{"id":10588,"date":"2022-08-01T08:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T03:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/?p=10588"},"modified":"2022-08-01T08:44:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T03:14:50","slug":"episode-288-chandrahas-choudhurys-country-of-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2022\/8\/1\/episode-288-chandrahas-choudhurys-country-of-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 288: Chandrahas Choudhury&#8217;s Country of Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"iframe-class\" src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23917332\/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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Chandrahas\u00a0Choudhury joins Amit Varma in episode 288 of The Seen and the Unseen to chat about reading, writing, friendship, Mumbai and the guests at his fantasy dinner table.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><b>Also check out<\/b>:<br \/>\n1. Chandrahas Choudhury on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chandrahaschoudhury\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chandrahaschoudhury\/?hl%3Den&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3lDEhOB210BHa6LInCI8Oq\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Chandrahas-Choudhury\/e\/B005BZFSH4?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1659298507&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Chandrahas-Choudhury\/e\/B005BZFSH4?ref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_1%26qid%3D1659298507%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3W-TKCVaX1EKDMB_gQLpLs\">Amazon<\/a>.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/middlestage.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/middlestage.blogspot.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3yo1mbybEWx778dZk3Vq3f\">The Middle Stage<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Chandrahas Choudhury&#8217;s blog.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/My-Country-Literature-Adventures-Reading-ebook\/dp\/B09JPH5XMV\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=125DTDHV0VVEX&amp;keywords=chandrahas+choudhury&amp;qid=1659298507&amp;sprefix=chandrahas+choudhury%2Caps%2C195&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/My-Country-Literature-Adventures-Reading-ebook\/dp\/B09JPH5XMV\/ref%3Dsr_1_2?crid%3D125DTDHV0VVEX%26keywords%3Dchandrahas%2Bchoudhury%26qid%3D1659298507%26sprefix%3Dchandrahas%2Bchoudhury%252Caps%252C195%26sr%3D8-2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1gOuxlkkIwHojqq_sBDQYe\">My Country Is Literature<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Chandrahas Choudhury.<br \/>\n4.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Days-My-China-Dragon-Stories-ebook\/dp\/B07PQ95WC4\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=125DTDHV0VVEX&amp;keywords=chandrahas+choudhury&amp;qid=1659298507&amp;sprefix=chandrahas+choudhury%2Caps%2C195&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Days-My-China-Dragon-Stories-ebook\/dp\/B07PQ95WC4\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?crid%3D125DTDHV0VVEX%26keywords%3Dchandrahas%2Bchoudhury%26qid%3D1659298507%26sprefix%3Dchandrahas%2Bchoudhury%252Caps%252C195%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0DXuYJRXmZsoAITADU8xAi\">Days of My China Dragon<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Chandrahas Choudhury.<br \/>\n5.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Clouds-Novel-Chandrahas-Choudhury-ebook\/dp\/B0746NQJ3F\/ref=sr_1_3?crid=125DTDHV0VVEX&amp;keywords=chandrahas+choudhury&amp;qid=1659298507&amp;sprefix=chandrahas+choudhury%2Caps%2C195&amp;sr=8-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Clouds-Novel-Chandrahas-Choudhury-ebook\/dp\/B0746NQJ3F\/ref%3Dsr_1_3?crid%3D125DTDHV0VVEX%26keywords%3Dchandrahas%2Bchoudhury%26qid%3D1659298507%26sprefix%3Dchandrahas%2Bchoudhury%252Caps%252C195%26sr%3D8-3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Zaneq8Y4LqZSOBTwhRvHT\">Clouds<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Chandrahas Choudhury.<br \/>\n6.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Arzee-Dwarf-Chandrahas-Choudhury-ebook\/dp\/B00AHW2EBO\/ref=sr_1_5?crid=125DTDHV0VVEX&amp;keywords=chandrahas+choudhury&amp;qid=1659298507&amp;sprefix=chandrahas+choudhury%2Caps%2C195&amp;sr=8-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Arzee-Dwarf-Chandrahas-Choudhury-ebook\/dp\/B00AHW2EBO\/ref%3Dsr_1_5?crid%3D125DTDHV0VVEX%26keywords%3Dchandrahas%2Bchoudhury%26qid%3D1659298507%26sprefix%3Dchandrahas%2Bchoudhury%252Caps%252C195%26sr%3D8-5&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0diQZWdPSie7I28247aVSK\">Arzee The Dwarf<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Chandrahas Choudhury.