Support LCA - https://www.patreon.com/azadi , https://lightscameraazadi.in/support-lca/ Subscribe Hypothesis Guest Profile: Amit Varma is a writer and podcaster based in Mumbai. He started his career in advertising, moved on to television, and has been a journalist since 2001. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Observer and almost every Indian publication. He is currently a columnist for the Times of India, Bloomberg Quint and Cricket Next. He was managing editor of Cricinfo between 2003 and 2008, and a consulting editor at Yahoo after that. He relaunched the online magazine Pragati in 2017, as the chief editor, and made them podcasting pioneers by launching a series of podcasts for them. Follow Amit Varma Follow The Seen and the Unseen Timestamps 4:30 to 20:05 Amit Varma’s journey 20:05 to 24:15 Pre-liberalized era 24:15 to 27:55 Amit’s childhood 27:55 to 29:37 Is a liberal constitution imposed on an illiberal population? 29:37 to 35:20 Is Amit more vocal on Twitter these days? 35:20 to 40:15 Will it matter if BJP changes the constitution? 40:15 to 52:47 Why do so many young people support BJP/Hindutva? 52:47 to 1:00:05 Does Hindutva ring a bell that we cannot comprehend sometimes? 1:00:05 to 1:02:15 Did Amit’s view on Kejriwal change post-Abhinandan sekri’s episode? 1:02:15 to 1:04:45 What does Amit think about his network? 1:04:45 to 1:11:45 Amit’s thought on Secularism 1:11:45 to 1:15:12 How much should we blame our first past post the system 1:15:12 to 1:26:00 Where do you see things in 2024? 1:26:00 to 1:31:45 How Amit’s sees the relationship b/w RSS & BJP 1:31:45 to 1:39:20 Dalit representation in ‘Seen and the Unseen’ 1:39:20 to 1:50:45 Amit's vision for ‘Seen and the Unseen’ and his planning of the show. 1:50:45 to 1:57:45 The business model of podcasts 1:57:45 to end Audience questions Notes 1.Amit Varma’s , The Art of clear writing 2.Episode 254: The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri 3.Episode 248: The Decline of the Congress 4.Episode 149: A Life in Indian Politics 5.Episode 112: Early Indians 6.Episode 45: The BJP’s Magic Formula 7.#47 The Reality of RSS with Bhanwar Meghwanshi 8.I could not be a Hindu 9.Steven Pinker – The Blank Slate 10.George Orwell, A Collection of Essays 11.Politics and the English language 12.Tony Joseph – Early Indians 13.India Moving. A history of migration – Chinmay Tumbe 14.Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages by Peggy Mohan 15.Roam research 16.Zencastr 17. Squascast