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Amit Varma
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Amit Varma writes The Seen and the Unseen, a personal blog at seenunseen.in about politics and economics. Since 2018, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Indian podcast by Amit Varma covering history, culture, and current affairs. Commenters point to episodes on Vijayanagara, Pakistani truck art, and the IL&FS crisis as useful background.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The Seen and the Unseen is India’s top weekly podcast on politics, economics and behavioural science. New episodes every Monday.
What Hacker News says?
I really like this podcast. If anyone is interested in podcasts from or about India (mostly history related), here I list some: - Scroll & Leaves - https://scrollsandleaves.com/ - Incarnations: India in 50 lives - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05rptbv - History of India - https://overcast.fm/itunes1041684187/the-history-of-india-po... - Desi Stones and Bones - https://desistonesandbones.org - Echoes of India - h…
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on “Vijayanagara – The Last Emperors of South India [audio]”There's a nice book Truck De India: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50840378-truck-de-ind... which describes the lives of truckers in India but much of it holds true for it's neighbouring countries too. And there's a nice Podcast with the author of this book, even he mentions about how expansive the art of painting and decorating the trucks is in Pakistan: https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/9/27/episode-192-…
Comment linking /episodes/2020/9/27/episode-192-the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-trucker/
on “Truck Art in Pakistan (2018)”In the weeks following IL&FS disclosure, government fired and replaced the managing body. But as IL&FS is a holding company with more than 60 different subsidiaries it is very difficult for the new managing body to fix things. Check out this podcast for more detailed information: http://www.seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/10/22/episode-91-ilam...
Comment linking /episodes/2018/10/22/episode-91-ilampfs-and-the-indian-financial-system
on “India’s banking system is flirting with a Lehman moment”From what I have read and heard[1] is that these bills are mostly good and are what the country needs. Unfortunately, the current government's track record with implementing ideas is awful. Also, the country is divided and polarized to the hilt and therefore, no one is ready to listen to each other nor trusts one another. The Current government failed to introduce these laws in an amicable manner and their ego won't…
Comment linking /episodes/2021/2/7/episode-211-the-tragedy-of-our-farm-bills/
on “Koo, India’s free-speech Twitter alternative”