{"id":10180,"date":"2022-02-07T08:39:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T03:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/?p=10180"},"modified":"2022-02-07T08:39:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T03:09:44","slug":"episode-263-the-life-and-times-of-mrinal-pande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2022\/2\/7\/episode-263-the-life-and-times-of-mrinal-pande\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 263: The Life and Times of Mrinal Pande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"iframe-class\" src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/22044329\/height\/90\/width\/640\/theme\/custom\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/0e7c7b\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; 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Subjects discussed include our society, our languages, gender, politics and the state of our media.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><b>Also check out<\/b>:<br \/>\n1. Mrinal Pande on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrinalPande1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrinalPande1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605940000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PANWXA3Fd2LLaQwbL2sj2\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/s?i=stripbooks&amp;rh=p_27%3AMrinal+Pande&amp;ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/s?i%3Dstripbooks%26rh%3Dp_27%253AMrinal%2BPande%26ref%3Ddp_byline_sr_book_1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605940000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2USgacHw58fIilK_m-b0SK\">Amazon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/profile\/columnist\/mrinal-pande\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/profile\/columnist\/mrinal-pande\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605940000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2UPsmqflJXmSa5Bf46Ie5J\"><i>Indian Express<\/i><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/author\/2055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/scroll.in\/author\/2055&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1py4kf8Gt1y3CQIVsEPXo4\">Scroll<\/a>.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Other-Country-Dispatches-Mofussil-ebook\/dp\/B06XXGZ8FJ\/ref=sr_1_11?qid=1644159753&amp;refinements=p_27%3AMrinal+Pande&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Other-Country-Dispatches-Mofussil-ebook\/dp\/B06XXGZ8FJ\/ref%3Dsr_1_11?qid%3D1644159753%26refinements%3Dp_27%253AMrinal%2BPande%26s%3Dbooks%26sr%3D1-11&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1EyR_dku62kpWcNBnyqKco\">The Other Country<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Mrinal Pande.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.manushi-india.org\/pdfs_issues\/PDF%20Files%20147\/A%20Conservative%20Rebel%202-5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.manushi-india.org\/pdfs_issues\/PDF%2520Files%2520147\/A%2520Conservative%2520Rebel%25202-5.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw26uSl4rK0jFtv1PrixkBkB\">A Conservative Rebel:\u00a0Memories of an Unusual Mother<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Ira Pande.<br \/>\n4.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/dp\/B093G2HY3G\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/dp\/B093G2HY3G\/ref%3Ddp-kindle-redirect?_encoding%3DUTF8%26btkr%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3yS2jVrXACwpXGGtuh1XWi\">Amader Shantiniketan<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Shivani (translated by Ira Pande).<br \/>\n5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Mahadevi-Verma\/e\/B081D12YG3?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1644160649&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Mahadevi-Verma\/e\/B081D12YG3?ref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_1%26qid%3D1644160649%26sr%3D1-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3dm52ATshwR5dsEytHSLFy\">Mahadevi Verma<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/s?k=Amritlal+Nagar&amp;i=audible&amp;ref=dp_byline_sr_audible_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/s?k%3DAmritlal%2BNagar%26i%3Daudible%26ref%3Ddp_byline_sr_audible_1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw38Y8N7ct2yrhGdAgl3etiy\">Amrit Lal Nagar<\/a>\u00a0on Amazon.<br \/>\n6.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/12\/13\/episode-255-sara-rai-inhales-literature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/12\/13\/episode-255-sara-rai-inhales-literature\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw18kALifVul-T2ql7WKnpNe\">Sara Rai Inhales Literature<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 255 of The Seen and the Unseen.<br \/>\n7.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/House-Divided-Origin-Development-Paperbacks\/dp\/019562811X\/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=amrit+rai&amp;qid=1639342348&amp;sr=8-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/House-Divided-Origin-Development-Paperbacks\/dp\/019562811X\/ref%3Dsr_1_4?keywords%3Damrit%2Brai%26qid%3D1639342348%26sr%3D8-4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2mMQC9hfYKl-vWcOUZ9rmi\">A House Divided: Origin and Development of Hindi\/Urdu<\/a><\/i>\u00a0\u2014 Amrit Rai.<br \/>\n8.