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Swapna Merlin

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Swapna Merlin worked as a Journalist at ThePrint. She is a Young India Fellow from the Batch of 2017 and has done her graduation in agriculture from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. She aims to write on the Indian agricultural & rural system and thereby draw more public interest & involvement in such issues. Find her on Twitter: @swapna_stephen

Tirupati temple trust is training SC/ST priests, but won’t let them serve in its own temples

Swapna Merlin - 21 April, 2018

‘Kathua-like crimes call for new instruments to hold government accountable’

Swapna Merlin - 14 April, 2018

The Japanese model of garbage disposal holds valuable lessons for India

Swapna Merlin - 12 April, 2018

This is why the rest of India flocks to Asia’s largest tulip garden

Swapna Merlin - 30 March, 2018

How China’s fight against pollution torpedoed India’s newspaper industry

Swapna Merlin - 20 March, 2018

‘Either there wasn’t an economist in Swaminathan panel, or he didn’t know economics’

Swapna Merlin - 16 March, 2018

Dhinakaran remains loyal to Amma, not her party

Swapna Merlin - 15 March, 2018

Bengaluru cheapest city in India, 5th least expensive in the world

Swapna Merlin - 15 March, 2018

Economic meltdown at home, Venezuelan President to turn up for Indian solar conference

Swapna Merlin - 9 March, 2018

Israeli technology is helping grow more tomatoes in Tamil Nadu & mangoes in Maharashtra

Swapna Merlin - 7 March, 2018

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ThePrint Team - 28 May, 2021

Opinion

Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa, India | Wikimedia Commons

Christianity in India wasn’t always imposed. Just look at its Portuguese...

Anirudh Kanisetti - 26 January, 2023

Jesus inspired by the sleeping Vishnu, Nagas on altar candlesticks—Goa remained both Indian and Christian through its history.

5th Kalvari-class submarine 'INS Vagir' commissioned into Indian Navy 5th Kalvari-class submarine 'INS Vagir' commissioned into Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai | ANI

Ageing fleet, expired contracts, China— India has a submarine issue, Project...

26 January, 2023

File photo of Republic Day parade rehearsal | ThePrint | Praveen Jain

26 January was India’s Independence Day since 1930. Then it lost...

26 January, 2023

Economy

Brigade Road

Bengaluru cheapest city in India, 5th least expensive in the world

Swapna Merlin - 15 March, 2018

Singapore still the most expensive city; instability in India is a prominent factor in lowering the relative cost of living, says an EIU report.

Defence

Collaboration between IIT-Delhi and the Bureau of Police Research and Development

Data says India’s safest city for women is Coimbatore. But is...

Swapna Merlin - 20 December, 2017

Official data says the city in Tamil Nadu didn't have a single case of rape in all of 2016. That may be too good to be true.

National Interest

Shehbaz Sharif is talking peace. India must keep mum, leave Pak...

Shekhar Gupta - 21 January, 2023

Anything that gives breathing space and strategic relevance back to Pakistan is negative for India. It’s worse for Pakistan.