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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.

The way we work – What ThePrint did in 2021 and why good journalism pays

Shailaja Bajpai -
Kabul or Kumbh, in 2021, ThePrint followed the basic rule of journalism — go where the story takes you.
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We asked our readers why they like ThePrint. This is what they told us

Shailaja Bajpai -
There were 12 questions that sought to find out whether ThePrint was on the right track, who were its readers, and how satisfied they were.
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Where Lakhimpur was a challenge to report, ground stories help to break ‘us’ vs ‘them’ binary

Shailaja Bajpai -
Truth be told, Lakhimpur was like trying to fit different puzzles together. That's why we didn't chase every video clip.
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What our readers are telling ThePrint — the good, the bad and the headlines

Shailaja Bajpai -
The relationship between readers and journalists has changed. It is no longer a top-down, editor-knows-best world.
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ThePrint in Afghanistan and the value of putting boots on the ground each time

Shailaja Bajpai -
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.
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Dear readers, you know our news. Now know ThePrint newsroom

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

Caged parrot or fearless eagle? India should give the Shastri formula a try

Sanjeev Chopra -
While the CBI has built its reputation as a premier crime investigation agency by cracking high profile cases, many other cases have remained unresolved or resulted in acquittals.

The solution to deteriorating India-US relations—go nuclear

Stray dogs have the right to live. SC order can trigger a wave of animal cruelty

Economy

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

Sampurna Panigrahi -
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Defence

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

Javaria Rana -
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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