Life
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New Year’s Day 2025 – A Message

“I long to give myself a fair shot at my responsibilities, but they must wait for another year, another time” – now is that YEAR, and now is that TIME. Continue reading
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In memoriam: Dr Manmohan Singh and Shyam Benegal

It is with immense sadness that one notes the passing of two stalwarts of India – former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh (born 1932) and filmmaker Shyam Benegal (born 1934) – this past week. Continue reading
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The Wedding of a Marwari

There he sits on top of the mare, fully redeemed As if he were a veritable Rana Pratap himself… Continue reading
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Completing fourteen years as a professional cricketer

In the fifteen seasons that I have played so far as a professional, I can honestly attest that I have never shied away from giving my best and going above and beyond the call of duty. Continue reading
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Desert Island Discs

It is a simple concept in which music aficionados, bearing in mind that they have got lost either in a desert or an island, select ONLY eight tracks that they will keep with them throughout their time in exile. Continue reading
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Completing six years at Sportskeeda

On this day, six years ago, I joined Sportskeeda and entered into a journey of self-fulfilment. Continue reading
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Telangana Budget 2024: Freebies don’t cut it

Welfare schemes rarely succeed in making a people hospitable to crisis and feed, instead, upon their insecurities. Continue reading
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The Last Hyderabadi

Wasn’t it George Bernard Shaw who said that politics was the last resort of the scoundrel? The last Hyderabadi remembered having read something of the sort during his time at the Nizam College. Continue reading
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The Emancipation of Women

No freedom can be without its limitations, and the handbrakes that they offer often overshadow the boundless expanse of green seen over the hill just as the sun sets. Continue reading

Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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