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R Prasannan

R Prasannan

Prasannan, Resident Editor, New Delhi, is an expert in defence and foreign affairs. He takes keen interest in history. He has been with THE WEEK since its launch in 1982

POWERDRIVE

Man-eaters don’t spare women

Society should progress towards gender justice, but don't trample over charm of language

By R Prasannan September 22, 2024

Rape of the law, repeated

Laws don’t make the land safer; lawmen do

By R Prasannan September 15, 2024

Of hugs, handshakes, folded hands

Handshakes and hugs are hot currencies in diplomacy

By R Prasannan September 08, 2024

Paddy in Kashmir's killing field

Gen. S. Padmanabhan had a stellar role in transforming J&K

By R Prasannan September 01, 2024

The kunwar and the comrade

Natwar Singh and Buddhadeb Bhattacharya ended their careers unhappily

By R Prasannan August 25, 2024

Statues of liberty and tyranny

Our founding fathers taught us to be kind to our foes

By R Prasannan August 18, 2024

Soccer slurs and colonial claims

Latins are colonists in their own land

By R Prasannan August 11, 2024

Guns for Lakshadweep

A chokepoint is to sea warfare what a high ground is to land warfare

By R Prasannan August 04, 2024

A shoe shot at White House

Democracy is not a celebration of choices in America

By R Prasannan July 28, 2024

Shabbats in 10 Downing Street

Tory core may have rotted; Labour core could rot Starmer

By R Prasannan July 21, 2024

Mumbo jumbo in the Maldives

How sorcery plays a role in Maldivian politics

By R Prasannan July 14, 2024

Four fall guys on the Delhi water front

Delhi is trapped between the heat of hell and the hell of high water

By R Prasannan July 07, 2024

A farce on the Swiss Alps

Truth be told, the Swiss are no good at mediation

By R Prasannan June 30, 2024

LoP, deputy speaker: Two missing from the house

Opposition will seek the job. Why should the regime resist?

By R Prasannan June 23, 2024

Stop ruling us for god’s sake; start governing us for our sake

Make laws you want, but through discussion and deliberation

By R Prasannan June 16, 2024
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