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Hindi-Nationalism-Tracks-Times-Alok\/dp\/8125019790\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=alok+rai&amp;qid=1639342304&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Hindi-Nationalism-Tracks-Times-Alok\/dp\/8125019790\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Dalok%2Brai%26qid%3D1639342304%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw38R_KuGOIYEINlaB_XhV_X\">Hindi Nationalism<\/a><\/i>\u00a0\u2014 Alok Rai.<br \/>\n9.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Second-Sex-Vintage-Classics-ebook\/dp\/B00HS2NOCO\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=245ROACYXGYML&amp;keywords=the+second+sex&amp;qid=1644160594&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=the+second+sex%2Cdigital-text%2C201&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Second-Sex-Vintage-Classics-ebook\/dp\/B00HS2NOCO\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?crid%3D245ROACYXGYML%26keywords%3Dthe%2Bsecond%2Bsex%26qid%3D1644160594%26s%3Ddigital-text%26sprefix%3Dthe%2Bsecond%2Bsex%252Cdigital-text%252C201%26sr%3D1-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Mx1m7orVLzL1VSP5cFq9M\">The Second Sex<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0Simone de Beauvoir.<br \/>\n10.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/s?k=Bechan+Sharma&amp;i=stripbooks&amp;crid=R25NL38GBQY9&amp;sprefix=bechan+sharma%2Cstripbooks%2C287&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/s?k%3DBechan%2BSharma%26i%3Dstripbooks%26crid%3DR25NL38GBQY9%26sprefix%3Dbechan%2Bsharma%252Cstripbooks%252C287%26ref%3Dnb_sb_noss_2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2-S6JREQD449Tl-5vUc6XU\">Bechan Sharma &#8216;Ugra&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0on Amazon.<br \/>\n11.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Sujata-bhatt-search-for-my-tongue-annotated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/genius.com\/Sujata-bhatt-search-for-my-tongue-annotated&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1FzRjGg3BgZSf41KfnFmDo\">Search For My Tongue<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Sujata Bhatt.<br \/>\n12.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Wanderers-Kings-Merchants-through-Languages\/dp\/0670093688\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=peggy+mohan&amp;qid=1625366656&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Wanderers-Kings-Merchants-through-Languages\/dp\/0670093688\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dpeggy%2Bmohan%26qid%3D1625366656%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0GbvSVMzKaIeeLW1nFwqoy\">Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages<\/a><\/i>\u00a0\u2014 Peggy Mohan.<br \/>\n13.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/7\/4\/episode-232-understanding-india-through-its-languages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/7\/4\/episode-232-understanding-india-through-its-languages\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1VDCiXY9j9Zbmdl-qHNF5a\">Understanding India Through Its Languages<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 232 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Peggy Mohan).<br \/>\n14.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Folktales-India-K-Ramanujan\/dp\/0143066439\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33947VCQ6TURU&amp;keywords=ak+ramanujan+folk+tales&amp;qid=1644165916&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=ak+ramanujan+folk+tale%2Cdigital-text%2C189&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Folktales-India-K-Ramanujan\/dp\/0143066439\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?crid%3D33947VCQ6TURU%26keywords%3Dak%2Bramanujan%2Bfolk%2Btales%26qid%3D1644165916%26s%3Ddigital-text%26sprefix%3Dak%2Bramanujan%2Bfolk%2Btale%252Cdigital-text%252C189%26sr%3D1-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1XFHDW1I_2PUpVAY-JpaHn\">Folktales from India<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; AK Ramanujan.<br \/>\n15.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Clever-Wives-Happy-Idiots-Folktales\/dp\/9383125098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Clever-Wives-Happy-Idiots-Folktales\/dp\/9383125098&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ksEwVmFX70gtDPj7gjkcC\">Clever Wives and Happy Idiots: Folktales from the Kumaon Himalayas<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0Ivan Minayev.<br \/>\n16.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/dp\/B09RK7ZJV9\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/dp\/B09RK7ZJV9\/ref%3Ddp-kindle-redirect?_encoding%3DUTF8%26btkr%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2IhKs5IrzVdCRSr3fxSPRk\">Maya Ne Ghumayo<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Mrinal Pande.<br \/>\n17.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Odyssey-Stage-Version-Derek-Walcott\/dp\/0374523878\/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=odyssey+derek+walcott&amp;qid=1644166266&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Odyssey-Stage-Version-Derek-Walcott\/dp\/0374523878\/ref%3Dsr_1_5?keywords%3Dodyssey%2Bderek%2Bwalcott%26qid%3D1644166266%26s%3Ddigital-text%26sr%3D1-5&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0hDCfaMbgHg4MNKgeMxaf7\">The Odyssey: A Stage Version<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Derek Walcott.<br \/>\n18.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2018\/11\/19\/episode-95-the-indianness-of-indian-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2018\/11\/19\/episode-95-the-indianness-of-indian-food\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1HrjL6J1clQNmCNTxck5ac\">The Indianness of Indian Food<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 95 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Doctor).