Special Reports
An Open Letter to the Telangana High Court-appointed HCA SMC With the term of the present elected Apex Council of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) ending yesterday, October 20, a well-wisher of Hyderabad cricket has chosen the Orangenews9 media platform to address an open letter to Justice P. Naveen Rao (Retd.), the Telangana High Court-appointed…
N Nagarajan Four decades in publishing taught me that books are not merely products, but bridges between minds. My association with the world of books began on 12 October 1976, when I joined the then Orient Longman at its head office in Delhi. I was a B. Com graduate from a college affiliated with the…
P.A. Rama Rao Having worked as a journalist in Delhi for a decade, from 1989 to 1999, I had the privilege of witnessing and reporting several significant events that shaped the political and national landscape. Yet, among the many memories I carry from those years, one stands out for its sheer rarity: a Member of…
Special Correspondent Old questions, old habits and a decade of deafening silence Two messages are doing the rounds among Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) members this week. One wonders where HCA is headed after the Apex Council’s term ends. The other objects to the appointment of a Ranji Trophy team manager who is not an HCA…
M Radha Madhavi या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥ \Yā Devī Sarvabhūteṣu Śaktirūpeṇa Saṃsthitā, Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namaḥ.\ The Divine Mother, who abides in all beings in the form of primordial energy, is worthy of our repeated salutations. This sacred invocation, celebrated in the Devī Māhātmya of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa,…
Every time Bharat’s economy demonstrates resilience, a familiar chorus of doomsday predictions seems to emerge. From former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to US President Donald Trump, pessimistic assessments of the Indian economy have periodically made headlines. The latest alarm is even more dramatic: India’s foreign exchange reserves are…
M Jayshree या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥ या देवी सर्वभूतेषु मातृरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥ Salutations again and again to the Divine Mother who abides in all beings in the form of universal energy and motherhood. The timeless spiritual traditions of Bharata perceive the universe not as a…
Cricket in India has travelled a remarkable journey—from an era when representing one’s state or country was a matter of passion and pride, with little financial reward, to a modern sporting industry in which talented players can earn crores in a single season. For today’s young cricketers, accustomed to the glamour of the Indian Premier…
The French astrologer Nostradamus acquired enduring fame for prophecies that generations have interpreted through the lens of subsequent events. But what happens when a geopolitical magazine’s annual forecast appears, in retrospect, to echo political turmoil unfolding months later? Is it coincidence, perceptive forecasting, or simply the human tendency to connect the dots after the event?…
Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) appears determined to prove that it has learnt absolutely nothing from its repeated administrative failures. Despite repeated warnings, public criticism and calls for corrective action, the same old culture of complacency, questionable decision-making and apparent indifference to accountability continues to haunt Hyderabad cricket. The latest casualty is the…
