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TopicYearender 2022

Topic: Yearender 2022

Bhediya to Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, ‘horror-comedy’ built a loyal fanbase in 2022

Indian horror films have come a long way from the Ramsay brothers and Vikram Bhatt era of the 1980s and early 2000s.

These 4 major new Indian military inductions mark a positive turning point

From INS Vikrant, LCH Prachand, C-295 aircraft facility to BrahMos missiles, the Indian Navy and Air Force have made giant strides in the defence sector.

What books did ThePrint editors read in 2022? A pick from the best

ThePrint editors have an appetite for books on economy, intelligence, culture, history, fantasy, and some difficult literature too. You must add them to your list.

Demolitions, elections, Bharat Jodo Yatra—10 best 2022 photographs from ThePrint

Instead of pictures of people in masks or dead bodies at crematoriums, India in 2022 saw victory flags and crowded roads from Congress' Yatra. A pick from the album of ThePrint's photojournalists.

What books did ThePrint’s columnists love in 2022? They should be on your list too

Chinese intelligence, self-delusion in digital age, and populism captured the attention of ThePrint's columnists this year. Here are some of their recommended titles.

Food trends recap 2022: From air fried carrot bacon to cloud bread. And risky butter affair

Covid pushed us all to see time as a commodity so we hopped on the viral food trends that were sure to taste good. And not take up a lot of time.

Darlings, Jamtara to Scorsese-approved Derry Girls—Best OTT films and shows of 2022

White Lotus’s posh madness to the unforgiving Jamtara, 2022 saw some of the best new seasons of fan-favourite web shows.

Indian Roger Federer to Aurangzeb’s game of throne—10 most viral meme trends of 2022

Alia Bhatt's Shiva to Ashneer Grover's Doglapan—somehow memes rescued the year 2022

2022 was the year we learned to move on

If there is one thing that even the virus couldn’t stop, it was the politics—over the virus, with the virus, after the virus.

On Camera

China will be more central to India now. Though an anti-US unity is premature

Even with the option of EU markets, China will have to be a significant part of India’s economic policy. But the difficult security relationship is an important complication.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.