala. This unique shrine is especially known for the worship of Lord Venkateswara in connection with the Matsya, or…
PALFINGER has already done the easy part in India: it has sold the equipment. The harder part begins when an Austrian lifting-equipment specialist starts putting serious money, engineering capability and manufacturing muscle behind the Indian operation and then asks the Indian market to decide whether the proposition is worth paying for. That makes bauma CONEXPO…
Dhaka: Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi on Tuesday met Bangladesh’s Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Abdul Moyeen Khan and discussed ways to deepen people-to-people ties and strengthen local government structures. During the meeting, Minister of State Mir Shahe Alam was also present. “The discussions focused on deepening the people-to-people ties between India…