<br \/>\n7.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Bamana-Arzee-Chandrahas-Choudhury\/dp\/8194085705\/ref=sr_1_6?crid=125DTDHV0VVEX&amp;keywords=chandrahas+choudhury&amp;qid=1659298507&amp;sprefix=chandrahas+choudhury%2Caps%2C195&amp;sr=8-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Bamana-Arzee-Chandrahas-Choudhury\/dp\/8194085705\/ref%3Dsr_1_6?crid%3D125DTDHV0VVEX%26keywords%3Dchandrahas%2Bchoudhury%26qid%3D1659298507%26sprefix%3Dchandrahas%2Bchoudhury%252Caps%252C195%26sr%3D8-6&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0UIZtzqH4G6_ueWBqkOhMd\">Bamana Arzee<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Chandrahas Choudhury, translated by Sindhubala Choudhury.<br \/>\n8.\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=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Au5t0fRh3u6p9Gw7l7PsM\">The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 254 of The Seen and the Unseen.<br \/>\n9.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/story\/two-men-who-left-third-man-alone-133163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/story\/two-men-who-left-third-man-alone-133163&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Lj0e_GS7LGp9B3bwpXQTI\">Two Men Who Left Third Man Alone<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Amit Varma and Chandrahas Choudhury.<br \/>\n10.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curse_of_knowledge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curse_of_knowledge&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2nE-0lkVUFJtNTvyn4_Wj3\">The Curse of Knowledge<\/a>.<br \/>\n11.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Eunice-De-Souza\/e\/B001HCVF68?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&amp;qid=1659307555&amp;sr=1-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Eunice-De-Souza\/e\/B001HCVF68?ref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_4%26qid%3D1659307555%26sr%3D1-4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0LrtJdy9xOlFAalVwUk8Bo\">Eunice De Souza on Amazon<\/a>.<br \/>\n12.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/House-Dead-Dover-Thrift-Editions-ebook\/dp\/B00A62YCRO\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=dostoevsky+the+house+of+the+dead&amp;qid=1622948520&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/House-Dead-Dover-Thrift-Editions-ebook\/dp\/B00A62YCRO\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Ddostoevsky%2Bthe%2Bhouse%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bdead%26qid%3D1622948520%26s%3Ddigital-text%26sr%3D1-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Q_Ahv9FLzeGmsUWonC_fk\">House of the Dead<\/a><\/i>\u00a0\u2014 \u00a0Fyodor Dostoevsky.<br \/>\n13.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shakespeare.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/shakespeare.mit.edu\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ScYXdXKaJwk889a1dS5AE\">The Complete Works of William Shakespeare<\/a>.<br \/>\n14.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Naive-Sentimental-Novelist-PB-ebook\/dp\/B06XY2267B\/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3FDCT2PYZ4HRD&amp;keywords=orhan+pamuk+naive&amp;qid=1659307787&amp;sprefix=orhan+pamuk+naive%2Caps%2C196&amp;sr=8-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Naive-Sentimental-Novelist-PB-ebook\/dp\/B06XY2267B\/ref%3Dsr_1_4?crid%3D3FDCT2PYZ4HRD%26keywords%3Dorhan%2Bpamuk%2Bnaive%26qid%3D1659307787%26sprefix%3Dorhan%2Bpamuk%2Bnaive%252Caps%252C196%26sr%3D8-4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ouR0fTqe09GFic6gU1pUd\">The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Orhan Pamuk.<br \/>\n15.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2022\/4\/11\/episode-272-the-ferment-of-our-founders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2022\/4\/11\/episode-272-the-ferment-of-our-founders\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Xz0rH4rlU_QhBeG_3cQzg\">The Ferment of Our Founders<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 272 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Kapila).<br \/>\n16.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/6\/20\/episode-230-jai-arjun-singh-lost-it-at-the-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/6\/20\/episode-230-jai-arjun-singh-lost-it-at-the-movies\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0qS5I-ITB-q3MI3_vPAXdn\">Jai Arjun Singh Lost It at the Movies<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 230 of The Seen and the Unseen.<br \/>\n17.