Podcast Episodes

Ep 431: Ghazala Wahab and the Hindi Heartland

Season 1 Episode 431

Our Hindi Heartland has more people than the USA and Western Europe combined -- and is arguably more diverse. Ghazala Wahab joins Amit Varma in episode 431 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe her …

Published on 8 hours ago

Ep 430: Aneesh Pradhan: A Life in Hindustani Music

Season 1 Episode 430

When it comes to Hindustani music, he is both a doer and a thinker. A great tabla player, he has written books about the history and theory of music. Aneesh Pradhan joins Amit Varma in episode 430 of…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Ep 429: Rudraneil Sengupta is Embedded

Season 1 Episode 429

He wrote the definitive history of Indian wrestling. His longform reportage has taken him into strange territories. He embedded himself with the Delhi police and has now come out with his first crime…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Ep 428: The Solitary Writer Meets the Impossible Man

Season 1 Episode 428

Writing biographies is solitary and difficult -- even when the subject is way more interesting than anything you could make up. Narayani Basu joins Amit Varma in episode 428 of The Seen and the Unsee…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Ep 427: The Boy Who Loved Cricket -- The Vijay Lokapally Story

Season 1 Episode 427

Cricket isn't just what happens across 22 yards, and great cricket writers always go beyond the boundary. Vijay Lokapally joins Amit Varma in episode 427 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss the joy…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ep 426: The Life and Music of Shubha Mudgal

She's straddled the worlds of Hindustani classical and popular music, and is a legend in both spaces. Shubha Mudgal joins Amit Varma in episode 426 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss her life, her…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Ep 425: The Life and Times of Gurcharan Das

Season 1 Episode 425

He reached the top of the corporate world -- and then gave it up to become a writer, with books that probed our deepest questions, and influenced millions of people. Gurcharan Das joins Amit Varma in…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ep 424: Gitanjali Babbar and the Didis of GB Road

Season 1 Episode 424

Trained as a journalist, but driven by a desire to make a difference, she spent over a decade working with sex workers in Delhi to understand and improve their lives. Gitanjali Babbar joins Amit Varm…

Published on 3 months ago

Ep 423: Minar Pimple's Life in Social Work

He founded the iconic organisation Yuva 50 years ago when he was in his early 20s, pioneered social work in India, and went on to drive change for the UN and Amnesty. Minar Pimple joins Amit Varma in…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ep 422: The Past and Present of Cricket

Season 1 Episode 422

Cricket is the most unusual of games with the most unusual of histories -- which can reveal so much about our society and our times. Tim Wigmore joins Amit Varma in episode 422 of The Seen and the Un…

Published on 4 months ago