Special Reports
U Lakshmana Rao. या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥ Yā Devī Sarvabhūteṣu Śaktirūpeṇa Saṃsthitā, Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namaḥ. Salutations again and again to the Divine Goddess who abides in all beings in the form of universal energy. Among the most precious jewels of Bharata Varsha’s spiritual and cultural heritage, Navaratri…
Ramu Chelimella According to the Vedic tradition, Pooja is not merely lighting a lamp, offering flowers or chanting mantras. It is a sacred journey from the external to the internal, from ritual to self-realisation, and from seeking the Divine outside to awakening the divinity within. Every Ritual Has a Deeper Purpose Lighting a lamp —…
Vinay Rao India and West Indies played at Uppal on 14 October with the United Nations Environment Programme in Hyderabad’s corner. The Hyderabad Cricket Association also came away with a United Nations certificate for how it ran the stadium. Cricket at Uppal usually makes news for what happens in the middle. The India vs West…
Shrikant Rao The global heavy mining truck industry has officially fractured here in the iron-red murrum—the punishingly abrasive, gravelly laterite soil peculiar to Mysore—where the sudden arrival of BEML Limited’s new BH60-EV battery-electric mining dump truck has forced long-standing market leaders to completely rethink their fleet projections. This transition is governed not by green optics,…
MS Shanker In 1955, British naval historian and author C. Northcote Parkinson published an observation in The Economist that began as satire but evolved into one of the most enduring criticisms of bureaucracy: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” Seven decades later, the principle remains remarkably relevant. Its real…
MS Shanker When a few hundred protesters become a national movement, has journalism mistaken a street for a country? A WhatsApp post making the rounds raises an uncomfortable question about Indian journalism: Has a small stretch of road in New Delhi acquired the extraordinary power to speak for 1.4 billion Indians? Or has a section…
Special Correspondent Time’s Up. Set HCA Free The Apex Council’s term cannot be extended by convenience. Justice P. Naveen Rao’s real legacy must be to professionalise HCA, expose wrongdoing, remove entrenched power brokers and end the association’s permanent dependence on court-appointed supervision. Can Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) ever sing “Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar” and mean…
BG Srinivas India has one of the world’s largest foreign-exchange reserves—about US$734.6 billion as of early October 2026. Yet it cannot reliably manufacture several critical inputs on which its economy depends, from rare-earth magnets to active pharmaceutical ingredients. When China restricted magnet export licences in 2025, Indian electric-vehicle manufacturers faced supply-chain disruptions. A country with…
Drought-Proofing Bharat by 2047 The Four Waters Concept offers a cost-effective pathway to strengthen water security, protect agriculture and reduce the recurring economic and human costs of drought. El Niño is not a one-off climate event. Observed for centuries, it will continue to influence weather patterns and pose recurring challenges to agriculture and water security….
Cricket has evolved dramatically over the years. The arrival of T20 cricket has changed batting philosophies, coaching methods and the way players prepare for matches. Aggression is celebrated, innovative strokes are encouraged, and batters are increasingly expected to score at a rapid pace. Yet, amid all these changes, one fundamental question deserves serious consideration: should…
