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.

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

Shailaja Bajpai - 30 April, 2024

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

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

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

What our readers are telling ThePrint — the good, the bad and the headlines

Shailaja Bajpai - 28 September, 2021

The relationship between readers and journalists has changed. It is no longer a top-down, editor-knows-best world.

ThePrint in Afghanistan and the value of putting boots on the ground each time

Shailaja Bajpai - 30 August, 2021

It's common practice now for most Indian media houses to not do stories datelined from other countries, partly due to financial constraints but also because of domestic upheavals.

Dear readers, you know our news. Now know ThePrint newsroom

Shailaja Bajpai - 31 July, 2021

Coronavirus and elections since 2019 have seen ThePrint evolve with the return of good old-fashioned ground reporting.

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On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

Shubhangi Misra - 4 May, 2024

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Have Hindus passed the test by letting Droupadi Murmu enter Ram temple? Not yet

4 May, 2024

Manusmriti in a London church? 18th-century Britain’s Indomania loved everything Hindu

4 May, 2024

Economy

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Yuthika Bhargava - 4 May, 2024

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Defence

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

Snehesh Alex Philip - 2 May, 2024

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta - 27 April, 2024

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

Readers' Editor

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

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

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

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

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

Have Hindus passed the test by letting Droupadi Murmu enter Ram temple? Not yet

Manusmriti in a London church? 18th-century Britain’s Indomania loved everything Hindu

Economy

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Defence

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

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