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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.

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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ThePrint’s election coverage isn’t about who’s winning. It’s about the mood on the ground

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To learn about dynastic politics, read ThePrint stories on the Sorens’ battle in Jharkhand, poacher Veerappan’s daughter Vidya Rani in Tamil Nadu, the Ansari family in Ghazipur, and more.
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Criticism, kindness, complaints—ThePrint readers don’t hold back. And we don’t want them to

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Complaints are the most common feature of readers’ mail. Much of this mail is still stuck on the same issue of partisanship—this suggests that we haven't moved on from historical resentments.
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How ThePrint reporters make governance, policy stories interesting for its readers

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There are many important stories on governance and social issues at ThePrint that are often overlooked, sadly, amid the daily hurly-burly of political and security news.
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On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

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‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

1989 Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case still haunts Indian policy-making in Kashmir

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Indian bureaucracy doesn’t need DOGE. Hiring more would be better for efficiency

Economy

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

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December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

Defence

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

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The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

National Interest

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

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The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.

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