Analysis

Political, intensely human, firmly anti-caste: The new wave of Tamil cinema

Vishal Vasanthakumar

Modi years vs Manmohan years: Who did better with delivery of public welfare?

A year in news reports: Nidhi Suresh and Basant Kumar on Newslaundry’s biggest stories of 2021

NL Digest

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Slow down, pause, go: Celebrating the New Year in times of a pandemic

Anand Vardhan

Looking back at 2021, journalists list out the highs, lows and reasons for optimism for Indian media

NL Team

2021: The year the farmers went up against 'Godi' media, and won

Diksha Munjal

A dupe of a year: How a section of Big Media conned readers with advertorials

Anna Priyadarshini

Misinformation on vaccines, farmers and minorities: India’s fact-checkers had a busy 2021

Tanishka Sodhi

The Super and Snoozy Seven: The best, and worst, of Tamil cinema in 2021

Rajesh Rajamani

2021 in tech: Apple got cheaper, OnePlus dropped the ball, Chinese laptops redefined value

Vinay Aravind

N-E India’s golden jubilee year: Border disputes, Hindutva, and China shadow

Samrat X

Ambush, mob fury, and a lawless law: A timeline of what happened in Nagaland

Samrat X

Hunger Games: Decoding the Global Hunger Index and the government response to it

Chintan Patel

From Mahasweta Devi’s Draupadi to James Joyce’s Ulysses: How the censors misread literature

Neerav DwivediUday Kanungo

Tripura violence: With no Hindu-Muslim riots in decades, what led to the recent attacks in the state?

Samrat X

Big money or insider trading: Inside the world of betting on cricket

Chander Shekhar Luthra

GST compensation: Is Nirmala Sitharaman’s new plan a looming crisis for some states?

Chintan Patel

News18’s birthday gift to Modi is a cinematic lickspittle

Ayush Tiwari

Kashmir governor’s public relations blitz leaves the press in tatters

Rayan Naqash

Slow down, pause, go: Celebrating the New Year in times of a pandemic

Anand Vardhan

Looking back at 2021, journalists list out the highs, lows and reasons for optimism for Indian media

NL Team

2021: The year the farmers went up against 'Godi' media, and won

Diksha Munjal

A dupe of a year: How a section of Big Media conned readers with advertorials

Anna Priyadarshini

Misinformation on vaccines, farmers and minorities: India’s fact-checkers had a busy 2021

Tanishka Sodhi

The Super and Snoozy Seven: The best, and worst, of Tamil cinema in 2021

Rajesh Rajamani

2021 in tech: Apple got cheaper, OnePlus dropped the ball, Chinese laptops redefined value

Vinay Aravind

N-E India’s golden jubilee year: Border disputes, Hindutva, and China shadow

Samrat X

Ambush, mob fury, and a lawless law: A timeline of what happened in Nagaland

Samrat X

Hunger Games: Decoding the Global Hunger Index and the government response to it

Chintan Patel

From Mahasweta Devi’s Draupadi to James Joyce’s Ulysses: How the censors misread literature

Neerav DwivediUday Kanungo

Tripura violence: With no Hindu-Muslim riots in decades, what led to the recent attacks in the state?

Samrat X

Big money or insider trading: Inside the world of betting on cricket

Chander Shekhar Luthra

GST compensation: Is Nirmala Sitharaman’s new plan a looming crisis for some states?

Chintan Patel

News18’s birthday gift to Modi is a cinematic lickspittle

Ayush Tiwari

Kashmir governor’s public relations blitz leaves the press in tatters

Rayan Naqash