Narratives Matter More Than Reality

Jayaprakash Narayan was trained as a physician, served in the IAS, and went on to start a political movement. JP joins Amit Varma in episode 149 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights on Indian politics, the nature of the state and what we need to do to change India for the better.

Also check out:

1. The State of Indian Politics -- Episode 50 of The Seen and the Unseen (w JP Narayan)
2. What Is It Like to Be a Bat? -- Thomas Nagel (pdf link)
3. Lessons from an Ankhon Dekhi Prime Minister  -- Amit Varma
4. Where Have All The Leaders Gone? -- Amit Varma
5. Government's End -- Jon Rauch
6. The Emergency -- Episode 103 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gyan Prakash)
7. Urban Governance in India -- Episode 31 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan)
8. Crime in Indian Politics -- Episode 114 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Milan Vaishnav)
9. The Indianness of Indian Food -- Episode 95 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Doctor)

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