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Episode 239: Roshan Abbas and the Creator Economy

If you’re a creative person, there is no better time to be alive. Roshan Abbas joins Amit Varma in episode 239 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe his remarkable journey as a creator — and to explain why the best is yet to come.

Also check out:
1. Roshan Abbas on Twitter, Instagram and his own homepage.
2. Kommune on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
3. Speechless: What would you say if your life depended on it? A Pocket-Guide to Public Speaking — Roshan Abbas and Siddharth Banerjee.
4. Always Kabhi Kabhi, directed by Roshan Abbas, on ErosNow, JioCinema, Amazon (DVD) and Amazon Prime (outside India).
5. A Road Less Travelled — Roshan Abbas’s TedX talk.
6. Roshan Abbas interviewed by Vishal Gondal, Varun Duggirala and Cyrus Broacha.
7. Tom Peters on Amazon — and VUCA in Wikipedia.
8. A Creator of the Floating…

Episode 309: The Adda at the End of the Universe

As 2022 draws to a close, it’s time to chill. Vikram Sathaye and Roshan Abbas join Amit Varma in episode 309 of The Seen and the Unseen to share wit, wisdom and life lessons that are priceless. There is cricket, there is singing, there are great bad jokes — never has insight been so much fun!

Also check out:
1. Roshan Abbas at Instagram, Twitter and his own website.
2. Vikram Sathaye at Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
3. Roshan Abbas and the Creator Economy — Episode 239 of The Seen and the Unseen.
4. Kommune on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
5. Speechless — Roshan Abbas and Siddharth Banerjee.
6. What the Duck With Vikram Sathaye — Vikram Sathaye’s talk show on YouTube.
7. How Sachin Destroyed My Life — Vikram Sathaye.
8. Vikram Sathaye’s breakout performance at the 2004 Ceat Cricket Awards.
9. Episodes of…

Episode 303: The Loneliness of the Indian Man

…Amit Varma, now no longer on offer.
35. Vicky Donor (Shoojit Sircar) and RRR (SS Rajamouli).
36. Salim-Javed.
37. Range Rover — The archives of Amit Varma’s poker column for the Economic Times.
38. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Aditya Chopra) and Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai (Rakesh Roshan).
39. Dev D (Anurag Kashyap), Udaan (Vikramaditya Motwane) and Oye Lucky Oye Lucky (Dibakar Banerjee).
40. Bhuvam Bam, Prajakta Koli and Amit Bhadana.
41. Man’s World (Y-Films) and Ki & Ka (R Balki).
42. The Refreshing Audacity of Vinay Singhal — Episode 291 of The Seen and the Unseen.
43. Mumbai Diaries 26/11 — NIkhil Advani.
44. 1000 True Fans — Kevin Kelly.
45. 1000 True Fans? Try 100 — Li Jin.
46. If You Are a Creator, This Is Your Time — Amit Varma.
47. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh…

Episode 304: Make Me a Canteen for My Soul

…Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal, Nishant Jain, Deepak Shenoy and Abhijit Bhaduri.
21. 1000 True Fans — Kevin Kelly.
22. 1000 True Fans? Try 100 — Li Jin.
23. The Refreshing Audacity of Vinay Singhal — Episode 291 of The Seen and the Unseen.
24. Stage.in.
25. The Fat Duck — Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant.
25. Tesouro by Firefly.
26. Chef’s Table and Masterchef.
27. Saransh Goila and Ranveer Brar on YouTube.
28. Dance Dance For the Halva Waala — Episode 294 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Jai Arjun Singh and Subrat Mohanty).
29. Barkha Cardoz’s talk on Floyd Cardoz at The Welcome Conference.
30. Roshan Abbas and the Creator Economy — Episode 239 of The Seen and the Unseen.
31. Creativity, Inc — Ed Catmull.
32. Delivering Happiness — Tony Hsieh.
33. Talk Like…

Episode 311: The Life and Times of Shanta Gokhale

…— Shanta Gokhale.
10. Satyadev Dubey: A Fifty-Year Journey Through Theatre — Edited by Shanta Gokhale.
11. The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of Experimental Theatre in Mumbai — Edited by Shanta Gokhale.
12. Avinash: The Indestructible — Shanta Gokhale.
13. Smritichitre: The Memoirs of a Spirited Wife — Lakshmibai Tilak (translated by Shanta Gokhale).
14. The Loneliness of the Indian Man — Episode 303 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Nikhil Taneja).
15. The Adda at the End of the Universe — Episode 309 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Sathaye and Roshan Abbas).
16. Caste, Capitalism and Chandra Bhan Prasad — Episode 296 of The Seen and the Unseen.
17. The Never Never Nest — Cedric Mount.
18. The Life and Times of Mrinal Pande — Episode 263 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mrinal Pande).
19. The Female Eunuch — Germaine Greer.
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Episode 316: In a Silent Way

