For decades, India avoided an uncomfortable conversation. Every time concerns were raised over unchecked illegal immigration and demographic shifts in sensitive regions, the issue was either dismissed as “communal politics” or buried under the rhetoric of vote-bank secularism. The latest decision by the Union government to constitute a high-level committee to study demographic changes across…
K.S. Gopal’s Passing and the Slow Political Obituary of an Ideology MS Shanker The passing away of K.S. Gopal is not merely the death of an individual. It marks, in many ways, the fading echo of an entire ideological generation that once dominated India’s intellectual, academic, cultural, and policy landscape with unquestioned authority. Dr Gopal…
Special Correspondent Yet another missile has been launched at the ever-entertaining universe of the Hyderabad Cricket Association, this time by former Secretary Sheshnarayan — a gentleman who, judging by his tone, appears torn between outrage, exhaustion, and the strange burden of being “too vocal to be trusted” and “too silent to be innocent.” And honestly,…
Special Correspondent In a dramatic escalation of its prolonged battle against alleged irregularities in the functioning of the Hyderabad Cricket Association, the Telangana Cricket Association on Wednesday formally dashed off an official e-mail to the Board of Control for Cricket in India demanding immediate suspension and takeover of HCA administration. The strongly worded representation, sent…
Special Correspondent ……in continuation….Here is Part I: https://orangenews9.com/crickets-rotten-empire-who-is-lying-hca-or-tca-part-i/ TG20 or ₹100-Crore Cricket Marketplace? At the heart of the battle lies the proposed TG20 league. On paper, franchise leagues are modern cricket’s economic reality. Every state association wants its own T20 tournament. There is nothing inherently wrong in commercialising domestic cricket. But commercialisation without transparency becomes…
Special Correspondent There comes a point when silence itself becomes evidence. For decades, the Hyderabad Cricket Association has hidden behind one towering credential — that it is among the oldest cricket bodies in India, a founding-era institution that predates Independence and helped shape Indian cricket itself. That legacy once commanded respect. Today, critics allege it…
Special Correspondent The delay by the Telangana government in constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the deep-rooted financial and administrative irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), despite a clear directive from the Telangana High Court nearly two weeks ago, is now raising uncomfortable and unavoidable questions. Why has the SIT not yet…
Objective Accomplished, Vigil Must Continue — Editor For more than a year, Orangenews9 stood virtually alone in asking uncomfortable questions about the steady decline of the once-glorious Hyderabad Cricket Association. At a time when many preferred silence, compromise, or convenient neutrality, this platform chose the more difficult path — relentless scrutiny backed by documents, facts,…
Special Correspondent For months now, this publication’s relentless exposés on the murky functioning of the Hyderabad Cricket Association have consistently flagged deep-rooted concerns—ranging from opaque administration to alleged manipulation of opportunities. Those concerns have now found a powerful, if unusual, reinforcement in a series of anonymous whistleblower emails sent under the name “Robo Run” to…
Special Correspondent Hyderabad is once again at war with itself. On one side stands the familiar promise of “development”—flyovers, elevated corridors, and ever-expanding metro infrastructure. On the other stands one of the city’s last surviving ecological lifelines: the Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park (KBR Park). This is no longer a quiet policy debate buried in…
