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The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

著者: Amit Varma
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The Seen and the Unseen, hosted by Amit Varma, features longform conversations that aim to give deep insights into the subjects being discussed. Timeless and bingeworthy.All Rights Reserved 政治・政府 政治学 社会科学
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  • Ep 440: Ram and Friends
    2026/03/23
    We are shaped by the people we let into our lives -- and sometimes only realise this in hindsight. Ramachandra Guha joins Amit Varma in episode 440 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about some of the friends who changed his life. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Ramachandra Guha on Amazon, Twitter and his own website. 2. Ram Guha Writes a Letter to a Friend -- Episode 371 of The Seen and the Unseen. 3. Ram Guha Reflects on His Life — Episode 266 of The Seen and the Unseen. 4. A Cricket Tragic Celebrates the Game — Episode 201 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha). 5. Taking Stock of Our Republic — Episode 157 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha). 6. Understanding Gandhi. Part 1: Mohandas — Episode 104 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha). 7. Understanding Gandhi. Part 2: Mahatma — Episode 105 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha). 8. The Last Liberal and Other Essays -- Ramachandra Guha's collection, which includes his essay on Dharma Kumar. 9. Patriots and Partisans -- Ramachandra Guha's collection, which includes his essay on Krishna Raj. 10. ‘The real Chipko’: How Shekhar Pathak wrote the first exhaustive, people’s history of the movement -- Ramachandra Guha. 11. An Anthropologist among the Marxists and other Essays -- Ramachandra Guha's collection, which includes his essay on DR Nagaraj. 12. The Ecumenical Marxist -- Ramachandra Guha on Anjan Ghosh. 13. Land and Caste in South India -- Dharma Kumar. 14. Colonialism, Property and the State -- Dharma Kumar. 15. The Chipko Movement: A People's History -- Shekhar Pathak. 16. The Flaming Feet and Other Essays -- DR Nagaraj. 17. Ramachandra Guha's 2024 tribute to Andre Béteille. 18. Penelope Fitzgerald, Barbara Pym and Shirley Hazzard on Amazon. 19. Original Spin: Misadventures in Cricket -- Vic Marks. 20. Late Cuts: Musings on cricket -- Vic Marks. 21. The Gate of Angels -- Penelope Fitzgerald. 22. The Light in Winter -- Episode 97 of Everything is Everything. 23. Beyond A Boundary -- CLR James. 24. India After Gandhi -- Ramachandra Guha. 25. Time Out of Mind -- Bob Dylan. 26. From Strength to Strength — Arthur Brooks. 27. The Good Boatman: A Portrait of Gandhi -- Rajmohan Gandhi. 28. The Age of the Partial Outsider — Janan Ganesh. 29. The Book of Indian Essays -- Edited by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. 30. Ranjit Hoskote is Dancing in Chains -- Episode 363 of The Seen and the Unseen. 31. The Life and Times of Gurcharan Das — Episode 425 of The Seen and the Unseen. 32. Salman Rushdie interviewed by Mishal Husain. 33. Joseph Anton: A Memoir -- Salman Rushdie. 34. Economic and Political Weekly. 35. The India Forum. 36. The Mantle of the Prophet -- Roy Mottahadeh. 37. ChatGPT's investigative work on unnamed Calcutta Marxist. 38. The Role of Rumour in History Writing -- Anjan Ghosh. 39. Who are the Guilty? -- Report on the 1984 riots by PUDR and PUCL. 40. Sharafat Hussain Khan, Latafat Hussain Khan, Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar, Dinkar Kaikini, Malini Rajurkar, Radhika Mohan Maitra and Buddhadev Das Gupta. 41. The Call of Music -- Priya Purushothaman. 42. The Secret Master: Arun Kashalkar and a Journey to the Edge of Music -- Sumana Ramanan. Amit Varma runs a course called Life Lessons, which aims to be a launchpad towards learning essential life skills all of you need. For more details, and to sign up, click here. And have you read Amit’s newsletter? Subscribe right away to The India Uncut Newsletter! It’s free! Also check out Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing. Episode art: ‘Koshy's’ by Simahina.
