Special Reports
Smita Jangid In an age shaped by rapid technological growth, digital connectivity, and increasingly fast-paced lifestyles, many young urban dwellers are turning toward AstroVeda for guidance and clarity. As modern life becomes more demanding and emotionally complex, this ancient system of astrological understanding is finding renewed relevance among people who want direction, reassurance, and practical…
Special Correspondent The Telangana High Court’s latest intervention involving five members of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) Apex Council, including Acting President Sardar Daljit Singh and Joint Secretary Basavaraju, over alleged non-compliance with court directions is more than another legal episode in an organisation that seems to have developed an extraordinary appetite for litigation. It…
What if one of the oldest images of human relationships found in India quietly challenges one of our most familiar assumptions about women in the past? At Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh, among hundreds of prehistoric rock paintings preserved across natural shelters, there is an intriguing depiction of a man and a woman in which the…
Who really rewired the 50-over game Vinay Rao In 1977, a media mogul who had never played first-class cricket sat down with a stopwatch and a problem. Kerry Packer wanted the broadcast rights to Australian cricket, the board wouldn’t sell, and so he decided to simply build a rival version of the sport instead. He…
N Nagarajan Health insurance is meant to provide financial protection during medical emergencies. Unfortunately, for many policyholders, the real struggle begins only after the patient survives. The following is a first-hand account of how a genuine emergency claim was rejected on a technical ground. Someone known to us in his early sixties, working with a…
Indian politics thrives on narratives. Every election throws up fresh slogans, accusations and counter-accusations. But beyond the din of political rhetoric lies a far more consequential question that deserves a serious national debate: Who created the ecosystem that enabled some of India’s biggest financial offenders to secure enormous loans from public sector banks, despite warning…
Shekhar Maramraju Infrastructure is not built overnight. It is the product of vision, policy, execution and sustained political commitment. While roads, railways, ports and power projects invariably take years to complete, there are certain periods in a nation’s history when the pace of development accelerates dramatically. India’s infrastructure story since 2014 is one such chapter….
“The Earth is my mother and the Rain-bearing Sky is my father” is not merely a poetic expression but the very heartbeat of Vedic civilization. The ancient seers perceived human existence as an inseparable part of the cosmic family. The Earth nourishes every living being with patience, while the life-giving rains sustain every seed, river,…
As India’s aviation market expands, the real race is shifting beyond passenger numbers to the businesses, investments and economic ecosystems taking shape around its airports. India’s airport story has long been told through passenger numbers, which remain the clearest indicator of how quickly Indians are taking to air travel and have been reinforced by the…
Special Correspondent In what is being viewed as a significant step towards decentralising cricket development across Telangana, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has constituted a District Cricket Infrastructure Development Committee (DCIDC) with former HCA Secretary T. Sheshnarayan as its Chairman. The development assumes significance in the backdrop of proceedings initiated by the Telangana Cricket Association…
