App Store

Google Play

DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst 

Amit Varma

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.

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

She worked with Femina for 26 years, 12 of them as editor. And she wrote numerous biographies after that. Sathya Saran joins Amit Varma in episode 406 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss Indian society, feminism, femininity, her life as a journalist and the art of the biography.
 
 (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.)
 
 Also check out:
 1. Sathya Saran on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Amazon.
 2. Ten Years with Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's Journey -- Sathya Saran.
 3. Sun Mere Bandhu Re: The Musical World Of SD Burman -- Sathya Saran.
 4. Baat Niklegi Toh Phir: The Life and Music of Jagjit Singh -- Sathya Saran.
 5. Breath of Gold: Hariprasad Chaurasia -- Sathya Saran.
 6. The Dark Side and Other Stories -- Sathya Saran.
 7. How To Look Like Miss India -- Sathya Saran.
 8. Gulzar's Angoor: Insights into The Film -- Sathya Saran.
 9. From Me to You -- Sathya Saran.
 10. Madhumati -- Bimal Roy.
 11. How We Do the Small Things -- Amit Varma.
 12. The Life and Times of Shanta Gokhale — Episode 311 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 13. The Anxious Generation — Jonathan Haidt.
 14. Coming Through Slaughter -- Michael Ondaatje.
 15. Take A Chance On Me -- Abba.
 16. Sahib, Bibi Aur Ghulam -- Guru Dutt.
 17. The Monk and His Music -- Moti Lalwani and Richa Lakhanpal.
 18. Close -- Lukas Dhont.
 19. Girl -- Lukas Dhont.
 20. Mughal-E-Azam -- K Asif.
 21. Pyaasa -- Guru Dutt.
 22. Lekin -- Gulzar.
 22. Ijaazat -- Gulzar.
 24. Angoor -- Gulzar.
 
 This episode is sponsored by Rang De, a platform that enables individuals to invest in farmers, rural entrepreneurs and artisans.
 
 Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new 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.
 
 Amit and Ajay also bring out a weekly YouTube show, Everything is Everything. Have you watched it yet? You must!
 
 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: ‘Beauty’ by Simahina.

Ep 406: Sathya Saran and the Shaping of the Indian Woman

He was born in Sikkim and lives in the USA, and in the course of engaging with his identity, has written powerful books of Sikh history, and revived its music. Sarbpreet Singh joins Amit Varma in episode 407 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss his life, his writing, his music and the lessons of Sikhism.
 
 (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.)
 
 Also check out:
 1. Sarbpreet Singh on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Linktree and Amazon.
 2. The Story of the Sikhs -- Sarbpreet Singh's podcast on Spotify.
 3. The Gurmat Sangeet Podcast.
 4. The Gurmat Sangeet Project.
 5. The Story of the Sikhs: 1469-1708 -- Sarbpreet Singh.
 6. Cauldron, Sword and Victory: The Rise of the Sikhs -- Sarbpreet Singh.
 7. The Camel Merchant of Philadelphia -- Sarbpreet Singh.
 8. Kultar's Mime -- Sarbpreet Singh.
 9. Night of the Restless Spirits: Stories from 1984 -- Sarbpreet Singh.
 10. The Sufi's Nightingale -- Sarbpreet Singh.
 11. Nanak Was Here — Episode 166 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Amardeep Singh).
 12. Devdutt Pattanaik and the Stories That Shape Us -- Episode 404 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 13. Sarbpreet Singh in conversation with Jerry Pinto.
 14. The Life and Times of Jerry Pinto — Episode 314 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 15. Em and the Big Hoom — Jerry Pinto.
 16. History of the Sikhs -- JD Cunningham.
 17. Khyal: Creativity within North India's Classical Music Tradition -- Bonnie Wade.
 18. Who are the Guilty? -- The PUCL report about the 1984 riots.
 19. Gangster Rule -- Madhu Kishwar.
 20. Anthropological Knowledge and Collective Violence: The Riots in Delhi, November 1984 -- Veena Das.
 21. 100 Years of Solitude -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
 22. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Ramachandra Guha: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
 23. In The City of Slaughter -- Hayyim Nahman Bialik.
 24. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil — Hannah Arendt.
 25. The Pluralism Project.
 25. Kaya Taran -- Sashi Kumar.
 26. A History of the Sikhs -- Khushwant Singh.
 27. Kirtan Sewa Malaysia.
 
