First among unequals
War is too important a matter to be left to the military, said prime minister
By R Prasannan January 11, 2020
Columns
- Sachidananda Murthy
- Anuja Chauhan
- Anita Pratap
- Meenakshi Lekhi
- Shobhaa De
- Navtej Sarna
- Lakshmy Ramanathan
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- Prasannan
- Swara Bhasker
- Sanjaya Baru
- Barkha Dutt
- Shashi Tharoor
- Bibek Debroy
- Sanjay Manjrekar
- Bose Krishnamachari
- M.K Bhadrakumar
- Vinod Rai
- Ashwini Nachappa
- Geeti Sen
- Vandana Kohli
- Sadhguru
- Gen Bikram Singh
- Manu Chandra
- Sanjna Kapoor
- Jerry Pinto
- Saina Nehwal
- Nandita Das
- Sania Mirza
- Bala Ambati
- Maroof Raza
- Ajish P Joy
- Mallika Sarabhai
- Amjad Ali Khan
- Hemant Oberoi
- Binayak Sen
- Patrick French
- Nupur Sharma
- Derek O Brien
- Sourav Ganguly
Guest Column
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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 -
Guaido vs Maduro: Face-off in Venezuela
By Jorge Ramos April 06, 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
Know the will, and make the bill
Will there be a citizens register or won’t there be? Amit Shah said in Parliament
By R Prasannan December 28, 2019
A Kilo-splash in the eastern seas
Narendra Modi is credited with turning India’s Look East into Act East. One of his
By R Prasannan December 14, 2019
Poll bonds in Pandora’s suitcase
British press baron Alfred Harmsworth famously said, “When I want a peerage I shall
By R Prasannan November 30, 2019
No ghosts at the breakfast table
India will not join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) because
By R Prasannan November 09, 2019
To Siachen, with selfie-sticks
Soldiers in Siachen may soon get company. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has plans
By R Prasannan October 26, 2019
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
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