South Politics
U-Turn Exposes Andhra Pradesh Government’s Vendetta Politics: How Chandrababu Naidu’s Regime Humiliated Its Own Police
In a damning display of political vendetta and administrative incompetence, the Andhra Pradesh government under Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has been left red-faced ...
Inside Andhra Pradesh Fiscal Status – The Declining GST-to-GSDP Ratio and What It Really Means
There is a number that finance officials watch the way a doctor watches a pulse: the share of a state’s economy that actually shows ...
Public Mine, Private Funnel – Questions Over APMDC’s Rs. 348-Crore Barytes Tender
In public life, there is a difference between winning a contract and being handed one. The first requires a contest. The second only requires ...
Centre’s Periodic Labour Force Survey Data Exposes Stagnation in Andhra Pradesh’s Unemployment Under TDP Coalition Government
Fresh data from the Centre’s Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) has delivered a sobering assessment of Andhra Pradesh’s employment landscape under the Telugu Desam ...
Coalition’s Dushasana rule
Reign of Terror against women in AP Since the Chandrababu Naidu-led coalition government assumed office in Andhra Pradesh, a disturbing pattern of atrocities against ...
Andhra Pradesh’s Retail Inflation Persists Above National Average: Rural Households Bear the Brunt as Government Response Falls Short Amid Rising Economic Pressures
In a worrying economic trend for Andhra Pradesh, retail inflation has now exceeded the national average for five consecutive months, reaching 4.9% in May ...
Privatize the Port, Keep the Debt: The Strange Mathematics of Ramayapatnam
Every once in a while a government transaction can be captured in a single arithmetic sentence, and the proposed Ramayapatnam deal is one of ...
Four Days to an Arrest: What the Guntur Woman Assault Says About Law & Order in Andhra Pradesh
On the night of July 15, in Krishnababu Colony in Guntur, a 46-year-old woman was dragged onto the road, beaten, and stripped in full ...
Juvvaladinne Harbour: When Public Infrastructure Becomes Private Opportunity
In the coastal heartlands of Nellore district, the Juvvaladinne Fishing Harbour was envisioned as a beacon of hope for thousands of fishing families. Designed ...
Why Christopher Nolan Made India Central to the Global Promotional Campaign for The Odyssey
In a move that signals a seismic shift in how Hollywood views one of the world’s fastest-growing film markets, Christopher Nolan placed India, specifically ...
No Ease, Only a price for doing Business
Whether an industry wants to establish a new unit in Andhra Pradesh, continue an existing operation or bring in fresh investment, it allegedly has ...
Andhra’s Land Resurvey Moves at a Snail’s Pace Under TDP’s Government
The last comprehensive survey of Andhra’s farmland was conducted under the British, and every decade since had piled errors upon it — plots subdivided ...