{"id":124,"date":"2019-05-27T02:35:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T02:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2019\/5\/27\/2019-5-27-episode-122-the-2019-elections\/"},"modified":"2019-12-31T12:55:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T07:25:04","slug":"episode-122-the-2019-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2019\/5\/27\/episode-122-the-2019-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 122: The 2019 Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9928433\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/216869\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Elections in India are madly complex, and defy simple explanations. Sadanand Dhume joins Amit Varma in episode 122 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss the Age of Modi, and what these elections mean for India, the BJP and the Congress party.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Also check out:<br \/>\n1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/scholar\/sadanand-dhume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sadanand Dhume&#8217;s bio and archives<\/a>.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloombergquint.com\/opinion\/the-questions-that-election-2019-leaves-us-with\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Questions That Election 2019 Leaves Us With<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Amit Varma<br \/>\n3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkpragati.com\/editorial\/1971\/beware-useful-idiots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beware of the Useful Idiots<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Amit Varma<br \/>\n4. Amit Varma&#8217;s writings+podcasts on DeMon, in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amitvarma\/status\/877045393975943172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one twitter thread<\/a>.<br \/>\n5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkpragati.com\/podcast\/7642\/the-intellectual-foundations-of-hindutva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Intellectual Foundations of Hindutva<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; ep 115 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Aakar Patel)<br \/>\n6.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkpragati.com\/podcast\/the-seen-and-the-unseen\/7727\/modis-lost-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modi&#8217;s Lost Opportunity<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; ep 119 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Salman Soz)<br \/>\n7.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkpragati.com\/podcast\/the-seen-and-the-unseen\/2805\/bjps-magic-formula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The BJP&#8217;s Magic Formula<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; ep 45 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Prashant Jha)<br \/>\n8.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkpragati.com\/podcast\/the-seen-and-the-unseen\/6152\/rajesh-jains-journey-to-dhan-vapasi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rajesh Jain&#8217;s Journey to Dhan Vapasi<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; ep 94 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rajesh Jain)<br \/>\n9.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkpragati.com\/podcast\/the-seen-and-the-unseen\/6710\/the-paradox-of-narendra-modi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Paradox of Narendra Modi<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; ep 102 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shashi Tharoor)<br \/>\n10.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.com\/iublog\/article\/why-both-modi-and-trump-are-textbook-populists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Both Modi and Trump are Textbook Populists<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Amit Varma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections in India are madly complex, and defy simple explanations. Sadanand Dhume joins Amit Varma in episode 122 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss the Age of Modi, and what these elections mean for India, the BJP and the Congress party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124"}],"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=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8508,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/8508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}