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Madame-Bovary-Macmillan-Collectors-Library-ebook\/dp\/B01NC2MCRL\/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=madame+bovary&amp;qid=1659307992&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=madame%2Cdigital-text%2C241&amp;sr=1-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Madame-Bovary-Macmillan-Collectors-Library-ebook\/dp\/B01NC2MCRL\/ref%3Dsr_1_7?keywords%3Dmadame%2Bbovary%26qid%3D1659307992%26s%3Ddigital-text%26sprefix%3Dmadame%252Cdigital-text%252C241%26sr%3D1-7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2OzKjV3FFNqz_JkakjuKKP\">Madame Bovary<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Gustave Flaubert.<br \/>\n18.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/How-Fiction-Works-James-Wood-ebook\/dp\/B004EYSXTI\/ref=sr_1_10?crid=118LFEUF76V47&amp;keywords=james+wood&amp;qid=1659308038&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=james+wood%2Cdigital-text%2C205&amp;sr=1-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/How-Fiction-Works-James-Wood-ebook\/dp\/B004EYSXTI\/ref%3Dsr_1_10?crid%3D118LFEUF76V47%26keywords%3Djames%2Bwood%26qid%3D1659308038%26s%3Ddigital-text%26sprefix%3Djames%2Bwood%252Cdigital-text%252C205%26sr%3D1-10&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0wIbYwteZJdeIRk4m7vB52\"><i>How Fiction Works<\/i><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; James Wood.<br \/>\n19.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Marcel-Proust\/e\/B00J9SSFOC?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&amp;qid=1659308145&amp;sr=1-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Marcel-Proust\/e\/B00J9SSFOC?ref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_3%26qid%3D1659308145%26sr%3D1-3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3q6tV8Y_Em4P9o-i9dMrM-\">Marcel Proust<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Karl-Ove-Knausgaard\/e\/B00NS0C37C?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&amp;qid=1659308186&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Karl-Ove-Knausgaard\/e\/B00NS0C37C?ref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_2%26qid%3D1659308186%26sr%3D1-2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2sguuuMWvC_vKQBRElOyBy\">Karl Ove Knausgaard<\/a>\u00a0on Amazon.<br \/>\n20.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/SIX-THIRD-ACRES-Novel-NOVEL-ebook\/dp\/B08T9FGGC9\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=22LNIVYN4GRBM&amp;keywords=fakir+mohan+senapati&amp;qid=1659308256&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=fakir+mohan+senapati%2Cdigital-text%2C191&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/SIX-THIRD-ACRES-Novel-NOVEL-ebook\/dp\/B08T9FGGC9\/ref%3Dsr_1_2?crid%3D22LNIVYN4GRBM%26keywords%3Dfakir%2Bmohan%2Bsenapati%26qid%3D1659308256%26s%3Ddigital-text%26sprefix%3Dfakir%2Bmohan%2Bsenapati%252Cdigital-text%252C191%26sr%3D1-2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3rkgL7ihi32jnoyygY0l_s\">Six and a Third Acres<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Fakir Mohan Senapati.<br \/>\n21.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profcohen.net\/reli113\/uploads\/texts\/ramanujan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/profcohen.net\/reli113\/uploads\/texts\/ramanujan.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw32iums4RquOVrfiKIWX-EM\">Is There an Indian Way of Thinking?<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; AK Ramanujan.<br \/>\n22.\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=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Oilk-IajHqvDko9WoqNEe\">Sara Rai Inhales Literature<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 255 of The Seen and the Unseen.<br \/>\n23.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2022\/1\/24\/episode-261-rukmini-sees-indias-multitudes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2022\/1\/24\/episode-261-rukmini-sees-indias-multitudes\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0UEjo-UqcPHAdLvc3vss0V\">Rukmini Sees India\u2019s Multitudes<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 261 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rukmini S).<br \/>\n24.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Cuckold-Kiran-Nagarkar-ebook\/dp\/B074QDH82M\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MZZEPXOKQ2ZH&amp;keywords=cuckold&amp;qid=1659310121&amp;sprefix=cuckold%2Caps%2C264&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Cuckold-Kiran-Nagarkar-ebook\/dp\/B074QDH82M\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?crid%3D3MZZEPXOKQ2ZH%26keywords%3Dcuckold%26qid%3D1659310121%26sprefix%3Dcuckold%252Caps%252C264%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2N6W9AJTBOSsUSoGOHfqFY\">Cuckold<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Kiran Nagarkar.