Special Reports
Dr. Sandhya Rani Bombay Akshaya Tritiya is a sacred day that symbolizes goodness and ethical living, inspiring us to cultivate virtues and take pride in our moral choices. Celebrated on the third day of the Chaitra month during the waxing moon, it serves as a guide for facing ethical challenges in our digital society. The…
Special Correspondent Another day, another anonymous cry for help from within the murky corridors of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. But, this one reads less like a complaint—and more like an indictment. A so-called “robo mail,” now circulating among club secretaries and media houses, may be dismissed for its anonymity. But strip away that label, and…
U Lakshman Rao The sacred observance of Parashurama Jayanti marks the divine birth and manifestation of Parashurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu. This auspicious occasion falls on Akshaya Tritiya, a day symbolizing eternal prosperity and spiritual merit. The remembrance of Parashurama on this day carries immense philosophical and cosmic significance, for his life is not…
Special Correspondent The recent move by the state Crime Investigation Department (CID), directing the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) not to extend the courtesy of issuing passes to 18 clubs—originally under the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation but allegedly taken over by private interests—has triggered more questions than it has answered. At first glance, the directive appears to…
Vinay Rao At a time when cricket administration demands vision, structure and accountability, the discourse within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has been reduced to something embarrassingly basic—match passes, car stickers and accreditation cards. What should have been a routine logistical exercise has spiralled into a full-blown administrative mess, exposing deeper structural flaws within the…
Vinay Rao Indian cricket did not evolve over the last two decades—it detonated into a high-performance ecosystem where only those who adapt survive. Since the Indian Premier League in 2007, the game has ceased to be a gentleman’s pastime and become a ruthless marketplace of talent, structure, and visibility. In this new order, systems don’t…
If there is one thing Indian politics excels at, it is manufacturing fear where none exists—and few are doing it today with as much theatrical flair as M. K. Stalin. The burning of a copy of the Delimitation Bill, the black flag protests, the orchestrated outrage—this is not statesmanship. It is political choreography, timed conveniently…
My political journey began with the Indian National Congress—a party that once stood as the launchpad for my entry into public life. I do not deny that phase, nor do I regret it. But experience has a way of stripping illusions. Over time, I realized that Congress had drifted far from being a vehicle of…
N Nagarajan India stands at a moral crossroads when it comes to the care of its senior citizens. In recent years, both the Centre and State governments have stepped in with legal safeguards to protect the elderly from neglect and abuse—an intervention that, in itself, reflects a worrying social decline. That such laws are even…
For decades, generations of Indians have been taught to view their land as a passive corridor of history—a mere recipient of waves of migration, invasions, and cultural impositions. The persistence of the Aryan Invasion Theory in textbooks reinforces this narrative, reducing India to a footnote in the grand story of human origins. But modern genetic…
