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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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Balakot: A hit and no-tell story

Balakot: A hit and no-tell story

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said, “Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the

By R Prasannan March 16, 2019
Corbett to Balakot—cool cat!

Corbett to Balakot—cool cat!

His followers may not like me saying so, but Narendra Modi has been drawing much

By R Prasannan March 02, 2019
Clearance sale for clean Ganga

Clearance sale for clean Ganga

The prime minister would verily be the most gifted personality in our land. Topping

By R Prasannan February 16, 2019
George: An unguided missile inducted by fire

George: An unguided missile inducted by fire

GEORGE MATHEW FERNANDES (1930-2019) That pacifist who kept Tibetan refugees and

By R Prasannan February 02, 2019
CBI: Comedies courted, compounded

CBI: Comedies courted, compounded

Asked why he was not firing FBI chief Edgar Hoover, President Lyndon Johnson said,

By R Prasannan January 19, 2019
Fouling up the poll air

Fouling up the poll air

Campaigning in the 2007 Gujarat assembly polls, Sonia Gandhi described Narenda Modi

By R Prasannan January 05, 2019
Not for your eyes only

Not for your eyes only

Rarely has the Supreme Court been brought into such ridicule as in the judgment over

By R Prasannan December 22, 2018
He who drew a line in the sand

He who drew a line in the sand

Narendra Modi’s tweet team would have struggled to compose a condolence message over

By R Prasannan December 08, 2018
Look who’s polluting

Look who’s polluting

The great European statesman Prince Metternich once said, “When France sneezes,

By R Prasannan November 24, 2018
Colossal obsessions of an oriental kind

Colossal obsessions of an oriental kind

Ancient Greeks were the world’s best statue-makers. They sculpted comely statues of

By R Prasannan November 10, 2018
Thomson & Thompson in CBI

Thomson & Thompson in CBI

Justice R.M. Lodha once called the CBI, which hadn’t got a free hand to probe the

By R Prasannan November 04, 2018
How Modi, Rupani want Gujarat to be exclusive abode of Asiatic lions

How Modi, Rupani want Gujarat to be exclusive abode of Asiatic lions

Economists are zoophobes, though they talk of animal spirits, as Manmohan Singh did

By R Prasannan October 15, 2018
Mystery of the Shastri papers

Mystery of the Shastri papers

The Netaji mystery is over. Most of the files pertaining to his death or

By R Prasannan October 07, 2018
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
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