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    2 時間 24 分
  • Ep 439: Janhavi Nilekani Threw the Other Shoe
    2026/03/09
    She is a thinker and doer who takes on difficult problems, whether it's maternal care in India or a dangerous ideological cult. Janhavi Nilekani joins Amit Varma in episode 439 of The Seen and the Unseen to chat about her work in healthcare -- and her gender-critical thinking. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Janhavi Nilekani on Instagram, Twitter, Substack and Aastrika. 2. Aastrika Foundation. 3. Aastrika Midwifery Centre. 4. Janhavi Nilekani’s Substack. 5. Janhavi Nilekani on Maternal Healthcare and Evidence-Based Decision-Making -- The Ideas of India podcast by Shruti Rajagopalan. 6. Understanding Indian Healthcare — Episode 225 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 7. Essays at the Intersection of Environmental and Development Economics -- Janhavi Nilekani. 8. Rohini Nilekani Pays It Forward — Episode 317 of The Seen and the Unseen. 9. Natasha Badhwar Lives the Examined Life — Episode 301 of The Seen and the Unseen. 10. Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality -- Helen Joyce. 11. Yuganta -- Irawati Karve. 12. Maxims for Thinking Analytically: The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser -- Dan Levy. 13. The Skeptical Environmentalist -- Bjorn Lomborg. 14. The Practice of Medicine — Episode 229 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Lancelot Pinto). 15. Informed Consent is Meaningless if the Information is False and the Consent is Coerced -- Janhavi Nilekani. 16. Beyond too little, too late and too much, too soon -- Suellen Miller et al. 17. What These Labels Mean -- Episode 107 of Everything is Everything. 18. The Positive Birth Book -- Milli Hill. 19. The Word is Woman -- Milli Hill's Substack. 20. The Cass Report. 21. Inclusivity In Healthcare Should Not Be Valued Above Our Paramount Mandate: First, Do No Harm -- Janhavi Nilekani. 22. Understanding the Sex Binary -- Colin Wright. 23. Irreversible Damage -- Abigail Shrier. 24. The Famous Five and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. 25. Sense and Sensibility -- Jane Austen. 26. The Grand Sophy -- Georgette Heyer. 27. Ilona Andrews on Amazon. 28. The Liaden series by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. 29. Lupa. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Amit Varma runs a course called Life Lessons, which aims to be a launchpad towards learning essential life skills all of you need. For more details, and to sign up, click here. And have you read Amit’s newsletter? Subscribe right away to The India Uncut Newsletter! It’s free! Also check out Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing. Episode art: ‘Compassion’ by Simahina.
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    4 時間 3 分
  • Ep 438: V Ravichandar is Heading North by Northwest
    2026/02/23
    What can one man do for a city in a lifetime of work? A lot! V Ravichandar joins Amit Varma in episode 438 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss his life, his times and what he has learnt as a civic evangelist for Bangalore. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. V Ravichandar on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Feedback Consulting. 2. Reforming Urban Governance — Episode 48 of The Seen and the Unseen (w V Ravichandar). 3. The Greater Bengaluru Governance Act. 4. BLR Hubba. 5. Bangalore International Centre. 6. Bangalore Literature Festival. 7. Bangalore Agenda Task Force. 8. Gautam John is Figuring it Out -- Episode 437 of The Seen and the Unseen. 9. Inside the Hearts of Men and Women — Episode 118 of Everything is Everything. 10. Understanding Human Sexuality — Episode 126 of Everything is Everything. 11. The Life and Times of Gurcharan Das — Episode 425 of The Seen and the Unseen. 12. Participatory Democracy — Episode 160 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ashwin Mahesh). 13. Cities and Citizens — Episode 198 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ashwin Mahesh). 14. Helping Others in the Fog of Pandemic — Episode 226 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ashwin Mahesh). 15. Urban Governance in India — Episode 31 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 16. The Age of the Partial Outsider — Janan Ganesh. 17. Unboxing Bengaluru — Malini Goyal and Prashanth Prakash. 18. Malini Goyal is the Curious One — Episode 377 of The Seen and the Unseen. 19. The Rooted Cosmopolitanism of Sugata Srinivasaraju — Episode 277 of The Seen and the Unseen. 20. The Covenant of Water -- Abraham Verghese. 21. Breaking Bad. Amit Varma and Mohit Satyanand run a course called Life Lessons, which aims to be a launchpad towards learning essential life skills all of you need. For more details, and to sign up, click here. And have you read Amit’s newsletter? Subscribe right away to The India Uncut Newsletter! It’s free! Also check out Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing. Episode art: ‘Bangalorean Man’ by Simahina.
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    4 時間 7 分
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