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Hyderabad Heart

The owners of Karachi Bakery are as Hyderabadi — and Indian — as anyone else

The Indian right-wing, or anyone uncomfortable with the name Karachi Bakery, needs to understand that they are targeting a Hindu family that has already suffered the trauma of Partition.

Hyderabad is neglecting its Art Deco buildings. Jeera colony to Bachelors’ Quarters

Unlike Mumbai, where Art Deco buildings like those on Marine Drive are protected, Hyderabad lacks such safeguards for its structures.

What makes someone a Hyderabadi—Irani chai, biryani, Nizam nostalgia, or Dakhni?

A topic that many Hyderabadis have stopped talking about due to generational trauma is Operation Polo—the military action through which Hyderabad was annexed to India in 1948.

Revanth Reddy is battling a series of PR disasters in Telangana. Gachibowli to HYDRAA

When the BRS came to power, it launched social welfare schemes and brought hope to the people of Telangana. It did not go about harping on how bad the past governments were.

Revanth Reddy was all about lake protection last year. This year, he’s destroying them

Students of the University of Hyderabad see this beautiful lung space as central to their campus, whether or not it legally belongs to the university.

Hyderabad journalist arrests expose Congress ‘democracy’. It’s really no different from BRS

My only question now is this: Will we ever punish overzealous cops who tow political lines?

Haleem hopping in Hyderabad—why Ramzan is worth every sleepless night in this Telangana city

From sizzling Pathar ka Gosht to late-night Sehri, Hyderabad’s Ramzan food scene turns the city into a vibrant, sleepless haven for food lovers.

Stop Urdu snobbery. Dakhni is 200 years older

Whenever I write about Dakhni on social media, there is a barrage of purists asserting that it is just a dialect. Last I checked, people who speak a language are the ones who get a say.

Losing 175-yr-old Munshi Naan, 400-yr-old Darul Shifa to Metro. My Hyderabadi heart aches

All the Western structures in Hyderabad are going to be affected by the metro rail expanding into the Old City. The state government has already marked the main road for expansion.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

India and France to jointly develop and manufacture 120 kN engine for homegrown AMCA

The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?