Hyderabad, Dec. 26 -- By Dhonti Narasimha Reddy

Recent headlines celebrated Hyderabad becoming India's "largest city" after the Telangana government merged 27 municipalities into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).

This framing obscures a critical distinction: the city's geographic area is one thing, the municipal corporation's jurisdiction is another. Media outlets failed to report the more accurate story - a local government's administrative boundary expanded, not the city itself.

This reflects a troubling pattern where government announcements are amplified without analysis, leaving citizens confused about what's actually happening. The ease with which municipal boundaries are redrawn - easier than creating new distr...