Satraps and sultans with black beards
Sarma used Ahom hero Lachit Barphukan to turn the tale around
By R Prasannan December 11, 2022
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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
We ought to do something for people to make even fewer babies
Worry is not whether there will be many Hindus or many Muslims
By R Prasannan December 04, 2022
How friends turned foes and foes friends after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination
Nalini's release comes at a time when Congress and DMK have become friends again
By R Prasannan November 27, 2022
EWS quota: Entitlements will change with every rupee one earns
The individual, rich or poor, is now the central point of the quota discourse
By R Prasannan November 20, 2022
Arvind Kejriwal's problem is not money. He wants an ideology
Kejriwal is moving towards identity or majoritarian right. Will it work in Gujarat?
By R Prasannan November 13, 2022
In haggling over free trade, Sunak may be a tougher nut to crack
Sunak will be as good or as bad to India as any beef-eating Anglo-Saxon would be
By R Prasannan November 06, 2022
To tag or not to tag Congress? Opposition leaders cannot decide
Mamata and KCR believe Congress tag would be millstone around their necks
By R Prasannan October 30, 2022
How Mulayam Singh Yadav muted an Air Force 'mutiny'
Yadav helped Gujral resist US pressure on missile programme
By R Prasannan October 23, 2022
5G hare and an old tortoise
It is transition time on this page, where Sachidananda Murthy has been engaging and
By R Prasannan October 16, 2022
How diplomats and statesmen read too much between the lines
They toast over sweet nothings and trip over commas in the wrong place
By R Prasannan October 09, 2022
Why the greatest legacy of monarchical Britain is parliamentary democracy
A lot of India's parliamentary practices evolved from British practices
By R Prasannan September 25, 2022
Blaming an SP for leaving PM stranded on highway won't resolve VVIP security issues
What Supreme Court has done now could have been done by Union home ministry
By R Prasannan September 11, 2022
Count the Gurkhas in for Agnipath
Nepal earns 4,200 crore a year as pay, pension from India
By R Prasannan August 14, 2022
From Irwin to Murmu: The house of political stability
Presidency is largely symbolic, but not totally
By R Prasannan July 31, 2022
Millet men in the PMO
Millets grow fast, in dry land or rainy region, and in the plains or on the hills
By R Prasannan July 17, 2022