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
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Guest Column
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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 -
Building capacity
By Dr Sanjiv Kumar July 20, 2019 -
Patient safety, the prime priority
By Pavan Mocherla June 15, 2019 -
Hit in the heart
By Dr C.N. Manjunath May 25, 2019 -
Five worrying factors this election season
May 18, 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
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
Reaping the trade wind
By Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a singular fondness for oneness. Saying “one
By R Prasannan September 27, 2020
Hark, hark, the native bark
Narendra Modi has been getting too close to animals of late. First he posted his
By R Prasannan September 13, 2020
Turbans and tailor-made tales
The fans of neither of them would approve of this, but I am finding more in common
By R Prasannan August 30, 2020
Licence to make, licence to kill
No fighter plane has come in with a bigger bang than the Rafale. TV anchors and
By R Prasannan August 16, 2020
Work from home or the house?
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu are caught in
By R Prasannan August 02, 2020
Perils of personal diplomacy
The fans of neither of them would approve of me saying so, but Jawaharlal Nehru and
By R Prasannan July 19, 2020
Blunting a brahmastra
India is waiting for two brahmastras. Both have been on the anvil for long. One is a
By R Prasannan July 05, 2020
VVIP flights: wings commandeered
Our top three VVIPs—the president, the vice-president and the prime minister—have
By R Prasannan June 21, 2020
Bayonets from Lhasa to Ladakh
Which is India’s southernmost point? Most people would say, Kanyakumari. Don’t we
By R Prasannan June 07, 2020
Blundering in the Himalayas
If there is one poem that all diplomats should be made to read, it is Robert Frost’s
By R Prasannan May 24, 2020
Siren-salute to a divine act
When he took a siren-blaring cavalcade of 35 cars and 60 motorcycles around Gurdwara
By R Prasannan May 10, 2020
Boor on silken pillow
Some people are better kept as enemies. They make more trouble for you as friends.
By R Prasannan April 26, 2020
Sorry, sir! They want some more
In his month-end Sunday Mann ki Baat, Narendra Modi apologised to the people for
By R Prasannan April 12, 2020