…Chintamani on the School of Bass Podcast.
14. The Life and Times of Shanta Gokhale — Episode 311 of The Seen and the Unseen.
15. Hard work vs. Long work — Seth Godin.
16. Warren Mendonsa Plays the Universal Pentatonic — Episode 273 of The Seen and the Unseen.
17. The Beatles on YouTube Music, Spotify and Wikipedia.
18. Bob Dylan on YouTube Music, Spotify and Wikipedia.
19. Choo Lo — The Local Train.
20. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal, Nishant Jain, Deepak Shenoy and Abhijit Bhaduri.
21. Four Thousand Weeks — Oliver Burkeman.
22. Redemption Song — Bob Marley.
23. The Beach (book) — Alex Garland.
24. The Beach (film) — Danny Boyle.
25. John Cage on YouTube Music, Spotify and Wikipedia.
26. A Scientist in the Kitchen — Episode 204 of…

Episode 326: Pushpesh Pant Feasts on the Buffet of Life

…Unseen.
8. Devi : Tales Of The Goddess In Our Time — Mrinal Pande.
9. Amader Shantiniketan — Shivani (translated by Ira Pande).
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey — Stanley Kubrick.
11. In Praise of Slowness — Carl Honore.
12. Tabiyat: Medicine and Healing in India and Other Essays — Farokh Erach Udwadia.
13. Things to Leave Behind — Namita Gokhale.
14. Raag Pahadi — Namita Gokhale, translated by Pushpesh Pant.
15. Roshan Abbas and the Creator Economy — Episode 239 of The Seen and the Unseen.
16. The Adda at the End of the Universe — Episode 309 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Sathaye and Roshan Abbas).
17. Natasha Badhwar Lives the Examined Life — Episode 301 of The Seen and the Unseen.
18. Lahron Ke Rajhans (Hindi) — Mohan Rakesh.
19. India: A Sacred Geography — Diana Eck.
20. Caste, Gender, Karnatik Music — Episode…

Episode 343: We Are All Amits From Africa

…Metal album.
9. The Masala Lab Dal Recipe Generator — Krish Ashok.
10. The Amaklamatic Salad Recipe Generator — Krish Ashok.
11. The Amaklamatic Chutney Recipe Generator — Krish Ashok.
12. Newton the Alchemist. Gandhi the Black Swan — Episode 7 of Everything is Everything.
13. Krish Ashok hates computers and this is proof.
14. Roshan Abbas and the Creator Economy — Episode 239 of The Seen and the Unseen.
15. The Adda at the End of the Universe — Episode 309 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Sathaye and Roshan Abbas).
16. The Prem Panicker Files — Episode 217 of The Seen and the Unseen.
17. Caste, Gender, Karnatik Music — Episode 162 of The Seen and the Unseen (w TM Krishna).
18. 4′33″ — John Cage.
19. Is the Singularity Near? — Episode 2 of Everything is Everything.
20. The Formula Behind Every Perfect Pop Song…

Episode 376: Postcards From Utsav Mamoria

When he travels, he’s a man of reflection. When he creates, he’s a man of action. Utsav Mamoria joins Amit Varma in episode 376 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about his philosophy towards travel, creating and living.

Also check out
1. Utsav Mamoria on Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
2. Postcards From Nowhere — Utsav Mamoria’s podcast.
3. The 6% Club..
4. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal, Nishant Jain, Deepak Shenoy, Abhijit Bhaduri and Gaurav Chintamani..
5. The Universe of Chuck Gopal — Episode 258 of The Seen and the Unseen.
6. Getting Meta. — Chuck Gopal’s podcast.
7. The legendary Simblified.
8. Sabbaticalling — Episode 85 of Simblified (w Utsav Mamoria).
9. The Untravel Show — Abhishek.Vaid’s YouTube show.
10. Chuck Gopal interviews Utsav Mamoria.
12….