 This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off.
 
 Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new 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.
 
 Amit and Ajay also bring out a weekly YouTube show, Everything is Everything. Have you watched it yet? You must!
 
 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: ‘Seeker’ by Simahina.

Ep 407: Sarbpreet Singh Finds His Sikhism

His earlier episodes on this show have been huge hits, and as he completes a trilogy of books, he returns to complete a trilogy of episodes. Amitava Kumar joins Amit Varma in episode 408 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about writing, noticing, painting, travelling, trees, and unfulfilled train journeys.
 
 (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.)
 
 Also check out
 1. Amitava Kumar on Instagram, Substack, Twitter, Amazon, Vassar, Granta and his own website.
 2. The Green Book: An Observer's Notebook -- Amitava Kumar.
 3. Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of Life — Episode 265 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 4. Amitava Kumar Finds His Kashmiri Rain -- Episode 364 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 5. The Blue Book: A Writer’s Journal — Amitava Kumar.
 6. The Yellow Book: A Traveller’s Diary — Amitava Kumar.
 7. My Beloved Life: A Novel -- Amitava Kumar.
 8. A Million Mutinies Now -- VS Naipaul.
 9. The Trees — Philip Larkin.
 10. Before the Storm -- Amitava Kumar.
 11. Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages — Peggy Mohan.
 12. Understanding India Through Its Languages — Episode 232 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Peggy Mohan).
 13. A Suitable Boy -- Vikram Seth.
 14. Caste, Capitalism and Chandra Bhan Prasad — Episode 296 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 15. ‘Indian languages carry the legacy of caste’ — Chandra Bhan Prasad interviewed by Sheela Bhatt.
 16. The Refreshing Audacity of Vinay Singhal — Episode 291 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 17. Stage.in.
 18. Laapataa Ladies -- Kiran Rao.
 19. Kanthapura -- Raja Rao.
 20. All About H Hatterr -- GV Desani.
 21. From Phansi Yard: My Year with the Women of Yerawada -- Sudha Bharadwaj.
 22. India is Broken -- Ashoka Mody.
 23. Being Mortal -- Atul Gawande.
 24. Earwitness to Place -- Bernie Krause interviewed by Erin Robinsong.
 25. All That Breathes -- Shaunak Sen.
 26. Frog: 1 Poetry: 0 -- Amitava Kumar.
 27. The Heat Will Kill You First -- Jeff Goodell.
 28. Danish Husain and the Multiverse of Culture — Episode 359 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 29. The Artist's Way -- Julia Cameron.
 30. An excerpt from Wittgenstein’s diary — Parul Sehgal on Twitter.
 31. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus — Ludwig Wittgenstein.
 32. Burdock -- Janet Malcolm.
 33. Hermit in Paris — Italo Calvino.
 34. Objects From Our Past -- Episode 77 of Everything is Everything.
 35. The Wisden Book of Test Cricket (1877-1977) — Compiled & edited by Bill Frindall.
 36. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India — Akshaya Mukul.
 37. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism — Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul).
 38. The Ferment of Our Founders — Episode 272 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Kapila).
 39. Private Truths, Public Lies — Timur Kuran.
 40. The Incredible Insights of Timur Kuran — Episode 349 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 41. Bhavni Bhavai -- Ketan Mehta.
 42. All We Imagine as Light -- Payal Kapadia.
 43. Secondhand Time -- Svetlana Alexievich.
 44. Amitava Kumar's post with Danish Husain's postcard.
 45. Fire Weather -- John Vaillant.
 46. Ill Nature -- Joy Williams.
 47. Hawk -- Joy Williams.
 
