Who’s afraid of Iran’s missiles?
The real war aim is no longer hidden. Don and Bibi have stated that they want to effect a regime change in Iran
By R Prasannan March 15, 2026
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- Dr Preetha Reddy
- Anita Pratap
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- Shashi Tharoor
- Baijayant 'Jay' Panda
- Shyla Jovitha Abraham and Dr Jame Abraham
- Navtej Sarna
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- M.K Bhadrakumar
- Vinod Rai
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Guest Column
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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
By Marten van den Berg March 21, 2021 -
Innovate and collaborate
By Sanjaya Mariwala March 07, 2021 -
Block buster
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni March 07, 2021 -
The invisible pandemic
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni February 07, 2021 -
Patch work
By Dr Sachin Varma February 15, 2020 -
Growing up without godfathers
By Priyanka Chaturvedi December 21, 2019 -
Fighting it together
By Dr Kishore Kotha September 14, 2019
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
Vanuatu is no godman’s Kailasa
The Commonwealth nation's constitutional rulings hold persuasive value in Indian courts, and got recent links to India through legal references, the Lalit Modi passport episode and diplomatic engagement
By R Prasannan March 08, 2026
Vande Mataram: Read the lips
The national anthem debate in India intensifies with new directives elevating Vande Mataram alongside Jana Gana Mana, creating mandates for public expression
By R Prasannan March 01, 2026
No thanks? A house-trap
A break from parliamentary tradition—passing the motion of thanks without the prime minister’s reply—has sparked concerns that political maneuvering has undermined debate and dented the dignity of Parliament.
By R Prasannan February 22, 2026
When power runs in the family
Much as Narendra Modi and Amit Shah scoff at the dynasticism in the Congress, the fact is that it is regional parties, including several of the BJP’s allies, that are practising family politics more than the national parties
By R Prasannan February 15, 2026
Military medals; no bars please
Scribes regular on the defence beat know ‘bar’ means the soldier is getting the same honour for a second time
By R Prasannan February 08, 2026
Mumbai mayor and a cat’s luck
Truth be told, Mumbai’s mayor wields hardly any power
By R Prasannan February 01, 2026
Elgin, Ephesus and Erdogan
Most Turks I met were eager to see India, meet Indians, trade with India, and can’t understand the current chill in ties
By R Prasannan January 25, 2026
March to Caracas—Yankee oil doo
Military-pacted, non-aligned, neutral or simply spineless, every ruler acts in his country’s supreme self interest when confronted with global crises
By R Prasannan January 18, 2026
Crimes and confessions, copy-pasted
Making use of anti-terror laws that allowed confessions to cops as evidence, they got all the 13 to sing and sign their sins
By R Prasannan January 11, 2026
The Maria von Trapp in Rahul Gandhi
It’s time Rahul Gandhi stayed, and listened to his Congressmen
By R Prasannan January 04, 2026
Area of the globe? Pie is cubed
Trump has found a way to MAGA—invoke the Monroe doctrine “to restore American pre-eminence in the western hemisphere, and to protect our homeland and our access to key geographies throughout the region
By R Prasannan December 21, 2025
A Vikram-Bhatti tale from Bengaluru
In Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D.K. Shivakumar are playing out a Vikram-Betaal farce
By R Prasannan December 14, 2025
Is it Milton’s law, m’lords?
SC was asked to clarify a confusion; now it’s confusion worse confounded
By R Prasannan December 07, 2025
When stars blinded the astrologer
Prashant Kishor's big mistake was to confuse strategist with leader. He was a strategist, never a leader
By R Prasannan November 30, 2025