Episode 240: Prakash Iyer, Alteration Tailor

…Air India Express ousts ‘Sir’ from cockpit, brings in ‘Captain.’
10. Defending the Indefensible — Episode 55 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Yazad Jal).
11. Where Are the Jobs? — Episode 87 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Yazad Jal).
12. Metrics of Empowerment — Episode 88 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Devika Kher, Nidhi Gupta and Hamsini Hariharan).
13. The #MeToo Movement — Episode 90 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Supriya Nair and Nikita Saxena).
14. Men Must Step Up Now — Amit Varma.
15. Ranveer Brar’s YouTube channel.
16. Brian Tracy on Amazon, YouTube and his own website.
17. Roshan Abbas and the Creator Economy — Episode 239 of The Seen and the Unseen.
18. How I Gained 1 MILLION Subscribers — Ali Abdaal.
19. My Top 10 Tips for Aspiring YouTubers — Ali Abdaal.
20. Art & Fear — David…

Episode 249: Dial C For Snehal Pradhan

…and the Unseen (w Joy Bhattacharjya & Nandan Kamath).
15. The Sports, Law and Policy Centre.
16. Ladies and Lords: A History of Women’s Cricket in Britain — Rafaelle Nicholson.
17. Opportunity, Choice and the IPL (2008) — Amit Varma.
18. Double Trouble with Smriti and Jemi — YouTube playlist of Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues’s talk show.
19. Earlier sports-related episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Harsha Bhogle, Sharda Ugra, Joy Bhattacharjya, Ramachandra Guha, Prem Panicker, Gideon Haigh+Prem Panicker, Joy Bhattacharjya+Nandan Kamath and Ayaz Memon.
20. Earlier episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala and Neelesh Misra.

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Episode 258: The Universe of Chuck Gopal

There has never been a better time to be a creator — but you need to be productive to make use of it! Deepak Gopalakrishnan aka Chuck Gopal joins Amit Varma in episode 258 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about his journey, and to share his learnings on creation and productivity.

Also check out:
1. Earlier episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra and Snehal Pradhan.
2. Chuck Gopal on Twitter, Instagram, LinkTree and his own website.
3. Chuck’s podcasts: Simblified, The Origin of Things and Getting Meta.
4. Chuck’s newsletter: Things of Internet.
5. Chuck on Spotify where he shares his playlists.
6. Agency Trash Talk — Instagram account c-authored by Chuck that used cat pictures to make fun of advertising.
7. The Telegram Channel where Chuck and Berty Ashley share…

Episode 260: Sneaky Artist Sees the World

What we mean by art has changed in modern times — and there has never been a better time to be an artist. Nishant Jain aka Sneaky Artist joins Amit Varma in episode 260 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about his journey, and to share his insights on the creator economy.

Also check out:
1. The Sneaky Artist — Nishant Jain’s website.
2. The Sneaky Art Post — Nishant Jain’s newsletter.
3. The Sneaky Art Podcast on Apple and Spotify.
4. Nishant Jain on Twitter, Instagram and Linktree.
5. Earlier episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan and Chuck Gopal.
6. The Story of Art — EH Gombrich.
7. Population Is Not a Problem, but Our Greatest Strength — Amit Varma.
8. The Time a Stiff Caught Fire — Keith…

Episode 261: Rukmini Sees India’s Multitudes

…of The Seen and the Unseen (w Lancelot Pinto).
20. Sample SSR conspiracy theory: He’s alive!
21. The Case Against Sugar — Gary Taubes.
22. The Big Fat Surprise — Nina Teicholz.
23. The Obesity Code — Jason Fung.
24. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal and Nishant Jain.
25. Steven Van Zandt: Springsteen, the death of rock and Van Morrison on Covid — Richard Purden.
26. Ravish Kumar’s Instagram post on Rukmini’s book.
27. Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking) — Christian Rudder.
28. Everybody Lies — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz.
29. The Truth About Ourselves — Amit Varma.
30. Posts by Amit Varma on Mahindra Watsa: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
31. The Kavita Krishnan Files — Episode 228 of The Seen and the Unseen.
32….

