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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

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?
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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?
 
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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.
 
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Ep. 05: This is all because of Rupal Ben

On September 18, 2016, a group of terrorists attacked an Indian army brigade headquarters near the town of Uri in J&K. Nineteen people died, and there was immense pressure on the Indian government to retaliate. The prime minister, Narendra Modi, eventually launched what he described as 'surgical strikes', meant to be a show of strength and resolve. Defence analyst Pranay Kotasthane joins Amit Varma to discuss the Seen and Unseen effects of these surgical strikes.
 
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Ep. 06: Surgical Strikes

For any shopper in India, there is no acronym as comforting as MRP: Maximum Retail Price. When you see that on any packaged good, you feel assured that you won't be ripped off. But is it really that simple? Prithwiraj Mukherjee joins Amit Varma to discuss the seen and unseen effects of MRP.
 
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Ep. 07: MRP (Maximum Retail Price)

The chess program Alpha Zero made waves recently when it taught itself chess in four hours -- and then thrashed the strongest chess engine in the world, Stockfish. This illustrated a dramatic advance in Artificial Intelligence. Devangshu Datta joins host Amit Varma in episode 51 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about its impact for both chess and AI.
 
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Ep. 51: Alpha Zero

Ep. 51: Alpha Zero

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