Editorial policy
How we decide what to publish, and the standards every article must meet.
Evidence first
Every factual claim has a source and a date. We prefer official and primary sources, and we say when we are relying on a news or secondary report.
Honest numbers
We never invent figures. When sources disagree, we say so and show the range. We do not round a number to make a point.
Drafts are labelled
An article carries a Draft for review label until someone has checked it against its sources. Readers can see which articles are drafts.
Pictures and imagined scenarios
Every picture on this site is an AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of a real event, and is labelled as such. Scenes from Imagine India 2047 are imagined scenarios, not real projects. We will say so clearly if we ever publish a real photograph, and credit it.
Non-partisan
We ask public institutions to do their job. We do not endorse parties or candidates, name or attack politicians, or blame any community, religion or festival.
Polls
We publish poll results only with the question, the number of responses, the dates and how people were asked. Until a real poll has run, we show no numbers.
Evidence and opinion are kept apart
Where we say what should be done, we keep it separate from what the evidence shows, so readers can tell the two apart.
No paid coverage
We do not accept payment to cover a topic, a company or a person.