Episode 265: Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of Life

…Windowpane Sessions.
54. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal and Nishant Jain.
55. Hermit in Paris — Italo Calvino.
56. Sophie Calle on Wikipedia.
57. Sophie Calle and the Art of Leaving a Trace — Lili Owen Rowlands.
58. Sankarshan Thakur on Amazon and Twitter.
59. Penelope Fitzgerald on Amazon.
60. So Long, See You Tomorrow — William Maxwell.
61. Citizen: An American Lyric — Claudia Rankine.
62. Waiting for the Barbarians — JM Coetzee.
63. Disgrace — JM Coetzee.
64. Voices From Chernobyl — Svetlana Alexievich.
65. A Suitable Boy — Vikram Seth.
66. English, August: An Indian Story — Upamanyu Chatterjee.
67. Raag Darbari — Shrilal Shukla.

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Episode 271: Crossing Over With Deepak Shenoy

Deepak Shenoy wants to ask Amit Varma about the creator economy. Amit wants to talk to Deepak about finance and his new book. Episode 271 of The Seen and the Unseen is a crossover episode with the Capital Mind Podcast in which Amit and Deepak get a jugalbandi going.

Also check out:
1. Deepak Shenoy on LinkedIn and Twitter.
2. Money Wise: Timeless Lessons on Building Wealth — Deepak Shenoy.
3. Capitalmind, Deepak Shenoy’s investment research and wealth management company.
4. The Capitalmind Podcast and YouTube channel.
5. Lessons in Investing (and Life) — Episode 208 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Deepak Shenoy).
6. If You Are a Creator, This Is Your Time — Amit Varma.
7. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal and Nishant Jain.
8. The…

Episode 274: Two-and-a-Half Bengalis Have an Economics Adda

…(w Vivek Kaul).
16. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Ajay Shah (in reverse chronological order): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
17. Everything That Was Broken — Mary Oliver (from Felicity).
18. I Boiled My Buttocks for a Week — Amit Varma on how we normalize everything.
19. Dekalog — Krzysztof Kieślowski.
20. What the Economy Needs Now — Various authors.
21. Beware of the Useful Idiots — Amit Varma.
22. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal, Nishant Jain and Deepak Shenoy.
23. The Anti-Defection Law — Episode 13 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Barun Mitra).
24. Our Parliament and Our Democracy — Episode 253 of The Seen and the Unseen (w MR Madhavan).
25. Urban Governance in India — Episode 31 of The Seen and the Unseen…

Episode 279: Abhijit Bhaduri Breaks the Algorithm

If you make space for serendipity in your life, good things happen. Abhijit Bhaduri joins Amit Varma in episode 279 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe his journey from the corporate life to the creator economy — and the lessons he learnt along the way.

Also check out:
1. Abhijit Bhaduri on Amazon, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and his own website.
2. Dreamers and Unicorns — Abhijit Bhaduri.
3. The Digital Tsunami — Abhijit Bhaduri.
4, Selected talks on YouTube by Abhijit Bhaduri: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
5. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal, Nishant Jain and Deepak Shenoy.
6. A Meditation on Form — Amit Varma.
7. The Prem Panicker Files — Episode 217 of The Seen and the Unseen.
8. The Curse of Knowledge.
9….

Episode 280: Manjima Bhattacharjya: The Making of a Feminist

…Mahanagar — Satyajit Ray.
38. India = Migration — Episode 128 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Chinmay Tumbe).
39. India Moving — Chinmay Tumbe.
40. Abhimaan — Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
41. Natasha Badhwar on Amazon.
42. Parenthood — Episode 43 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Natasha Badhwar).
43. Yuzvendra Chahal’s bullying.
44. Memories and Things — Episode 195 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Aanchal Malhotra).
45. Temporarily Yours – Intimacy, Authenticity and the Commerce of Sex — Elizabeth Bernstein.
46. The Girlfriend Experience.
47. Everybody Lies — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz.
48. The Truth About Ourselves — Amit Varma.
49. Literotica stories archive.
50. The news article about a journalist and some artists forced to strip to their underwear.
51. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator economy with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal, Nishant Jain, Deepak Shenoy and…

Episode 284: The Life and Times of Nilanjana Roy

A lifetime spent reading, writing and reflecting teaches you a lot. Nilanjana Roy joins Amit Varma in episode 284 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about books, feminism, family, memory and the state of the world.

