Independent journalism for every Indian, wherever they live.

We report India as it is lived: in fields and metro coaches, in courtrooms and classrooms, in 22 scheduled languages and the diaspora beyond. We verify before we publish, correct in public and answer only to readers.

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Journalists on staff: 212
Cities with a reporter: 38
Languages we report in: 11
Paying members: 10L+
Verified contributors: 640+
Stories paid for by advertisers: 0

Our story

2014
A newsletter from a Pune flat
Three reporters start a weekly email on civic issues. 1,200 readers sign up in the first month.
2016
The newsroom opens
A 14-person desk launches in New Delhi with national, business and sports coverage.
2018
Reader membership
We drop display-ad dependence on core reporting and launch paid membership at ₹99 a month.
2020
Bureaus across India
Bureaus open in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Guwahati.
2022
हिन्दी edition
A full Hindi edition launches with its own editors, not machine translation.
2024
Verified contributor network
Freelancers and specialists publish through an edited, identity-verified programme.
2026
Ten lakh members
One million paying readers. Our largest investigative team to date.

What we stand for

Read the ethics code

Verify first

Two independent sources or a primary document before anything is reported as fact.

Correct in public

Every correction is logged, dated and linked. We never quietly edit a mistake away.

Readers, not ratings

We are funded by members. No advertiser sees or shapes a story before publication.

Every India

Small towns, many languages, all communities. We hire and commission to match.

Leadership

Revathi Subramaniam
Editor-in-Chief
New Delhi
Two decades in political and investigative reporting. Sets editorial direction and chairs the standards board.
Imran Siddiqui
Chief Executive
Mumbai
Built the membership model. Previously led product at a public-service broadcaster.
Gurpreet Kaur Dhillon
Managing Editor
New Delhi
Runs the daily desk and the bureaus. Former night editor and data journalist.
Nikhil Phadke
Standards Editor
Pune
Independent of the desk. Owns corrections, complaints and the ethics code.
Anjali Deshpande
Editor, Hindi edition
Lucknow
Leads the Hindi newsroom and our regional language partnerships.
Thomas Varghese
Chief Technology Officer
Bengaluru
Leads engineering, data and accessibility. Champions a fast, low-bandwidth web.
Farah Naqvi
Head of Audience
Hyderabad
Newsletters, community and reader research. Former radio producer.
Sandeep Barua
Northeast Bureau Chief
Guwahati
Coordinates coverage across eight states and five language desks.

Transparency

How we are funded

Most of our money comes from readers. Advertising is clearly labelled and kept behind a strict firewall from the newsroom. We publish a full transparency report every year.

Annual transparency report

Reader memberships62%
Events and courses14%
Clearly labelled advertising13%
Grants for public-interest projects8%
Syndication3%

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