Opinion: 'Praveen Jain, National Photo Editor, ThePrint, has just received the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award, 2026. In a 44-year-long career, many of Jain’s news photographs have made news—or shown us what words don’t always convey as poignantly. His RNG-winning photo essay, ‘Stuck in time — no mobile network, river & jungle only route to Indo-Nepal border villages’, is another example of his ability to convey a ground reality through his photographs.'

ThePrint Readers' editor Shailaja Bajpai writes