Also check out:
1. Nilanjana Roy on Twitter, Instagram, Amazon, Financial Times, Business Standard and her own website.
2. The Girl Who Ate Books: Adventures in Reading — Nilanjana Roy.
3. The Wildings — Nilanjana Roy.
4. The Hundred Names of Darkness — Nilanjana Roy.
5. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen that discuss reading and writing with Sara Rai, Amitava Kumar, VK Karthika, Sugata Srinivasaraju, Mrinal Pande, Sonia Faleiro, Vivek Tejuja, Samanth Subramanian, Annie Zaidi and Prem Panicker.
6. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal, Nishant Jain, Deepak Shenoy and…

Episode 290: Karthik Muralidharan Examines the Indian State

…the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal, Nishant Jain, Deepak Shenoy and Abhijit Bhaduri.
15. The Case Against Sugar — Gary Taubes.
16. The Big Fat Surprise — Nina Teicholz.
17. The Forgotten Greatness of PV Narasimha Rao — Episode 283 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vinay Sitapati).
18. The Macroeconomist as Scientist and Engineer — N Gregory Mankiw.
19. The Gated Republic — Shankkar Aiyar.
20. Despite the State — M Rajshekhar.
21. The Power Broker— Robert Caro.
22. The Death and Life of Great American Cities — Jane Jacobs.
23. India’s Security State — Episode 242 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Josy Joseph).
24. We Are Fighting Two Disasters: Covid-19 and the Indian State — Amit Varma.
25. India’s Lost Decade — Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra).
26. The Importance of…

Episode 302: The Life and Times of Teesta Setalvad

…Emergency — Episode 103 of The Seen and the Unseen.
61. Emergency Chronicles — Gyan Prakash.
62. The Decline of the Congress — Episode 248 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rahul Verma).
63. The Incredible Curiosities of Mukulika Banerjee — Episode 276 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mukulika Banerjee).
64. The Pathan Unarmed — Mukulika Banerjee.
65. Private Truths, Public Lies — Timur Kuran.
66. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator economy with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal, Nishant Jain, Deepak Shenoy and Abhijit Bhaduri.
67. Maharashtra Politics Unscrambled — Episode 151 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Sujatha Anandan).
68. Prabodhankar Thackeray’s life and literature.
69. From Cairo to Delhi With Max Rodenbeck — Episode 281 of The Seen and the Unseen.
70. Jerry Pinto on Amazon and Instagram.
71. HM Seervai on Amazon and…

Episode 314: The Life and Times of Jerry Pinto

…of The Red Wheelbarrow.
74. A Poetry Handbook — Mary Oliver.
75. The War Against Cliche — Martin Amis.
76. Seamus Heaney on Amazon, Wikipedia and Poetry Foundation.
77. The world behind ‘Em and the Big Hoom’ — Jerry Pinto interviewed by Swetha Amit.
78. Jerry Pinto interviewed for the New York Times by Max Bearak.
79. Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh and GV Desani on Amazon.
80. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal, Nishant Jain, Deepak Shenoy and Abhijit Bhaduri.
81. Graham Greene, W Somerset Maugham and Aldous Huxley on Amazon.
82. Surviving Men — Shobhaa De.
83. Surviving Men — Jerry Pinto.
84. The Essays of GK Chesterton.
85. The Life and Times of Nilanjana Roy — Episode 284 of The Seen and the Unseen.
86. City Improbable: Writings on Delhi — Edited…

Episode 320: South India Would Like to Have a Word

…Episode 180 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan and Alex Tabarrok).
47. Centrally Sponsored Government Schemes — Episode 17 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pranay Kotasthane).
48. Population Is Not a Problem, but Our Greatest Strength — Amit Varma.
49. Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem.
50. Athenian Democracy and Socrates.
51. Plato (or Why Philosophy Matters) — Episode 109 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rebecca Goldstein).
52. Our Parliament and Our Democracy — Episode 253 of The Seen and the Unseen (w MR Madhavan).
53. The Anti-Defection Law — Episode 13 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Barun Mitra)..
54. Urban Governance in India — Episode 31 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan).
55. Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Mahadev Govind Ranade and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar.
56. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala,…

Episode 325: Shaili Chopra and the Sisterhood

…Gokhale — Episode 311 of The Seen and the Unseen.
7. The Argumentative Indian — Amartya Sen.
8. Jai Arjun Singh Lost It at the Movies — Episode 230 of The Seen and the Unseen.
9. The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri — Episode 254 of The Seen and the Unseen.
10. The Life and Times of Mita Kapur — Episode 322 of The Seen and the Unseen.
11. Memories and Things — Episode 195 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Aanchal Malhotra).
12. Remnants of a Separation — Aanchal Malhotra.
13. How Social Media Threatens Society — Episode 8 of Brave New World, hosted by Vasant Dhar, featuring Jonathan Haidt.
14. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal, Nishant Jain, Deepak Shenoy, Abhijit Bhaduri and Gaurav Chintamani.
15. 1000 True Fans —…