<br \/>\n19.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2019\/7\/1\/episode-127-our-colorful-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2019\/7\/1\/episode-127-our-colorful-past\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ZesYUB1IHl2Fa5qhSWsma\">Our Colorful Past<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 127 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Manu Pillai).<br \/>\n20.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Truth-About-Us-Sanjoy-Chakravorty-ebook\/dp\/B07QTZ1Q8K\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+truth+about+us&amp;qid=1585449126&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Truth-About-Us-Sanjoy-Chakravorty-ebook\/dp\/B07QTZ1Q8K\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Dthe%2Btruth%2Babout%2Bus%26qid%3D1585449126%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw19nP04MaAZOCIYyHv2fpb9\">The Truth About Us<\/a><\/i>\u00a0\u2014 Sanjoy Chakravorty.<br \/>\n21. Mrinal Pande&#8217;s\u00a0pieces for\u00a0<i>Pragati<\/i>\u00a0on women in Indian agriculture:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkpragati.com\/think\/brainstorm\/1806\/empower-women-farmers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.thinkpragati.com\/think\/brainstorm\/1806\/empower-women-farmers\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2d9OXvPX0XIo2y83q6U5zj\">1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkpragati.com\/opinion\/2342\/woman-farmers-uttarakhand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.thinkpragati.com\/opinion\/2342\/woman-farmers-uttarakhand\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3kuGU9eawsVKDi5kAnBfhx\">2<\/a>.<br \/>\n22.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/education\/sonia-joins-rahul-priyanka-in-outrage-over-blatantly-misogynist-cbse-paper-calls-for-apology\/780736\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/education\/sonia-joins-rahul-priyanka-in-outrage-over-blatantly-misogynist-cbse-paper-calls-for-apology\/780736\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1qwppHsmZ9ZkRrCEkqb_T8\">The controversy<\/a>\u00a0over the misogynist CBSE paper.<br \/>\n23.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/s?i=digital-text&amp;rh=p_27%3AVijaydan+Detha&amp;s=relevancerank&amp;text=Vijaydan+Detha&amp;ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/s?i%3Ddigital-text%26rh%3Dp_27%253AVijaydan%2BDetha%26s%3Drelevancerank%26text%3DVijaydan%2BDetha%26ref%3Ddp_byline_sr_ebooks_2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1xCylA6Wvd9AYKn0pwD7ag\">Vijaydhan Detha on Amazon<\/a>.<br \/>\n24.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2022\/1\/10\/episode-259-the-loneliness-of-the-indian-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2022\/1\/10\/episode-259-the-loneliness-of-the-indian-woman\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0T0N-tVmQb1FBDuA4mZjFu\">The Loneliness of the Indian Woman<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 259 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shrayana Bhattacharya).<br \/>\n25.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/12\/6\/episode-254-the-life-and-times-of-abhinandan-sekhri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/12\/6\/episode-254-the-life-and-times-of-abhinandan-sekhri\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0HF1UtWtZ428uoGgUyx_YN\">The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 254 of The Seen and the Unseen.<br \/>\n26.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/8\/2\/episode-236-the-life-and-times-of-vir-sanghvi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/8\/2\/episode-236-the-life-and-times-of-vir-sanghvi\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2111bzm3odmYJel4msiqlC\">The Life and Times of Vir Sanghvi<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 236 of The Seen and the Unseen.<br \/>\n27.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/9\/20\/episode-243-the-barkha-dutt-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/9\/20\/episode-243-the-barkha-dutt-files\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1OoXeDBqAb0E3SltwnHt3e\">The Barkha Dutt Files<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 243 of The Seen and the Unseen.<br \/>\n28.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/3\/21\/episode-217-the-prem-panicker-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/3\/21\/episode-217-the-prem-panicker-files\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2q6846tbkktzpTc23ECUZs\">The Prem Panicker Files<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 217 of The Seen and the Unseen.<\/p>\n<p>This episode is sponsored by\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctqcompounds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ctqcompounds.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644255605941000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0AP6bEwjV7a1wHNM3JZDyt\">CTQ Compounds<\/a><\/b>. 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It\u2019s free!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff Mrinal Pande, older than our republic, was writing from a time when it was felt that &#8220;a woman writing was like a dog walking on two hind legs.&#8221; She joins Amit Varma in episode 263 of The Seen and the Unseen to share her learnings from a life in literature. 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