<br \/>\n25.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Robert-Bly\/e\/B00456BU6S?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1659310219&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Robert-Bly\/e\/B00456BU6S?ref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_1%26qid%3D1659310219%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0D0iQ3EZxzzL-o9dhEl7q4\">Robert Bly on Amazon<\/a>.<br \/>\n26.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.substack.com\/p\/a-meditation-on-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indiauncut.substack.com\/p\/a-meditation-on-form&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0fX3IS0ZeETtezxcGrI4Ge\">A Meditation on Form<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Amit Varma.<br \/>\n27.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2022\/2\/21\/episode-265-amitava-kumar-finds-the-breath-of-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2022\/2\/21\/episode-265-amitava-kumar-finds-the-breath-of-life\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0IZM37cKV3mJFEA2gMnUaE\">Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of Life<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 265 of The Seen and the Unseen.<br \/>\n28.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Georges-Simenon\/e\/B001HCX6KQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1659310823&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Georges-Simenon\/e\/B001HCX6KQ?ref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_1%26qid%3D1659310823%26sr%3D1-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1gyCj6392skGset_fICR7m\">Georges Simenon on Amazon<\/a>.<br \/>\n29.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Beautiful-Thing-Inside-secret-Bombays-ebook\/dp\/B07DGCPC9Z\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2QY9YAJ9KX5KV&amp;keywords=sonia+faleiro&amp;qid=1642971807&amp;sprefix=sonia+faleiro%2Caps%2C207&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Beautiful-Thing-Inside-secret-Bombays-ebook\/dp\/B07DGCPC9Z\/ref%3Dsr_1_2?crid%3D2QY9YAJ9KX5KV%26keywords%3Dsonia%2Bfaleiro%26qid%3D1642971807%26sprefix%3Dsonia%2Bfaleiro%252Caps%252C207%26sr%3D8-2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3JO-IrDxbwHyxZPeFdXLM0\">Beautiful Thing<\/a><\/i>\u00a0\u2014 Sonia Faleiro.<br \/>\n30.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/1\/24\/episode-209-two-girls-hanging-from-a-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2021\/1\/24\/episode-209-two-girls-hanging-from-a-tree\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw210ft8OOFhz46Hxa3CKb-s\">Two Girls Hanging From a Tree<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Episode 209 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Sonia Faleiro).<br \/>\n31.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Bibhutibhushan-Bandyopadhyay\/e\/B089N9356H?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1659310966&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Bibhutibhushan-Bandyopadhyay\/e\/B089N9356H?ref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_1%26qid%3D1659310966%26sr%3D1-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2wY2wh3PzZd_GAWkUO7cB_\">Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay on Amazon<\/a>.<br \/>\n32.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2019\/12\/9\/episode-150-the-business-of-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2019\/12\/9\/episode-150-the-business-of-books\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3aZvnpgUaXfKI7uxNbPs_W\">The Business of Books<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 150 of The Seen and the Unseen (w VK Karthika).<br \/>\n33.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2013\/10\/21\/the-bear-came-over-the-mountain-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2013\/10\/21\/the-bear-came-over-the-mountain-2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0pWrOTZKXSeQiFH9I1_uNR\">The Bear Came Over the Mountain<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Alice Munro.<br \/>\n34.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/middlestage.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/against-rang-de-basanti.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/middlestage.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/against-rang-de-basanti.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw05irxAWZ5NI9jmG2KOCdu3\">Against\u00a0<i>Rang De Basanti<\/i><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Chandrahas Choudhury.<br \/>\n35.