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Readers' Editor

Shailaja Bajpai is ThePrint's Readers' Editor
Shailaja Bajpai is ThePrint’s Readers’ Editor

The Readers’ Editor is an initiative by The Print to be accessible and responsive to its readers. Each month, Shailaja Bajpai, as Readers’ Editor, highlights readers’ views on ThePrint’s content and writes about issues that confront journalism in a dense and highly contested media environment.

You can now own a piece of ThePrint. Great speeches tote bags to Cut the Clutter hoodies

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Five tote bags with quotes from BR Ambedkar, Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee are on offer. 'People can choose what resonates with them'.
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Inside ThePrint’s mailbox—readers bring us praise, critique, and everything in between

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One minute, I am being questioned about the “Razakars and their oppressive rule”. Next, a reader demands an app for the website. Another reader from Thailand wants to contribute articles to ThePrint.
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ThePrint’s in-depth ground reports are now multimedia-interactive. 2025 vision board

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In the last 18 months, ThePrint has continued to track events in Manipur by sending reporters and photojournalists. This is how things have changed on the ground.
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There is hunger for ThePrint’s brand of journalism—Why we went live in Marathi, Tamil

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You may well ask, what prompted ThePrint to offer its content in Indian languages? Because it’s the logical next step in our relationship with the reader.
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ThePrint opinion articles get a flood of readers feedback. Remember, ‘views are personal’

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ThePrint readers want to write. Here's a tip—subscribers articles are published in 'Your Turn' section
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The first batch of ThePrint’s J-school has graduated—what students want in the next

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Senior journalists at ThePrint taught the students the fundamental principles of good journalism, interspersed with anecdotes and examples from their professional lives.
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Dear readers, ThePrint has heard you — We now offer you a login-based, ad-lite experience

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To see if the new system works, I logged in as a subscriber. I clicked on articles, randomly, and found that most of those annoying advertisements, pop-ups had disappeared.
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App demands, ad complaints, admiration — what’s really trending in ThePrint’s mailbox

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I would urge all readers to be part of a conversation with ThePrint about its editorial content—we love feedback and learn from it.
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What do NYT, WaPo, Economist, Guardian, FT write about Modi’s India? Just read ‘Global Pulse’

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As India’s stock has risen — whether it is the economy, IT industry, NRI population, or India’s role as a key diplomatic counterpoint to China — the global media’s interest here has increased.
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ThePrint starts its journalism course. The best J-school is the newsroom

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The students are worried about the state of media in India and want to see good, fair, accurate journalism. That’s what attracted them to ThePrint School of Journalism.
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Opinion

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

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The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Officers Qureshi, Singh & Deosthalee on KBC hot seat—a Bollywood-like spectacle

Like a gambler, govts squandered India’s legacy through mindless socialism: Nani Palkhivala

Economy

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

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Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

Defence

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

National Interest

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Shekhar Gupta -
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?

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