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  The Business of Education in Telangana: Fee Exploitation, Government Neglect, and the Right to Education Transcript by T. Chiranjeevulu, Retired IAS Officer and Chairman, BC Intellectuals Program, Hyderabad Hello everyone, this is T. Chiranjeevulu, retired IAS officer and Chairman of the BC Intellectuals Program, Hyderabad. Today let's discuss the business that education has become in Telangana — the exploitation through fees, the negligence of the government, and the right to education. When the state of Telangana was being formed, people were told that a "Golden Telangana" would emerge, where education from KG to PG would be free for everyone. The rulers held out that promise. But after Telangana was formed, education became even more of a business. The Shift from Government to Private Schools According to UDISE data, in 2014–15 Telangana had: Total schools: 43,839 Government schools: 28,822 (about 65.74%) Private schools: 14,438 (about 32.93%) ...

Assessment Overview and Methodological Scope The weaver communities of Telangana are not merely artisans; they represent a cornerstone of the state’s socio-economic architecture and cultural legacy. For the Senior Policy Consultant, these populations represent a specialized workforce whose geographic clustering dictates the efficacy of sectoral interventions. Understanding the spatial distribution and demographic weighting of these communities is a strategic imperative for optimizing resource allocation, establishing industrial infrastructure, and ensuring the sectoral resilience of the handloom and powerloom industries. This assessment provides a granular demographic mapping across all 33 districts of Telangana, encompassing eleven distinct sub-castes. The objective is to convert raw census-style data into an actionable demographic map for policy planners and government stakeholders. By identifying both high-density priority zones and specialized micro-clusters, this document faci...

  Chuppala Nagesh Bhushan An appeal to reason in an age of godmen, gullibility, and engineered ignorance   The Constitution's Forgotten Promise Article 51A(h) of the Indian Constitution places a remarkable obligation on every citizen:  to develop the scientific temper, humanism, and the spirit of inquiry and reform.  This is not a guideline. It is a fundamental duty — as binding in its moral weight as any right we jealously claim. And yet, in 2026, India is watching that promise drown in a flood of sacred ash, miracle water, and prime-time astrology. We are a nation that sends spacecraft to the Moon and Mars. We produce world-class mathematicians, biologists, and engineers. And simultaneously, we are a nation where stadium-sized crowds prostrate before men who claim to materialise gold from thin air, cure cancer with cow urine, and commune directly with the divine — for a fee. This is not a contradiction we can afford to be proud of. It is a crisis.   The Godman...

   Century-old and Unaccountable: The Case for Registering the RSS India's most powerful civil organisation cloaks itself in informality. A democracy that tolerates such opacity from an entity of such influence is only asking for trouble. HYDERABAD  ·  Jun 18, 2026 There is a reliable Indian tradition of powerful organisations invoking ancient precedent to escape modern accountability. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, which celebrated its centenary last year, has mastered this art. Asked why it remains unregistered under any Indian law, its chief, Mohan Bhagwat, replied with a question of his own: should the RSS have registered with the British, against whom its founder was fighting? The rhetorical flair is admirable. The logic is embarrassing. India has been a sovereign republic for 77 years. That is a long time to forget to fill out the paperwork. The RSS occupies a position in Indian public life without parallel. It claims millions of participants, operates tens o...