Special Reports
Special Correspondent At a time when the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) is expending enormous energy, resources and publicity machinery to market TG20 as a revolutionary milestone for Telangana cricket, an uncomfortable and disturbing question refuses to go away. Why has women’s cricket once again been pushed into oblivion? Why is there a deafening silence when…
For days now, television studios and social media platforms have been consumed by an unnecessary and often absurd debate over who deserves the distinction of being Bharat’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister. Instead of being a factual discussion, it has predictably descended into a political slugfest between supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and those seeking…
Vinay Rao The previous piece on HCA’s Development Fund circular drew responses from Sunder bhai, Vikram bhai, and Ajmal bhai — familiar names to anyone who has followed HCA’s internal politics over the years. Their objections deserve direct answers. But first, a word on something else. This e-paper will not entertain any demand seeking to…
M Radha Madhavi History is often written not merely by the victors, but also by those who control the narrative. Over time, certain societies are endlessly condemned for their past sins, while equally disturbing practices elsewhere are quietly forgotten, ignored or buried under layers of selective scholarship. Few examples illustrate this double standard better than…
Vinay Rao Finally, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) appears to have cracked the whip, albeit informally. A circular rarely makes news, but this one certainly does. The informal communication sent by HCA Secretary Jeevan Reddy raises an intriguing question: What if certain clubs deliberately choose to forgo the Development Fund? Not because they do not…
One of the most magnificent bonds in the world is the relationship between women and nature. Perhaps that is why we lovingly call her Mother Nature. The Telugu poet Bammera Pothana beautifully captured this sentiment in the phrase, “Ammalakanna Amma Peddamma” — the mother who is greater than all mothers. Across civilizations and centuries, women…
Alekya Pratap In an era where nations are competing for technological supremacy, Bharat has quietly built something far more enduring — a digital ecosystem that touches the lives of ordinary citizens every single day. From a street vendor accepting a QR-code payment in a remote village to a farmer receiving subsidies directly into his bank…
As the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) enters a new era under its recently elected leadership, I wish to place before the Governing Council a long-pending and genuine plea on behalf of several former Hyderabad cricketers who represented the state with distinction but today find themselves excluded from any form of financial support. The Board of…
Vinay Rao Hyderabad cricket is moving. After years of dysfunction and court battles, there is finally an administration trying to do things differently. That effort is real and deserves acknowledgement. But ambition without accountability creates its own problems. And the questions piling up around HCA right now — unanswered, unacknowledged, carefully avoided — suggest that…
By M. Jaishree Bharat’s much-celebrated demographic dividend may not last as long as policymakers and investors assume. A recent report by investment research firm Invictus Financial warns that the country is approaching a demographic turning point that could fundamentally alter its growth trajectory, fiscal stability and investment landscape over the next three decades. The warning…
