Thread by @khanthefatima

Today is my last day @ThePrintIndia. I spent 3.5 years here, covering politics, people, society and human rights. From the anti-CAA movement to the Delhi carnage, from multiple state elections to the tragic Covid-19 waves, I learnt essential ground reporting here.

Sharing some of my work here. My first major assignment here was co-leading a flagship project 'My543' in the run up to the 2019 elections— a 360degree analysis of India's 543 electoral constituencies and the work done by its MPs.
theprint.in/my543-lok-sabh…

I also started a video series called #PoliTicker-- where I gave a summary+analysis of the most interesting political event of the day in under 1 minute.
Samples:

This was my first longish ground report: the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman from Unnao. In this piece, I explored the intersection of caste, gender and sexual violence that goes beyond one case.
theprint.in/india/low-cast…

Not long after violence hit UP did we see bloodbath on the streets of the national capital.



theprint.in/india/among-de…

Ground reports on the devastating consequences of sudden lockdown in March-April 2020:

theprint.in/india/will-pro…

theprint.in/economy/how-lo…

I then shifted gears to hard political reporting.
Samples:
theprint.in/politics/owais…

theprint.in/politics/spoke…

A deep-dive from Kerala where I travelled across the Christian-majority districts to understand how the Church was fuelling 'love jihad' propaganda in the state
theprint.in/india/theyre-t…

During the second Covid wave, I travelled across multiple districts of UP and MP tracking the human cost of the failing health infrastructure. A thread of my stories here:

https://twitter.com/khanthefatima/status/1399665094070468611?s=20

I also attempted this ambitious deep-dive on the topic of identity politics and aspirations of Muslim youth.

theprint.in/politics/not-c…

Story from Kerala on families of those who had fled the state to join ISIS in Afghanistan. Taliban broke open jails where they were captured, and now their families are urging Indian govt to bring them back and try them as per Indian law. V heartbreaking
theprint.in/india/taliban-…

How the 'love jihad' bogey being peddled by Church in Kerala was hurting Muslim businesses and society in the state
theprint.in/india/how-kera…

A huge thanks to my editors who trusted me with these stories. Thank you to everyone who has read and appreciated my work. See y'all soon :)