 This episode is sponsored by Rang De, a platform that enables individuals to invest in farmers, rural entrepreneurs and artisans.
 
 Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new 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.
 
 Amit and Ajay also bring out a weekly YouTube show, Everything is Everything. Have you watched it yet? You must!
 
 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: ‘Gulmohar’ by Simahina.

Ep 408: Amitava Kumar Finds His Gulmohar Tree

He's lived a rich life as a journalist, a human rights activist, an author, a columnist -- and now he's written a great book on Gujaratis. Salil Tripathi joins Amit Varma in episode 409 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss his life, his learnings, these times we live in -- and the times that came before.
 
 (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.)
 
 Also check out:
 1. Salil Tripathi on Twitter, Instagram, Wikipedia, LinkedIn and Amazon.
 2. The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community -- Salil Tripathi.
 3. The Colonel Who Would Not Repent -- Salil Tripathi.
 4. Offence – The Hindu Case -- Salil Tripathi.
 5. Detours: Songs of the Open Road -- Salil Tripathi.
 6. For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit -- Edited by Shilpa Gupta and Salil Tripathi.
 7. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism — Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul).
 8. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India — Akshaya Mukul.
 9. Saraswatichandra (Gujarati) (English) -- Govardhanram Tripathi.
 10. Gujarat Ni Asmita -- KM Munshi.
 11. I Follow the Mahatma -- KM Munshi.
 12. Devdutt Pattanaik and the Stories That Shape Us — Episode 404 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 13. Ahimsa: 100 Reflections on the Harappan Civilization — Devdutt Pattanaik.
 14. Until the Lions -- Karthika Nair.
 15. Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity — Manu Pillai.
 16. The Forces That Shaped Hinduism -- Episode 405 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Manu Pillai).
 17. Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain -- Fintan O'Toole.
 18. Understanding Gandhi: Part 1: Mohandas — Episode 104 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha).
 19. Understanding Gandhi: Part 2: Mahatma — Episode 105 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha).
 20. Gandhi Before India -- Ramachandra Guha.
 21. Objects From Our Past -- Episode 77 of Everything is Everything.
 22. The Diary of Manu Gandhi (Part 1) (Part 2) -- Edited and Translated by Tridip Suhrud.
 23. The Ferment of Our Founders — Episode 272 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Kapila).
 24. Lessons from an Ankhon Dekhi Prime Minister — Amit Varma.
 25. Akhil Katyal's poem on caste.
 26. Midnight's Children -- Salman Rushdie.
 27. Bare Feet – a Poem about MF Husain -- Salil Tripathi.
 28. My Mother’s Fault -- Salil Tripathi.
 29. Jejuri -- Arun Kolatkar.
 30. Yashwant Rao -- Arun Kolatkar.
 31. The Patriot -- Nissim Ezekiel.
 32. Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne -- Satyajit Ray.
 33. You're Missing -- Bruce Springsteen.
 34. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Salman Rushdie, Milan Kundera, Ved Mehta and John McPhee on Amazon.
 35. All We Imagine as Light -- Payal Kapadia.
 36. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha Is the Impartial Spectator — Episode 388 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 37. On Tyranny -- Timothy Snyder.
