R Prasannan on why India can't count on the US on laws of the sea
Better to have an enemy who slaps you in the face, than a friend who stabs you in
By R Prasannan April 25, 2021
Columns
- Sachidananda Murthy
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- Bibek Debroy
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- Shobhaa De
- Anuja Chauhan
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- Jerry Pinto
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- Nandita Das
- Sania Mirza
- Bala Ambati
- Maroof Raza
- Ajish P Joy
- Mallika Sarabhai
- Amjad Ali Khan
- Hemant Oberoi
- Binayak Sen
- Patrick French
- Nupur Sharma
- Derek O Brien
- Sourav Ganguly
Guest Column
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Case for coalitions
By Marten van den Berg March 21, 2021 -
Innovate and collaborate
By Sanjaya Mariwala March 07, 2021 -
Block buster
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni March 07, 2021 -
The invisible pandemic
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni February 07, 2021 -
Patch work
By Dr Sachin Varma February 15, 2020 -
Growing up without godfathers
By Priyanka Chaturvedi December 21, 2019 -
Fighting it together
By Dr Kishore Kotha September 14, 2019 -
Preventing chronic kidney disease
By Dr Bharat V. Shah July 20, 2019
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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Amendments to NCT Act a farce: R. Prasannan
History repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce, said Karl Marx. Having
By R Prasannan April 11, 2021
R. Prasannan: Will the coalition against China in Indo-Pacific work?
It is official—the Quad is born. The rulers of Australia, India, Japan and the US
By R Prasannan March 28, 2021
All quiet on the western front
Most of the world and its elder brothers in Washington believe that there is so much
By R Prasannan March 14, 2021
Arjun rides again
Arjun’s vishad yog has ended. He will ride to battle. The Mahabharat hero was seized
By R Prasannan February 28, 2021
Cantt have it their way
Cantonments, those vast stretches dotted with ‘grant bungalows’, Gothic churches and
By R Prasannan February 14, 2021
Why not a jawan-kisan parade?
Narendra Modi missed a golden chance to reach out to the farmers. When they
By R Prasannan January 31, 2021
The bull in Pak’s China shop
An irreparable loss!” Narendra Modi tweeted on the death of Narendra Kumar who
By R Prasannan January 17, 2021
Shaheen Bagh to Rakabganj
The year 2020 has been our annus horribilis. The phrase, elegant in Latin but
By R Prasannan January 03, 2021
The wrath of the Sindhuputras
Narendra Modi says his intentions behind bringing the farm laws were “as pure as the
By R Prasannan December 20, 2020
All that is Greek and Turkish
The Greek-Turkish conflict is the stuff of legends in the European imagination. It
By R Prasannan December 06, 2020
Too many ministers spoil the show
Old seadogs, those rum-soaked sods of bygone days, believed that renaming ships
By R Prasannan November 22, 2020
Tailor-made for atmanirbharta
Narendra Modi seems to be hell-bent on stealing the Congress’s clothes. Literally
By R Prasannan November 08, 2020
An ally for all reasons
Who is Ram? Where is Ram? There was stunned silence in the Lok Sabha as Ram Vilas
By R Prasannan October 25, 2020
A minister and a gentleman
The president swears in all Union ministers to oaths of office and secrecy. But in
By R Prasannan October 11, 2020