Special Reports
A Former Cricketer One has to ask this question after hearing the claims made by a parent about the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s latest U-19 women’s selection exercise, as published in these columns. If the sequence of events described by the parent is accurate, Hyderabad cricket may have discovered not merely a former international cricketer and…
A Genuine Parent For those of us who have watched our daughters pursue cricket in Hyderabad and Telangana, the recent developments in women’s cricket at the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) offer something that has been missing for quite some time—hope. Is women’s cricket finally getting back on track? The answer, perhaps, is yes, but with…
Vinay Rao A complaint against the BCCI and others, a High Court appeal, and now a fresh Ombudsman order dated 9th September 2026 — the paper trail in Complaint No. 22 of 2026 has grown quickly over the past month. Laid out in sequence, it tells a fairly clear story about how the matter has…
Our Special Correspondent The controversy over the non-inclusion of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) in the draft electoral roll for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) AGM on September 18 has finally acquired some clarity—and the explanation is far more serious than the rumour mills would have us believe. The BCCI Electoral…
U Lakshman Rao The Sun is not merely a source of light; it is a gigantic, continuously evolving nuclear system whose radiation reaches Earth after passing through an extraordinarily complex chain of physical processes. Solar energy is produced primarily through nuclear fusion in the Sun’s core, where extreme temperature and pressure allow hydrogen nuclei to…
MS Sparsha There are technology stories that arrive with a bang, dominate headlines and disappear just as quickly. And then there are quiet revolutions that steadily transform millions of lives without demanding attention. SWAYAM belongs firmly to the second category. Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds—better known as SWAYAM—is arguably one of India’s…
Special Correspondent A potentially dangerous structure has been standing for years in the heart of Hyderabad’s First Phase of Journalists’ Colony at Banjara Hills, despite a written complaint drawing the authorities’ attention to its alleged dilapidated condition as far back as 2021. The disturbing question now is not merely why the structure continues to stand,…
The Duleep Trophy final may have produced a winner, but more importantly, it threw up a question that Indian cricket cannot afford to ignore: where is the next generation of Test batsmen and quality spinners coming from? For too long, the IPL has been treated as the principal shop window for Indian cricketing talent. There…
The word curriculum is derived from the Latin currere, meaning “to run” or “a race course”—a pathway that enables an individual to move towards a defined goal. The meaning is significant. Curriculum is not merely a collection of subjects, chapters and examinations. It is the educational pathway through which a society prepares its young people…
When we use the word “sine” in a mathematics classroom today, few of us pause to consider the extraordinary journey hidden behind that seemingly simple term. Its history stretches across three major intellectual worlds—India, the Islamic civilisation and medieval Europe—and illustrates how mathematical knowledge travelled across languages, cultures and centuries. The story begins in ancient…
