The murder of Graham Staines and his sons was a dastardly act of religious bigotry. The forced conversion allegation was demolished by the police probe. Odisha government’s rejection of convict Dara Singh’s remission plea affirms a vital principle—no misplaced leniency for violence born of religious prejudice and majoritarian vengeance.
In 2017, Shekhar Gupta started ThePrint with a simple belief: Indian readers want journalism that asks why and what next, not just what. And that enough of them would be willing to pay for good journalism.
Nine years on, that belief has held.
And, in these nine years, we’ve stayed true to our mission. We’ve been asking the follow-up questions, going beyond the headlines and explaining what’s actually happening. We’ve travelled across the country to bring you in-depth, visually-compelling stories from the ground.
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