The 10 most read editorials of The Hindu in 2025

Seen together, 2025’s most-read editorials reveal the interests and concerns that mattered most to readers over the past year.

The editorials on the Pahalgam attack, the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar, Operation Sindoor among others were the top 10 editorials from The Hindu in 2025.

The editorial on the Pahalgam terror attack is the 10th most read editorial from The Hindu in 2025. “The massacre of 26 people, most of them tourists, in Pahalgam, Kashmir, by Islamist terrorists has jolted the conscience of the nation and the world. It is a tragic reminder of the constant threat of terrorism, which strikes without warning at innocent civilians. The mind-numbing reports of the attackers identifying victims by religion before executing them at close range mark a new low in the history of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism,” said the editorial and concluded that “India’s strategy must be guided by realism grounded in national interest and devoid of empty rhetoric as it seeks to isolate Pakistan, whose export of terrorism is predicated on the two-nation theory and Hindu-Muslim hostility.”

This editorial onthe Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak in Pune, where over 100 cases of suspected GBS were recorded in January, called on the local and State administration “to provide clean drinking water to all residents and ensure that adequate social messaging is provided periodically on avoiding contaminated, unhygienic food”.

The editorial, ​’Strokes of justice’, on Operation Sindoor talks about how India’s response to the Pahalgam terror attack has beensharper and more resolute this time.

This editorial titled ‘Agony of exit’on the resignation of Jadgeep Dhankhar as Vice-President.“The abrupt decision by Jagdeep Dhankhar to resign as the Vice-President of India raises several questions about the relationship between the executive and Parliament. Mr. Dhankhar is the first Vice-President in the history of the Republic to resign this way — some of his predecessors who resigned before completing their term had the reason of moving on to get elected as the President of India,” the editorial said.

In the wake of the 18th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the Indian diaspora as India’s “ambassadors to the world”. Titled ‘Indians abroad’ this editorial throws light onthe India-origin community, the PBD’s purpose and the event’s historical significance.

“At 50, the G-7 — a grouping of the most advanced economies — should appear robust, cohesive and experienced in managing global conflict. Instead, the G-7 Summit and Outreach session in Kananaskis, Canada presented a disunited and ineffective force in the face of some of the most testing conflicts including an escalating Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Iran strife and Israel’s ceaseless bombardment of Gaza,” the editorial ‘Failed summit’, on the G-7 Summit said.

This editorial, ‘A gathering storm’, talks about the the diplomatic actions against Pakistan taken on by India’s Cabinet Committee on Security in reaction to the Pahalgam terror attack. “They are a measured set of responses that indicate a larger escalation could follow,” it said.

This editorial titled ‘Not strong enough’, onthe Pahalgam attack, and the ensuing U.N. Security Council statement, which condemned the terrorist act, said that the statement on April 25, 2025 “was necessary, but inadequate. The statement also spoke of the need to bring the perpetrators and their sponsors to justice”.

The Supreme Court on August 25, 2025 said social media influencers commercialise free speech and their comments have a capacity to hurt sentiments in a diverse society, which include the disabled, women, children, senior citizens and the minorities. In this regard, the editorial, ‘Imagined righteousness’,said, “In urging the Union government to work on guidelines to regulate speech on social media, the Supreme Court of India is seeking to empower an executive that is already weaponising the legal limits on freedom of expression.”

This the top read editorial of the year. On the sharp rise in acute respiratory diseases, including the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in children and the elderly in China, this editorial, ‘Nothing alarming’,pressed on theurgent need “for a regulatory framework that facilitates a rapid approval of diagnostic tests in the context of local and global outbreaks of novel and less known pathogens”.