Chilkuri Sushil Rao

  True story: When the most wanted criminal could not run away from himself An imagined posthumously written last page in the diary of Pallakonda Raju  Everyone wished to see my end. That it came soon. With torture added. You wanted to see fear writ large on my face. You wanted me to notice that they had no pity whatsoever for me. I did not deserve any of their pity, after all that I had done. I saw the celebrations that took place at Singareni Colony in Saidabad in Hyderabad, when the news burst on everyone’s faces that I had died. They burst crackers. There were some who wanted to dismember my body. That would have meant death several times over—for their sake. Their anger was justified. They made no bones of their intentions. I won't sit in judgment over them and the stance they took. What moral right do I have anyway? When I did the unthinkable to a little girl, I had stripped myself of all my rights to live after that. I had myself signed my death warrant then itself. As ...

Profile of  Chilkuri Sushil Rao, Journalist.  Overview Chilkuri Sushil Rao from Hyderabad has been a journalist since 1988.  He has been with The Times of India, Hyderabad since its launch in Hyderabad from the year 2000. He is Editor-Special Reports and focuses on covering Defence, Indian diaspora across the world, the Telugu film industry, socially relevant subjects and Telangana state. He has covered several elections during his career as a journalist, including interviewing national leaders and doing investigative reports. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 and has completed 37 years in journalism in 2025. He is a gold medalist in bachelor’s in Communication and Journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad. He also did his Master’s in journalism from the same department. In the socially relevant stories that he has written, Chilkuri Sushil Rao wrote reports highlighting the plight of women tra...