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TopicYearender 2025

Topic: Yearender 2025

Diljit Dosanjh’s Sardaar film to Ranveer Singh’s Kantara skit—controversies of 2025

Triya Gulati -
ThePrint takes a look at the top 5 controversies that created buzz this year.

Matcha, kunafa, persimmon—top 5 food trends of 2025

Triya Gulati -
Matcha became a cool-girl signal, avocado went from toast to tikka and chaat, and persimmon became the fruit of the year—thanks to Katrina Kaif.

10 things that made Indians proud in 2025

Stela Dey -
From a World Cup win to banking wins, ThePrint brings you 10 good things that happened in India this year.

6-7 to ‘Waah, Shampy, Waah’— the memes of 2025

Almina Khatoon -
From Cristiano Ronaldo applying for a job at Vishal Mega Mart to Manish Patel's viral "galti ho gayi" video, ThePrint looks back at the trending memes of the year.

Zohran Mamdani to Ishaan Khatter — 2025 was the year of male objectification

Triya Gulati -
Male objectification reached new heights in 2025, while Shah Rukh Khan and a young Salman Khan remain fan-favourites, the internet made a few new boyfriends.

Bollywood’s alcohol connection. 2025 was the year of celebrity liquor launches

Triya Gulati -
This year, actors, cricketers, and singers went beyond endorsements to launch liquor labels of their own.

Five times India’s chief ministers triggered outrage in 2025

Nootan Sharma -
Rekha Gupta to Mamata Banerjee, CMs courted controversy with their statements on women's safety, Operation Sindoor and more.

From Sundance to Venice—2025 marked a breakthrough year for Indian indie films

Tina Das -
This year, we saw debutant directors create masterpieces across languages and regions and win big at international film festivals.

ThePrint’s best photographs of the year — 2025 in frames

ThePrint Team -
From conflict and protest to faith and everyday life, a year captured by ThePrint’s photographers Praveen Jain, Suraj Singh Bisht, and Manisha Mondal.

Top 5 Bollywood debuts that impressed both critics and audiences

Tina Das -
Bollywood critics and audiences alike can be unforgiving. In 2025, only a few names managed to impress both and establish themselves as the next big thing.
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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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