 38. Lant Pritchett Is on Team Prosperity — Episode 379 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 39. Saving Capitalism From The Capitalists -- Raghuram Rajan and Luigi Zingales.
 40. Check out Johan Norberg's great work.
 41. The Life and Times of the Indian Economy — Episode 387 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rajeswari Sengupta).
 42. India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality — Amit Varma.
 43. Stay Away From Luxury Beliefs — Episode 46 of Everything is Everything.
 44. On Inequality — Harry Frankfurt.
 45. Economic growth is enough and only economic growth is enough — Lant Pritchett with Addison Lewis.
 46. Sample SSR conspiracy theory: He’s alive!
 47. Amit Varma's 2022 piece on the mess-up at The Wire.
 48. Television Price Controls — Episode 27 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ashok Malik).
 49. The Selfish Altruist -- Tony Vaux.
 50. Sadanand Dhume's tweet on the hypocrisy around The Satanic Verses.
 51. Bad Elements -- Ian Buruma.
 52. Biju Rao Won’t Bow to Conventional Wisdom — Episode 392 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 53. Can Economics Become More Reflexive? — Vijayendra Rao.
 54. The Life and Times of Teesta Setalvad — Episode 302 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 55. Aakar Patel Is Full of Hope — Episode 270 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 56. The Wal-Mart Effect -- Charles Fishman.
 57. Modern South India -- Rajmohan Gandhi.
 58. The Adda at the End of the Universe — Episode 309 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Sathaye and Roshan Abbas).
 59. Whatever happened To Ehsan Jafri on February 28, 2002? — Harsh Mander. 60. Jai Jai Garvi Gujarat -- Narmad.
 61. The Populist Playbook -- Episode 42 of Everything is Everything.
 62. Where the Green Ants Dream -- Werner Herzog.
 63. People's Linguistic Survey of India -- GN Devy and others.
 64. The Refreshing Audacity of Vinay Singhal — Episode 291 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 65. Stage.in.
 66. Reading Lolita in Tehran -- Azar Nafisi.
 67. Two Concepts of Liberty — Isaiah Berlin.
 68. Understanding the State -- Episode 25 of Everything is Everything.
 69. The First Assault on Our Constitution — Episode 194 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tripurdaman Singh).
 70. Shruti Rajagopalan’s talk on the many amendments in our constitution.
 71. Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government Is Holding Indians Back — Subhashish Bhadra.
 72. Subhashish Bhadra on Our Dysfunctional State — Episode 333 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 73. Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of Life — Episode 265 of The Seen and the Unseen.
 74. Goodbye Solo — Ramin Bahrani.
 75. The desire to help, and the desire not to be helped — Roger Ebert’s review of Goodbye Solo.
 76. Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada -- Shahu Patole.
 77. Firaaq -- Nandita Das.
 78. How the BJP Wins — Prashant Jha.
 79. The BJP’s Magic Formula — Episode 45 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Prashant Jha).
 80. The Year of Living Dangerously -- Peter Weir.
 81. Ingmar Bergman, Satyajit Ray, Francois Truffaut and Aparna Sen.
 82. The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and London Review of Books.
 83. Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain and Vilayat Khan on Spotify.
 84. Nadine Gordiner, Fintan O'Toole, Ilya Kaminsky, Karthika Nair, Ruchir Joshi, Kiran Desai, Nilanjana Roy, Sunil Gavaskar and Mike Brearley.
 
