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Nashik vineyards recreating Napa Valley experience in India—with ‘bhakri-wine’ tours

The size of the Indian wine market touched Rs 1,900 crore in 2020, with Sula becoming the first winemaker to launch an IPO.

India’s police need to stop policing women’s choices

Similar to their colonial predecessors, Indian police are obsessed with policing defiant daughters – not defending their rights.

How French-Chinese film on human origins in East Asia tackled China’s zero Covid policy

A docu-fiction film, Peking Man: The Last Secret of Mankind produced by Chinese state-owned China Media Group and French company 10.7 Production, will be released next year.

Here’s what readers of ThePrint said to us in 2022—and what we are offering in 2023

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.

Families of Navy veterans jailed in Qatar appeal to Modi govt — ‘walk the talk, bring them back’

The 8 former Indian Navy officers have been kept in solitary confinement in Doha for over 4 months. They have not been charged with any crime yet.

Mathura Muslims are ready for legal fight. But Hindus being galvanised for historical justice

Just like a mysterious petition revived the Gyan Vapi issue by allowing a survey of the mosque, Mathura too has galvanised the court route.

Allahabad HC suggestion to include transgenders in OBC list will be a disaster

A better way to take care of transgender rights will be to give them horizontal reservation within their respective caste categories.

All the criticism against Bharat Jodo Yatra shows it has arrived in the national mind

Bharat Jodo Yatra has blunted Modi's biggest weapon. Now the Congress must sharpen the message and widen its reach.

Killing of Pulwama fugitive Ashiq Nengroo no closure. Jaish-e-Mohammad story far from over

Even though the Jaish threat appears to have been stamped out inside Kashmir, the organisation retains its capabilities.

2022 was the year world turned against strongman politics. Bharat Jodo is India’s chance

From Brazil to the US to UK, this was the year mass democracies shifted the playbook of politics. India could be next in line to do that.

On Camera

TTP is byproduct of Pakistan’s own policies. Attacking Afghanistan won’t solve crises at home

Pakistan aimed to convey a message to the West about its counterterrorism efforts and show China that it has control over the CPEC routes. However, both messages fell flat.

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.