Episode 329: Murali Neelakantan Looks at the World

…by David Sinclair.
20. The Adda at the End of the Universe — Episode 309 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Sathaye and Roshan Abbas).
21. Loss Aversion.
22. Aandhi — Gulzar.
23. Nowhere Near — Yo La Tengo.
24. Dil Hi To Hai Na Sang o Hishat — Abida Parveen.
25. Ranjish hi Sahi — Mehdi Hasan.
26. Old Man — Neil Young.
27. Oscar Wilde on Amazon and Wikipedia.
28. Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahe Ho — Jagjit Singh.
29. Bonjour Tristesse — Françoise Sagan.
30. Everybody Lies — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz.
31. Politics and the Sociopath (2014) — Amit Varma.
32. History of European Morals — WEH Lecky.
33. The Expanding Circle — Peter Singer.
34. Dunbar’s number.
35. Rankthings.io by Aella and David.
36. Aella on Twitter and Substack.
37. Ye Humse Na Hoga — Javed Akhtar.
38. All You Who Sleep Tonight — Vikram…

Episode 351: Pallavi Aiyar Has Seen the World

She’s been a journalist, travelled the world, lived in nine countries, fought and beaten cancer — and written about it all in exquisite prose. Pallavi Aiyar joins Amit Varma in episode 351 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about her life and learnings.

Also check out:
1. Pallavi Aiyar on Substack, Amazon, Twitter and her own website.
2. Smoke and Mirrors — Pallavi Aiyar.
3. Orienting — Pallavi Aiyar.
4. Babies and Bylines — Pallavi Aiyar.
5. The Acting Life — Episode 189 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rasika Dugal and Mukul Chadda).
6. The Adda at the End of the Universe — Episode 309 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Sathaye and Roshan Abbas).
7. Orphaned and almost married at 10 — Pallavi Aiyar about her grandmother.
8. Who’s Afraid of Cola Colonialism? — Pallavi Aiyar.
9. The Incredible…

Episode 362: You’re Ugly and You’re Hairy and You’re Covered in Shit but You’re Mine and I Love You

…Education — Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan).
9. Kashmir and Article 370 — Episode 134 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Srinath Raghavan).
10. Indian Society: The Last 30 Years — Episode 137 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Santosh Desai).
11. The Life and Times of Shanta Gokhale — Episode 311 of The Seen and the Unseen.
12. The Life and Times of Jerry Pinto — Episode 314 of The Seen and the Unseen.
13. The Life and Times of KP Krishnan — Episode 355 of The Seen and the Unseen.
14. Natasha Badhwar Lives the Examined Life — Episode 301 of The Seen and the Unseen.
15. The Adda at the End of the Universe — Episode 309 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Sathaye and Roshan Abbas).
16. Dance Dance For the Halva Waala — Episode 294…

Episode 294: Dance Dance For the Halva Waala

…Hepburn — Garson Kanin.
36. Bhimsen Joshi, Mallikarjun Mansur, Kumar Gandharva and Lata Mangeshkar on Spotify.
37. Vijay Anand, Guru Dutt, Raj Kapoor, Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
38. Guide — Vijay Anand.
39. Kaagaz Ke Phool — Guru Dutt.
40. Jean-Luc Godard and Federico Fellini.
41. Shankar–Jaikishan, Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra, Mukesh, KA Abbas, Ramanand Sagar and Kidar Sharma.
42. Aag, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Awaara, Barsaat and Shree 420.
43. Nargis and Nadira.
44. Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh — Song from Shree 420, sung by Asha Bhosle and Manna Dey, music by Shankar-Jaikishan, lyrics by Shailendra.
45. Orson Welles.
46. Squid Game on Netflix.
47. The Immediate Experience — Robert Warshow.
48. Dil Dhadakne Do, Luck by Chance and Gully Boy — Zoya Akhtar.
49. Casablanca — Michael Curtiz.
50. Yudh and Tridev — Rajiv Rai.
51. Amit Varma’s Twitter threads on the MAMI festival from 2018 and 2019.
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