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Ep 421: Ira Mukhoty's Quest for Unseen Histories
Season 1 Episode 421
Too much of our history is looked at through either a colonial lens or a patriarchal one. Ira Mukhoty joins Amit Varma in episode 421 of The Seen and the Unseen to share her gaze on India's history, …
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 420: Siddhartha Basu Is in the Hot Seat
Season 1 Episode 420
Circumstance made him a legend of the quizzing world, but Siddhartha Basu is a man of many parts. He joins Amit Varma in episode 420 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about life, India, the art of a…
Published on 5 months ago
Ep 419: India's MSME Landscape -- Some Useful Frameworks
Season 1 Episode 419
Firms are the means of economic progress. India's micro, small and medium enterprises have been hobbled for decades, and flounder even today. Sudhir Sarnobat and Narendra Shenoy join Amit Varma in ep…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 418: What Just Happened Between India & Pakistan?
Season 1 Episode 418
Why did the attacks in Pahalgam happen? What took place in the skirmishes after that? What have we learnt about geopolitics and our military preparedness? Pranay Kotasthane and Aditya Ramanathan join…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep 417: Caste and the Census
Season 1 Episode 417
Data is apolitical and always useful, right? Then why is the caste census so controversial? Pranay Kotasthane and Raghu S Jaitley join Amit Varma in episode 417 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss …
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Ep 416: Kavitha Rao Chases Chatto and Roy
Season 1 Episode 416
The most astonishing men lie in the far, forgotten corners of history. Kavitha Rao joins Amit Varma in episode 416 of The Seen and the Unseen to shed light on the life and times of two magnificent fa…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 415: Ramki and the Ocean of Stories
Season 1 Episode 415
He observed our society from up close as an advertising man -- and then became an iconic storyteller on Twitter. Ramakrishna Desiraju aka Ramki joins Amit Varma in episode 415 of The Seen and the Uns…
Published on 7 months ago
Ep 414 : The Spectacular Life of Prahlad Kakar
Season 1 Episode 414
He learnt his craft from Shyam Benegal, became a pioneer & a legend of advertising filmmaking, learnt & taught scuba diving, started the Prithvi Cafe, and lived every moment to the full in a million …
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 413: Shaheen Mistri Goes to School
Season 1 Episode 413
One of India's tragedies lies in the schooling of our children. We have let our kids down. Can we fix this problem? Shaheen Mistri joins Amit Varma in episode 413 of The Seen and the Unseen to descri…
Published on 8 months ago
Ep 412: Probal DasGupta Goes to the Himalayas With Books in His Bag
Season 1 Episode 412
So much in history never made it to the popular imagination -- such as the battles of 1967 in which India beat China. Probal DasGupta joins Amit Varma in episode 412 of The Seen and the Unseen to dis…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago