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‘My story was good enough, but not me?’ Yashica Dutt’s five weeks of hell

In the middle of relentless hate and negativity, Yashica Dutt's identity — from Dalitness to queerness — has been peeled bare in the public eye. The controversy is now one big intersectional khichdi.

Odisha is becoming an IAS state. Patnaik-Pandian combo is changing grammar of governance

CM Naveen Patnaik has receded into the background, while a band of swashbuckling IAS officers has taken centrestage not only in managing state affairs but also in political events.

A Tamil Nadu village and its precious soil put Chandrayaan-3 on moon. Now, farmers are scared

The mineralogy, chemistry, grain size and geotechnical properties of Sithampoondi’s soil resemble moon soil.

2 men raped Bhanwari Devi for trying to stop 1992 child marriage. ‘I curse her daily,’ says bride

Many have overlooked how that 9-month-old infant-bride grew up hating Bhanwari Devi. ThePrint traced, for the first time, and spoke to that child who is today 32.

Kerala’s indie films are stuck in bureaucratic belly. No theatre fans or OTT buyers

The cost of Mohanlal’s caravan can fund at least four independent films. So why would a filmmaker get a big star? asked a director who did not want to be named.

Cheetah Mitras are the ambassadors of Modi’s Kuno dream. They have been on the frontlines

The cheetah mitras may be the BFFs of the big cats, but like the rest of India, even they don’t know what’s happening within the national park, and why the cheetahs are dying.

Nine-year-old Ashoka University is asking the most important question. Who am I?

Ashoka University tried hard to project an unapologetic centrism, but it just couldn’t shake its notorious tag—JNU of the private sector. Now it's unravelling in a funders-vs-faculty battle.

Time is running out for Parsi culture. Race to save it from extinction is on

When Delhi-based professor Shernaz Cama told the Parsis about the disgrace in which historical accounts were lying at the Meherjirana library, it became an emotional discovery for them.

‘You don’t look Malayali enough’. Once rejected, Tovino Thomas is Kerala cinema’s rising star

Jude Anthany Joseph's film '2018' on Kerala floods established Tovino Thomas as one of the leading actors in Kerala film industry who is unafraid to take chances. 'I make enough money to live comfortably.'

Police, politicians, parents, psychiatrists—everyone’s at work to stop the next Kota suicide

The face of competition has changed in the coaching hub of Kota: Who can spot and stop the next suicide of NEET or JEE aspirants.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.