# The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma A podcast by 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. Feed: https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/91647/destinations/458496.xml ## Latest episodes - [Ep 455: Puliyabaazi and the Fine Art of Hindi Podcasting](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/3150d68f712d) (2026-10-19, 203 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E455SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 454: The Ideas of Gandhi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/69fd9a5d8d8b) (2026-10-05, 136 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E454SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 453: Srikrishna Ayyangar Examines Populism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/90ab91ca756a) (2026-09-21, 206 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E453SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 452: Harini Nagendra is Woolgathering and Ground Truthing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/58eaf1d34833) (2026-09-07, 240 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E452SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 451: Manish Sabharwal is a Good Ancestor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/f65040872ead) (2026-08-24, 227 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E451SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 450: Small Doors Into the Large Rooms of India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/9aa518616852) (2026-08-10, 297 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E450SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 449: Five Assassinations and an Arms Deal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/b00e41e138f8) (2026-07-27, 343 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E449SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 448: Vidya Mahambare, the Rooted Economist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/44a95b246918) (2026-07-13, 288 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E448SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 447: Rahul Ahluwalia Fights for Growth and Freedom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/254697f37bd2) (2026-06-29, 293 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E447SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 446: The Joyful Agency of Luis Miranda](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/42c6ab18a4b0) (2026-06-15, 321 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E446SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 445: 'I Am Saloni and I Like Collecting Mice'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/b66df54de61f) (2026-06-01, 268 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E445SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 444: Suman Kumar is Perennially Pregnant With Stories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/7f249e9325d7) (2026-05-18, 231 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E444SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 443: The Making of a Law Firm](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/5ead74b2d0b0) (2026-05-04, 187 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E443SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 442: A Masterclass on Regulation (and Deregulation)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/d4eb33fba9c5) (2026-04-20, 276 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E442SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 441: Ravikumar Kashi Is in Play Mode](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/1c92d84f6e6c) (2026-04-06, 216 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E441SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 440: Ram and Friends](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/b2d54e1cb5f5) (2026-03-23, 145 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E440SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 439: Janhavi Nilekani Threw the Other Shoe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/1250691b94d0) (2026-03-09, 244 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E439aSeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 438: V Ravichandar is Heading North by Northwest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/25e6ac477edc) (2026-02-23, 247 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/EP438SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 437: Gautam John is Figuring it Out](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/dc1b23c0f362) (2026-02-09, 253 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E437SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 436: Rukmini and the Numbers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/a3918d776cc2) (2026-01-26, 171 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E436SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 435: A Primer on China](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/be9c702e401f) (2026-01-12, 228 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E435SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 434: An Ode to Meanderness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/50c426db1715) (2025-12-29, 176 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E434SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 433: The Life and Times of the Takshashila Institution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/690544d8e5ab) (2025-12-15, 229 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E433SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 432: Vasant Dhar's Lifetime in Artificial Intelligence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/9fdb5e318e5b) (2025-12-01, 208 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/SU_432_Vasant_Dhar_1130_v3.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 431: Ghazala Wahab and the Hindi Heartland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/b436595b088b) (2025-11-17, 220 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E431SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 430: Aneesh Pradhan: A Life in Hindustani Music](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/459977a25c45) (2025-11-03, 287 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E430SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 429: Rudraneil Sengupta is Embedded](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/099642381789) (2025-10-20, 206 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E429SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 428: The Solitary Writer Meets the Impossible Man](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/520a9d5b1764) (2025-10-06, 265 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E428SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 427: The Boy Who Loved Cricket -- The Vijay Lokapally Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/398342b35896) (2025-09-22, 222 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E427SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 426: The Life and Music of Shubha Mudgal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/f771adc32e00) (2025-09-08, 286 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E426SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 425: The Life and Times of Gurcharan Das](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/93226f2348df) (2025-08-25, 475 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E425SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 424: Gitanjali Babbar and the Didis of GB Road](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/0f4021055df4) (2025-08-11, 236 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E424SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 423: Minar Pimple's Life in Social Work](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/096f5f72c286) (2025-07-28, 565 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E423SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 422: The Past and Present of Cricket](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/0f4bef00c4d3) (2025-07-14, 181 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E422SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 421: Ira Mukhoty's Quest for Unseen Histories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/c0f2cdf9c9ec) (2025-06-30, 365 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E421SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 420: Siddhartha Basu Is in the Hot Seat](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/98a8fbec2fc3) (2025-06-16, 251 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E420SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 419: India's MSME Landscape -- Some Useful Frameworks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/5e773e9ecfbb) (2025-06-02, 281 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E419SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 418: What Just Happened Between India & Pakistan?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/295c626167c0) (2025-05-19, 150 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E418SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 417: Caste and the Census](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/bb8990a2b6db) (2025-05-05, 136 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E417SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 416: Kavitha Rao Chases Chatto and Roy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/03d48af7c154) (2025-04-28, 176 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E416SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 415: Ramki and the Ocean of Stories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/74c05cd2eec5) (2025-04-14, 290 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E415SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 414 : The Spectacular Life of Prahlad Kakar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/1e384a700213) (2025-03-31, 218 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E414SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 413: Shaheen Mistri Goes to School](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/d9715a2edc71) (2025-03-17, 193 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E413SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 412: Probal DasGupta Goes to the Himalayas With Books in His Bag](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/e268a816540a) (2025-03-03, 364 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E412SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 411: Vishal Nevatia Finds His True North](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/46e52659b2f0) (2025-02-17, 287 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E411SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 410: Shruti Rajagopalan Remembers the Angle of the Light](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/cb86db3326fe) (2025-02-02, 408 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E410SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 409: Salil Tripathi and the Gujaratis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/98ee3b4cea75) (2025-01-20, 374 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E409SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 408: Amitava Kumar Finds His Gulmohar Tree](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/7ddadec9b966) (2025-01-06, 170 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E408SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 407: Sarbpreet Singh Finds His Sikhism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/b6f27afb01aa) (2024-12-23, 272 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E407SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 - [Ep 406: Sathya Saran and the Shaping of the Indian Woman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1190896090/7a40a52accd2) (2024-12-09, 211 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seenunseen/E406SeenUnseen.mp3?dest-id=458496 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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