Writing on the toilet wall
Tenali Rama, the fabled jester in Krishnadeva Raya’s court, would have been a happy
By R Prasannan October 12, 2019
Columns
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Guest Column
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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 -
Guaido vs Maduro: Face-off in Venezuela
By Jorge Ramos April 06, 2019 -
Get tested on time
By Dr M. Udaya Kumar Maiya February 16, 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
Cakes, wines and birthday ladoos
On September 17, Narendra Modi took a chopper to the Sardar Sarovar dam which was
By R Prasannan September 28, 2019
Carpetbaggers in the cold
President Andrew Johnson purchased Alaska from Russia as real estate for the US in
By R Prasannan September 14, 2019
Off with the guard & other SPG tales
The Special Protection Group will now have one VVIP less to guard. The home ministry
By R Prasannan August 31, 2019
A tale with a stink
Winston Churchill once compared Neville Chamberlain to a “town councillor who looks
By R Prasannan August 17, 2019
Idioms and phrases: a Reddy reckoner
An astrology magazine from the south sent a scribe during the 1998 polls to collect
By R Prasannan August 03, 2019
Yoga a fashion statement now, thanks to 'health icon' PM Modi
Who is India’s topmost health icon? No, none of those surgeons with golden knives
By R Prasannan July 20, 2019
Of Common Man and VIP brats
Who coined ‘aam aadmi’ as a political phrase? Arvind Kejriwal may claim political
By R Prasannan July 06, 2019
Modi's approach towards China appears to be matured now
Narendra Modi-2 seems more moderate and mellowed than Narendra Modi-1. He is waving
By R Prasannan June 22, 2019
Punch in a shrunken pack
When it came to campus selection, Narendra Modi was most fair. He picked up two of
By R Prasannan June 08, 2019
When world rulers take a break from work
When cares of governance wear them down, most world rulers take a break. They go
By R Prasannan May 25, 2019
Chor vs bhrashtachari
Rahul Gandhi is miffed that Narendra Modi called his father, the dear departed
By R Prasannan May 11, 2019
Lok Sabha elections: Will the aspirational middle class decide the winner, or the silent poor?
Like him or hate him, elect him or trounce him, hail him or curse him, but Narendra
By R Prasannan April 27, 2019
Whose Army is it anyway?
Yogi Adityanath called the Indian Army ‘Modi’s Sena’. Many in the uniform were
By R Prasannan April 13, 2019
L.K. Advani: Iron man to shadow man
Five years ago, Narendra Modi scuttled 86-year-old L.K. Advani’s chances of becoming
By R Prasannan March 30, 2019