Its French owners kept it under such thick wraps that when war with Prussia broke out in 1870, the guns were issued to troops without manuals. By the time the manuals arrived, France had lost the war. The F-35 looks like one such. theweek.in/columns/prasan…

Did the investigation team Air India crash check on every passengers’ background? Prasannan DGCA The FAA ✈️ NTSB Newsroom NTSB ICAO

How many stations can you count where you can board a bus without getting wet? We have even airport terminals without roofs over the alighting point. Train stations fare better. Platforms built by colonial rulers were benignly roofed up to the edge. theweek.in/columns/prasan…

An engaging interaction with Gen Z at the #WeekEducationConclave2025 on the theme: "A Roadmap for the Nation: Why a Developed Country Needs Advanced Education." “Naional Education Policy 2020 #NEP2020 along with a wide range of Science Technology Innovation options, comprise an

VP post has to be filled up "as soon as possible"; deputy speaker's "as soon as may be". Governors to sign/return bills "as soon as may be"; J&K should get "statehood asap". 4 instances of govt's varying interpretations to the 2 phrases in Constitution... theweek.in/columns/prasan…

Trump may be prospecting for gold and more. Geologists say 92 minerals worth $6 trillion are buried in the land stretching from Gilgit-Baltistan (we flinch) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the hills of Balochistan, the sands of Sind and the plains of Punjab. theweek.in/columns/prasan…

We would've dismissed these as a bad loser’s brawl with the umpire. But even before Rahul had concluded his presser, commission officials were challenging him to come on oath, as if he were making a post-poll complaint. The umpire became a player. theweek.in/columns/prasan…

World thinks Russia been annexing lands, as tsarist, communist empire. Russi thinks they been losing—Alaska to America, Crimea to Brits in 19th c, ex-Sov republics in 20th c. They disbanded Warsaw Pact. NATO cheated. They expanded toward Russia. theweek.in/columns/prasan…

The VP is the only official who doesn’t get salary for his designated post. His pay, Rs4 lakh currently, is for his work as Rajya Sabha chairman. But when he acts as president, he is entitled to the salary and privileges of the president. Read more in.... theweek.in/columns/prasan…

Vance claims he's ready to succeed Trump. Al Haig and Pranab paid the price for making similar claims. Trumpists are still not ruling out a third term - they say, there's a loophole in the law that prohibits a third election. Read more in ..... theweek.in/columns/prasan…

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They located the governor’s house from the limousines parked outside. Spotting a dome atop the building they concluded that the conference room would be right below. They flew over the dome, firing rockets straight through the roof. Read more in ....theweek.in/theweek/cover/…

A bored officer and his homesick aircraftsman flew dangerously low over Kannur. Both were hauled up. The officer would become IAF chief and India's only Marshal of the Air Force; the other would make India's first MiGs in hundreds. Read the story in.... theweek.in/theweek/cover/…

He jumped into the cockpit and shot up, his 60-year-old body fighting 9G force, vanished into the blue, reappeared, flew past the base, landed with a thumbs-up. Read about how 2 chiefs fought for the honour of their plane and pilots, in theweek.in/columns/prasan…

Israel may be winning the military war on Palestine, but is losing on the diplomatic front. That's just one of the 5 ironies in the ongoing war. More in.... theweek.in/columns/prasan…

What is even more ridiculous is that the Taliban FM is allowed to bring their abhorrent and illegal discrimination against women to India, as the government hosts the Taliban delegation with full official protocol. This isn't pragmatism, this is supplication.

We are using strategic vocabulary to describe defeat and win; we are turning sportsmen into gladiators; winning matches, but losing the sport. Remember, a willow, whether from Kashmir or Yorkshire, is not a Kalashnikov. theweek.in/columns/prasan…

Like the Canadian thinker William B. Munro, the BJP believes that “the average man does not vote for anything, but against something”. He doesn’t vote with his mind; he votes with his heart. theweek.in/columns/prasan…

theweek.in/theweek/specia… The star-gazers of the Mughals- an interview with MJ Akbar M.J. Akbar on his latest book

Do Feds think spies pass secrets in envelopes, spymasters give cash in red bags? Then they'd look for genies in brass bottles and aliens in Bermuda. Did Tellis dine on Chinese noodles or American chop suey? The choice'd reveal his loyalties. theweek.in/columns/prasan…