How newspapers played the findings of the religion census spoke volumes about how loaded headlines can be. Nuance is the last thing they sought to convey. The Pioneer said, unsurprisingly, "Muslim numbers up, Hindus down." Its Hindi paper said the same thing. The Danik Jagran said, "Badhi Muslim hissedari", the percentage of Muslims has increased. The Hindustan said baldly "Muslim aabadi sabse tej badhi", (Muslim population rose the fastest). The TOI said "Muslim share of population up 0.8 per cent, Hindus down O.7 per cent. Hindustan Times resisted the Muslim Hindu angle: "Hindu proportion of India's population less than 80 %". The Hindu said,"Muslim population growth slows". Accurate, and determined to counter alarmism.