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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.

Critical analysis by ThePrint readers always welcome, but we won’t send a spy to Pakistan

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Scold us to your heart’s content, berate us, eat us for breakfast — but do stay in touch.
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Lights, camera, storytelling—how ThePrint photojournalists tell news and win awards

Shailaja Bajpai -
There are three reasons why photojournalism still matters in the age of selfie shooters and smartphones.
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Podcasts, video analysis, on-ground clips—ThePrint is ready for the age of ‘viewer-reader’

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'Gen-Z would rather watch or listen, that’s the reality,' observes ThePrint. Recognition of this shift to audio-visuals is why the team is ramping up its video section.
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Here’s what readers of ThePrint said to us in 2022—and what we are offering in 2023

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I receive frequent emails accusing ThePrint of 'anti-Hindu bias' or urging us to write more about 'the Nazi politics of Hindutva'. Sometimes, readers generously concede and correct themselves.
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How ThePrint courageously covered the Covid battleground and won the IPI award

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Everyone who went to the field admitted that though the experience was harrowing, they had become better journalists, perhaps even better people because of it.
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Meet ThePrint’s Desk—people with one of the most unenviable jobs in journalism

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In this age of fast and loose communication, the timeless principles of journalism need to be reinforced. And, it’s the Desk’s job to press ‘pause’ and reflect.
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Terrorists, burqa, automated copies, pop-up ads—there’s a lot that bugs ThePrint’s readers

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Our readers are not hostile or angry. If anything, we welcome their criticism because it keeps us on our toes.
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How Shekhar Gupta Cuts the Clutter and what people tell ThePrint about it

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Shekhar Gupta has his own, unique style of story-telling and it’s virtually impossible to replicate CTC success. But ThePrint is not a one-trick pony.
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One year of being ThePrint’s Readers’ Editor – my job, your mails, our stories

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As Readers’ Editor, I want to say, dear reader, we hear you although we may not always agree with you.
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Features are fascinating to read & it’s a logical expansion for ThePrint too

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Killed by the steady rise of TV and internet, features have once again found their place in the modern Indian imagination, and ironically, we have digital journalism to thank.
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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

Keshav Padmanabhan -
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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