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R Prasannan

R Prasannan

Prasannan, Resident Editor, 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

POWERDRIVE

Countdown to a north-south issue

North-south rift is less over the tongue, and more over the heads

By R Prasannan November 17, 2024

Poor wealthy Jharkhand

Jharkhand is set to elect its 14th government. Will it be stable, and make the state rich?

By R Prasannan November 10, 2024

Modi goes to the pole

Chooses Russia route, with eyes on the riches too

By R Prasannan November 03, 2024

Conmen and other lovable rascals

Charming ingenuity about rascality of felons

By R Prasannan October 27, 2024

Let's talk with Pakistan

Because we claim to be much stronger than we were in 2004

By R Prasannan October 20, 2024

Peaks of Himalayan folly

Since Chinese claim Arunachal to be southern Tibet, and all of Tibet to be theirs, they started giving their kind of names to places there

By R Prasannan October 13, 2024

Blotted by pages of terror

Pager blasts showed tactical ingenuity, but they were used as tools of terror

By R Prasannan October 06, 2024

Seats for AAP? Not even a needlepoint

Rahul Gandhi wanted to keep the alliance intact and be graceful to his AAP friends, but his Haryana satraps wouldn't budge

By R Prasannan September 29, 2024

Man-eaters don’t spare women

Society should progress towards gender justice, but don't trample over charm of language

By R Prasannan September 22, 2024

Rape of the law, repeated

Laws don’t make the land safer; lawmen do

By R Prasannan September 15, 2024

Of hugs, handshakes, folded hands

Handshakes and hugs are hot currencies in diplomacy

By R Prasannan September 08, 2024

Paddy in Kashmir's killing field

Gen. S. Padmanabhan had a stellar role in transforming J&K

By R Prasannan September 01, 2024

The kunwar and the comrade

Natwar Singh and Buddhadeb Bhattacharya ended their careers unhappily

By R Prasannan August 25, 2024

Statues of liberty and tyranny

Our founding fathers taught us to be kind to our foes

By R Prasannan August 18, 2024

Soccer slurs and colonial claims

Latins are colonists in their own land

By R Prasannan August 11, 2024
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