Plastic buckets and parliament seats
Plastics business boomed during birth control drive; now dairy industry has a chance if a baby boom happens
By R Prasannan March 23, 2025
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The Iran nuclear deal is dead. And it is a good thing, writes Jeff Jacoby
By Jeff Jacoby April 10, 2022 -
Case for coalitions
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Block buster
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The invisible pandemic
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Patch work
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Growing up without godfathers
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Fighting it together
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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
A pub brawl and third world war
The downside of public diplomacy, and how Europe could trigger a third world war if it jumps into the fray to defend Ukraine
By R Prasannan March 16, 2025
Liberty shows a Rambo scowl
It's no longer the serene visage of Ms Liberty that the world sees in America
By R Prasannan March 09, 2025
Avoiding stampedes—a soccer story
Crowd management is not telling people what not to do, but letting them do what they like to do
By R Prasannan March 02, 2025
Chain gangs from America
India's protest was too meek, compared to the fury over Khobragade arrest
By R Prasannan February 23, 2025
Work-wife equations
Simply slogging doesn’t get you gains that last
By R Prasannan February 16, 2025
Sync the watch; go clockwise
Govt has notified draft legal metrology rules which would compel us to sync our watches with precise IST
By R Prasannan February 09, 2025
Probowo Subianto: The guest from the east
Good bargaining ensures good deals for both sides
By R Prasannan February 02, 2025
The bomb man who kept his mouth shut
Rajagopala Chidambaram, who passed away recently, was a talent-hunter
By R Prasannan January 26, 2025
Coalition dharma, Congress!
The Congress is the only party in the alliance with all-India presence
By R Prasannan January 19, 2025
Bin Laden and the curse of polio
Terrorism, like smoking, is injurious to health
By R Prasannan January 05, 2025
Blood and oil in Golan
Did Israel capture the buffer zone in Golan Heights with an eye on Syrian oil?
By R Prasannan December 22, 2024
Who wants Mithilanchal?
Mithilanchal is a region partly in Bihar that claims to be the land of Sita's birth and the home of the Madhubani art
By R Prasannan December 15, 2024
Save the earth from climate talkers
Even men who we were making bombs were more transparent
By R Prasannan December 08, 2024
In gold we trust
Philosophers may dismiss it as yellow metal, but gold has been viewed as the safest bet in hard times
By R Prasannan December 01, 2024