Prem Panicker

Prem Panicker -- senior editor and a member of the founding team at Rediff.com and former editor-in-chief Yahoo India. You can e-mail the author at prem.panicker@gmail.com

All stories by Prem Panicker

Trump's Pause Gives Iran NOTHING!
Rediff.com16 hours ago

The pause gives the US time to breathe, to regroup, to move its expeditionary force...

Will Trump's 5 Day Pause End The War On Friday?
Rediff.com1 days ago

'Was the five-day pause ever meant to hold, or was it simply another instrument of...

Gulf War: Hormuz Is Becoming The Central Battlefield
Rediff.com2 days ago

The question is no longer whether the war will expand. It has. The next few days will...

War Exposes Cracks in US-Israel Alliance
Rediff.com5 days ago

Alliances fight wars effectively only when they share an endgame. If Israel acted...

Trump's War Has Crossed Energy Rubicon. And There's No Turning Back
Rediff.com6 days ago

For weeks, the war skirted the edge of catastrophe without tipping over. Missiles flew,...

Why Did Israel Kill Ali Larijani?
Rediff.com7 days ago

Israel has for more than two decades and several US presidencies worked to draw the...

Iran Rewrites Rules of War
Rediff.com17 Mar 2026

Iran is fighting a different war: Older, slower, and in some ways more dangerous. Iran...

Trump Is Caught Between Two Bad Options
Rediff.com16 Mar 2026

Fight on toward goals that keep receding, or exit with most objectives unmet. Trump is...

Iran Plays Hardball With India's Hormuz Requests
Rediff.com13 Mar 2026

'I suspect that Bangladesh being given permission stuck in India's official craw, and...

Middle East Crisis: The New Fog of War
Rediff.com13 Mar 2026

When everyone has footage and no one can verify it, the loudest voice wins, notes Prem...

Iran War Exposes Washington's Strategic Chaos
Rediff.com12 Mar 2026

What we are watching is something different: A fog manufactured and maintained by the...

Hormuz Crisis Threatens Global Economy
Rediff.com12 Mar 2026

When missiles fly in this region, they are never just aimed at military targets.

Has US Repeated Its Iraq Mistake?
Rediff.com11 Mar 2026

Israel and the United States had a plan. Iran punched back. And now the Gulf is...

Why Firing Gambhir Won't Fix The Real Problem
Rediff.com26 Nov 2025

Sack Gambhir before he damages any more careers, if you must. But it cannot stop there....

Indian Women Create Their 1983 Moment
Rediff.com3 Nov 2025

If the men of 1983 gave India a reason to dream, the women of 2025 could give it...

Jemi And The Real Story Of Indian Sport
Rediff.com31 Oct 2025

What we saw was not just a player finding form; it was a young woman reclaiming belief....

HOW The Proteas STUNNED The Aussies!
Rediff.com16 Jun 2025

Prem Panicker and Faisal Shariff discuss the World Test Championship final, where South...

Frederick Forsyth Made Us Think About The World's Fault Lines
Rediff.com10 Jun 2025

He was a storyteller who made me feel the pulse of history, the stakes of human...

Chokers To Champions: RCB Finally Breaks The Curse
Rediff.com6 Jun 2025

A 17 year wait finally comes to an end for RCB and its iconic player, Virat Kohli....

Shubman Gill's Crown of Thorns
Rediff.com27 May 2025

Prem Panicker and Faisal Shariff discuss the young, largely experimental team picked...