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.

‘More careful than colourful’—ThePrint’s reporting on the Air India crash put facts first

Shailaja Bajpai - July 30, 2025

Expert voices in public spaces—what ThePrint Speakers Bureau offers

Pahalgam, Pakistan generals, pitches—what readers wrote to us in May

How ThePrint’s small newsroom brought you Pahalgam from every angle, minus the noise

App demands, ad complaints, admiration — what’s really trending in ThePrint’s mailbox

Shailaja Bajpai - July 31, 2024

I would urge all readers to be part of a conversation with ThePrint about its editorial content—we love feedback and learn from it.

What do NYT, WaPo, Economist, Guardian, FT write about Modi’s India? Just read ‘Global Pulse’

Shailaja Bajpai - June 29, 2024

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.

ThePrint starts its journalism course. The best J-school is the newsroom

Shailaja Bajpai - May 31, 2024

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.

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

+TFP Shailaja Bajpai - April 30, 2024

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.

Criticism, kindness, complaints—ThePrint readers don’t hold back. And we don’t want them to

Shailaja Bajpai - March 31, 2024

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.

How ThePrint reporters make governance, policy stories interesting for its readers

Shailaja Bajpai - February 28, 2024

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.

How ThePrint’s reporters and photographers covered Ram temple and Ayodhya—beyond politics

Shailaja Bajpai - January 29, 2024

For 22 January, five journalists of ThePrint were in Ayodhya, several days in advance. If this was the first draft of history in the making, we wanted to be sure we wrote it.

Manipur clashes coverage was ThePrint’s most important journalism in 2023

Shailaja Bajpai - December 31, 2023

ThePrint’s Manipur coverage defines the website’s journalism: report, report from the ground, report in depth. It does 'stories the public not only wants to read but ought to read’.

‘Please help me’ — readers write to ThePrint. Their way of expressing confidence in us

Shailaja Bajpai - November 30, 2023

Requests for ThePrint’s intervention sound like cries of despair from frustrated people who see media as their last resort. As a society, have we become hard of hearing?

Ahilyabai Holkar, Nehru, USSR — ThePrint’s PastForward tells us how we got here

Shailaja Bajpai - October 31, 2023

'We're headbutting over history more and more now–not just in academia but in politics, social media, YouTube, and WhatsApp. It’s like history is on steroids,' says Rama Lakshmi, Editor, PastForward.

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Readers' Editor

‘More careful than colourful’—ThePrint’s reporting on the Air India crash put facts first

Expert voices in public spaces—what ThePrint Speakers Bureau offers

Pahalgam, Pakistan generals, pitches—what readers wrote to us in May

How ThePrint’s small newsroom brought you Pahalgam from every angle, minus the noise

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

China wants to create new order in Myanmar. India must switch gears or be dealt out of the game

Mahindra is gearing up for future buyers. Unveils limited edition ‘Bat’ BE6, 4 new concepts

Economy

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Defence

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

National Interest

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

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