India needs spiked boots to play the new Afghan Great Game: R. Prasannan
There was bad news for Afghanistan’s neighbours who gathered for a dialogue hosted
By R Prasannan November 21, 2021
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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.
PMO BEAT
At Glasgow they must promise more, or perish, says R. Prasannan
Several of the rulers of the universe, including our own Narendra Modi but excluding
By R Prasannan November 07, 2021
Modi's treasures from the US are real, worth $30 million to 40 million: R. Prasannan
Narendra Modi’s US visit this year was a tame affair. At the UN, he made a so-so
By R Prasannan October 24, 2021
Our poor diplomats are in a tizzy because of AUKUS shock: R. Prasannan
Edward Behr heard a fellow scribe shout across a refugee camp in war-torn Congo in
By R Prasannan October 10, 2021
Forget two misses, grab this third chance to woo Pashtuns, writes R. Prasannan
Do you still get the books of Olaf Caroe, C.E. Yate and Frank Martin in Delhi?”—a
By R Prasannan September 26, 2021
False claims by fans bring ridicule on PM, says R. Prasannan
Narendra Modi chaired a UN Security Council debate last week. That was the first by
By R Prasannan August 29, 2021
If govt hasn't pegasussed critics, did China and Pakistan do it, asks R. Prasannan
Phone tapping and bugging used to be dirty games. Snoopers used to leave bugs in
By R Prasannan August 15, 2021
Under Modi 2.0, GoMs are back in debating more issues: R. Prasannan
The more things change, the more they stay the same, wrote French writer
By R Prasannan August 01, 2021
Can Modi's Mahabharat toys beat Barbie, asks R. Prasannan
Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear cub on a weekend hunt, and famously lent his
By R Prasannan July 18, 2021
Under Modi, governors are finding their spines: R Prasannan
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says she has written thrice to Prime
By R Prasannan July 04, 2021
Praful Patel missed cultural fine print in Maldivian policy, says R. Prasannan
Cultural ignorance can be costly in politics. Amit Shah learnt it when he was
By R Prasannan June 20, 2021
Why ban use of 'India', 'virus' in the same infected breath, asks R. Prasannan
Do viruses have nationalities? We know they don’t. Nor do they have citizenships,
By R Prasannan June 06, 2021
Jagmohan changed parties, not his ideology: R Prasannan
Curzon reborn after a century”—I remember an archaeologist exulting after a talk by
By R Prasannan May 23, 2021
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
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