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R Prasannan

R Prasannan

Prasannan, Chief of Bureau, 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.

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When Atlas shrugged at gays

When Atlas shrugged at gays

On May 28, a Mumbai-born and lovelorn Divyesh Nagwekar pleaded, on the prime

By R Prasannan September 23, 2018
Nehru and our own Addingtons

Nehru and our own Addingtons

It isn’t always good to have an illustrious predecessor. People tend to compare you

By R Prasannan September 09, 2018
Com. Somnath Chatterjee, Esq.

Com. Somnath Chatterjee, Esq.

When Hiren Mukherjee died in 2004, Ashok Mitra extolled “the splendour of Hiren

By R Prasannan August 26, 2018
My tycoon versus your tycoon

My tycoon versus your tycoon

Narendra Modi’s appearance in a monogrammed suit at the tea he hosted for Barack

By R Prasannan August 12, 2018
A school for scandal and eminence

A school for scandal and eminence

N. Gopalaswami is not only a believer in astrology, but also a practitioner of it.

By R Prasannan July 29, 2018
For a few dollars more

For a few dollars more

Narendra Modi is yet to get us the 115 lakh that he had promised every one of us

By R Prasannan July 15, 2018
Case of the mandarins’ missing minds

Case of the mandarins’ missing minds

When Abraham Lincoln was practising law, a rich man approached him for suing his

By R Prasannan July 01, 2018
Guide their excellencies, m’lords!

Guide their excellencies, m’lords!

A foreign scribe asked me why last week's governors' conference, though coming on

By R Prasannan June 17, 2018
Lands ahoy to the east

Lands ahoy to the east

Narendra Modi isn't taking a boat or a battleship from Port Blair to Sabang in

By R Prasannan June 03, 2018
Drunk on the dregs of Nehruvian history

Drunk on the dregs of Nehruvian history

Daphne du Maurier’s little known novel The Flight of the Falcon is about two

By R Prasannan May 20, 2018
Rape of the law, repeated

Rape of the law, repeated

Many years ago, a school bus fell into the Yamuna in Delhi. Several children trapped

By R Prasannan May 06, 2018
Slowing down the Goyal Express

Slowing down the Goyal Express

Though they emitted smoke, trains looked good when they were pulled by coal engines.

By R Prasannan April 22, 2018
With a Tiger, burning midnight bulb

With a Tiger, burning midnight bulb

One night in July 1987. The Indo-Sri Lanka accord, which Rajiv Gandhi hoped would

By R Prasannan April 08, 2018
Knock on the atomic chamber of Shaolin

Knock on the atomic chamber of Shaolin

Manmohan Singh's 2005 nuclear deal with George W. Bush is still a non-starter. It

By R Prasannan March 25, 2018
Malice from the Maldives

Malice from the Maldives

Keen to make big friends and influence distant powers, Narendra Modi has been on a

By R Prasannan March 11, 2018
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