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There is no shortage of technology coverage in India. What is rare is reporting that stays with a story long enough to find out what actually happened — that reads court documents instead of press releases, speaks to the person the algorithm failed instead of the company that built it, and asks who is accountable rather than what is next.

That kind of journalism does not happen by accident. It requires time, resources, and an editorial culture that measures success by the impact of the story rather than the size of the traffic spike.

Decode is built to do that work. But it cannot be built alone.

When you become a member, you are not just paying for access to stories. You are part of the reason those stories exist — the investigation that took four months to report, the source who needed to know someone would protect them, the legal review that meant we could publish without flinching. Your membership makes the work possible. It makes us accountable to the right people.

We are asking you to be one of them.

Independent journalism

reader-funded · editorially independent

What Members Receive

Full access to every Decode investigation, feature, and reported story
Early access to major investigations before they are available to everyone
Reporter's notes — how the story was found, what didn't make the final edit, what came next
Invitations to member briefings where reporters walk through their work
Priority access to Decode events and live editorial conversations
Occasional Decode merchandise — made for people who read carefully

Membership Plans

ANNUAL
₹1999
per year

Full access, member events, reporter notes, and occasional Decode merchandise.

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MONTHLY
₹249
per month

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Student Annual
₹999per year

For students and independent researchers. Valid student ID required.

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Paywall Transparency

Not everything we publish is behind a paywall. Investigations of clear public interest, all our explainers, and all opinion pieces are free to read. Member access funds the investigations that are expensive to report and take the longest to get right.

If you can support that work, we are grateful for it. If you cannot, we hope some of what we publish still reaches you and matters to you.