He was a physician, and then an IAS officer, and then a universally-respected politician. Jayaprakash Narayan joins Amit Varma in episode 334 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe his lifelong quest to complete our task of nation-building. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out:
1.
A Life in Indian Politics — Episode 149 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Jayaprakash Narayan). 2.
The State of Indian Politics — Episode 50 of The Seen and the Unseen (w JP Narayan). 3.
The Myth of Sisyphus (
Amazon) (
Wikipedia) -- Albert Camus. 4.
Factfulness — Hans Rosling. 5.
The best stats you’ve ever seen — Hans Rosling. 6.
What’s Consolation For An Atheist? (2008) -- Amit Varma. 7.
Barun Mitra, Philosopher and Practitioner -- Episode 264 of The Seen and the Unseen. 8.
Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government Is Holding Indians Back — Subhashish Bhadra. 9.
Subhashish Bhadra on Our Dysfunctional State -- Episode 333 of The Seen and the Unseen. 10.
India’s Greatest Civil Servant — Episode 167 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Narayani Basu, on VP Menon). 11.
We Are Fighting Two Disasters: Covid-19 and the Indian State — Amit Varma. 12.
Rajesh Jain and Dhan Vapasi -- Episode 94 of The Seen and the Unseen. 13.
Team of Rivals — Doris Kearns Goodwin. 14.
The Tragedy of Our Farm Bills — Episode 211 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah). 15,
The Indian State Is the Greatest Enemy of the Indian Farmer -- Amit Varma. 16.
Fixing Indian Education — Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 17.
Education in India — Episode 77 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Amit Chandra). 18.
Understanding Indian Healthcare — Episode 225 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 19.
The Importance of the 1991 Reforms — Episode 237 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan and Ajay Shah). 20.
The Forgotten Greatness of PV Narasimha Rao — Episode 283 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vinay Sitapati). 21.
The Life and Times of Montek Singh Ahluwalia — Episode 285 of The Seen and the Unseen. 22.
India’s Lost Decade — Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra). 23.
Narendra Modi takes a Great Leap Backwards — Amit Varma. 24.
The Double ‘Thank-You’ Moment — John Stossel. 25.
Whatever happened To Ehsan Jafri on February 28, 2002? — Harsh Mander. 26.
Metrics of Empowerment — Episode 88 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Devika Kher, Nidhi Gupta & Hamsini Hariharan). 27.
We Should Celebrate Rising Divorce Rates (2008) — Amit Varma. 28.
South India Would Like to Have a Word — Episode 320 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Nilakantan RS). 29.
Animal Farm -- George Orwell. 30.
Guns, Germs And Steel -- Jared Diamond. 31.
Yuval Noah Harari on Amazon. 32.
The Economic Government of the World: 1933-2023 -- Martin Daunton. Check out Amit’s online course,
The Art of Clear Writing. And subscribe to
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Episode art: ‘Build’ by Simahina.