\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=1659406230749000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1zljbH-LHV0OY-u_8LdajP\">The Loneliness of the Indian Woman<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Episode 259 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shrayana Bhattacharya).<br \/>\n36.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/a-godless-congregation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/a-godless-congregation\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0pZcKuHWZ3KruuwdB0FPwI\">A Godless Congregation<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Amit Varma.<br \/>\n37.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adam_Smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adam_Smith&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0SNxLDO1y84XgaFLY6SiPQ\">Adam Smith<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friedrich_Hayek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friedrich_Hayek&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0DQepVo-nwUgPhgCh40R3r\">Friedrich Hayek<\/a>.<br \/>\n38.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/51295\/the-city-56d22eef2f768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/51295\/the-city-56d22eef2f768&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw36YmrGssji005wtfE2dudq\">The City<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; CP Cavafy.<br \/>\n39.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/6nyfDdTwCLGrbCFikT8PTK?si=VN0sBPhdRmes-pZNw6XxBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/6nyfDdTwCLGrbCFikT8PTK?si%3DVN0sBPhdRmes-pZNw6XxBA&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KRIL2BpjYUhsoLxBx4s1b\">Junoon on Spotify<\/a>.<br \/>\n40.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/s?k=verrier+elwin&amp;i=stripbooks&amp;crid=1GXB5IW17F606&amp;sprefix=verrier+elwin%2Cstripbooks%2C203&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/s?k%3Dverrier%2Belwin%26i%3Dstripbooks%26crid%3D1GXB5IW17F606%26sprefix%3Dverrier%2Belwin%252Cstripbooks%252C203%26ref%3Dnb_sb_noss_1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2aTncSv6EOmpHPuMDRjz3V\">Verrier Elwin<\/a>\u00a0on Amazon.<br \/>\n41.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Tribal-World-Verrier-Elwin\/dp\/0195623142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Tribal-World-Verrier-Elwin\/dp\/0195623142&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3SeDFK4YFrE76Z5g0ob4C-\">The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin: An Autobiography<\/a><\/i>.<br \/>\n42.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Suite-Francaise-Ir%C3%A8ne-N%C3%A9mirovsky-ebook\/dp\/B003NX6Y0G\/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1659316700&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Suite-Francaise-Ir%25C3%25A8ne-N%25C3%25A9mirovsky-ebook\/dp\/B003NX6Y0G\/ref%3Dtmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1659316700%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3J-i16al9wqfObO51FNK-i\">Suite Francaise<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Ir\u00e8ne N\u00e9mirovsky.<br \/>\n43.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2020\/1\/26\/episode-157-taking-stock-of-our-republic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2020\/1\/26\/episode-157-taking-stock-of-our-republic\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3yHVQWFhnnUKfqW4ubJDjx\">Taking Stock of Our Republic<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Episode 157 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha).<\/p>\n<p>Check out Amit\u2019s online course,\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/clear-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/clear-writing\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw10Sbi96iVFzXrZHaCRM5e4\">The Art of Clear Writing<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>And subscribe to\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indiauncut.substack.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659406230750000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Oa66lcdutXrHlnysKWUZe\">The India Uncut Newsletter<\/a><\/b>. It\u2019s free!<\/p>\n<p><i>The illustration for this episode is by Nishant Jain aka Sneaky Artist. 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Chandrahas\u00a0Choudhury joins Amit Varma in episode 288 of The Seen and the Unseen to chat about reading, writing, friendship, Mumbai and the guests at his fantasy dinner table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[252],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10590,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10588\/revisions\/10590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}