 This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off.
 
 Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new 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.
 
 Amit and Ajay also bring out a weekly YouTube show, Everything is Everything. Have you watched it yet? You must!
 
 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: ‘Asmita’ by Simahina.

Ep 409: Salil Tripathi and the Gujaratis

All public policies -- indeed, all actions by humans -- have two kinds of effects: the effects that are intended, and visible; and unintended consequences, which are invisible. The Seen and the Unseen is a podcast that aims to examine both the seen and the unseen effects of our actions

Preview - The Seen And the Unseen

India has a panoply of laws that prevent corporations from getting into farming, and which prevent farmers from escaping agriculture, by virtue of not being able to sell their farm land for non-agricultural purposes. The Seen Effect of this is that they are protected from exploitation by rapacious capitalists. But are the Unseen Effects much worse?
 
Follow The Seen and The Unseen: Website: www.seenunseen.in
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theseenandtheunseen/
 
This is an IVM Production; for more such awesome podcasts, come find us: Website: Indusvox.com
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ivmpodcasts
 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivmpodcasts/
 
 
 
#AmitVarma, #Bastiat #Agriculture #Public #policy #governmen #TakshashilaInstitute #PavanSrinath #KarthikShashidhar #economics #business #agrobusiness #farmer #farming

Ep. 01: Entry and Exit in Agriculture

On November 8, 2016, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi announced that 500- and 100-rupee notes would cease to be legal tender from midnight that day, which removed 86% of the cash from circulation. Demonetisation (aka "DeMon" or "Notebandi") had humanitarian and economic effects that might take years to play out. In Episode 2 of The Seen and the Unseen, Amit Varma is joined by Suyash Rai, an economic analyst from Delhi, as they examine whether demonetisation achieved any of its intended effects, and try to come to terms with some of its unintended (but foreseeable) consequences.
 
Follow The Seen and The Unseen: Website: www.seenunseen.in
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theseenandtheunseen/
 
This is an IVM Production; for more such awesome podcasts, come find us:
 
Website: ivmpodcasts.com
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ivmpodcasts
 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivmpodcasts/

Ep. 02: Demonetisation

There are two kinds of diversity in India, one good, and one not so good. Our greatest strength is our diversity of people and cultures and languages. But one of our great weaknesses is our diversity of taxes, across states and regions. We have so many different kinds of taxes that the cost of compliance is the most daunting cost for many businesses, and corruption is out of control. Also, taxes create friction in trade, and the costs are borne by consumers and businesses alike. It’s a negative-sum game.
 
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was supposed to the panacea that would get us out of this mess. While India has been one country since 1947, it hasn’t been one market, and the GST was expected to get us to that promised land. It has been many years in the making, though, and has become more and more convoluted in the process of political and bureaucratic negotiation. Thus, while the Seen Effects of a perfect GST would normally be excellent, the potential Unseen Effects of the GST in its evolving form could be quite messy. In Episode 3 of The Seen and the Unseen, Devangshu Datta takes Amit Varma through the nuances of the GST and their possible implications.
 
Follow The Seen and The Unseen: Website: www.seenunseen.in
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theseenandtheunseen/
 
This is an IVM Production; for more such awesome podcasts, come find us: Website: Indusvox.com
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ivmpodcasts
 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivmpodcasts/
 
Tags: #AmitVarma, #Bastiat #Public #policy #government #DevanshuDatta #economics #business #Goods #Service #Tax #GST #Bill #FreeMarket #Trade

Ep. 03: GST (Goods and Services Tax)

In Episode 4 of The Seen and the Unseen, Amit Varma discusses Immigration with Shikha Dalmia. Are the demagogues right about immigration being a bad thing? Do immigrants take jobs away from locals? Are they a strain on resources? Should we build yuge walls?
 
Follow The Seen and The Unseen: Website: www.seenunseen.in
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theseenandtheunseen/
 
This is an IVM Production; for more such awesome podcasts, come find us: Website: Indusvox.com
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ivmpodcasts
 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivmpodcasts/
 
#AmitVarma, #Bastiat #Public #policy #government #ShikhaDalmia #Immigration #immigrants

Ep. 04: Immigration

A few years ago, a photo studio in Ahmedabad offered its customers free passport photographs. There was no catch, no small print. It was a free lunch. Amit Varma is joined by Mohit Satyanand, as they explore how this free lunch transformed financial regulation in India. They also discuss how bad incentives can lead to corruption becoming a cultural phenomenon.
 
Follow The Seen and The Unseen: Website: www.seenunseen.in
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theseenandtheunseen/
 
This is an IVM Production; for more such awesome podcasts, come find us: Website: Indusvox.com
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ivmpodcasts
 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivmpodcasts/
 
#AmitVarma, #Bastiat #Public #policy #government #MohitSatyanand #IPO #scam #retail #Investment #Financial #regulation

Ep. 05: This is all because of Rupal Ben

In Episode 3 of The Seen and the Unseen, we had discussed GST -- the Goods and Services Tax. Now that it's actually been implemented, Vivek Kaul joins Amit Varma to discuss its Seen and Unseen Effects.
 
Check out www.seenunseen.in for more episodes
 
You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5
 
You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Ep. 28: GST Revisited

Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Other podcasts you might like ...