Ep 455: Puliyabaazi and the Fine Art of Hindi Podcasting

It is difficult to talk about economics and policy and philosophy in our languages -- but it is important, and the discourse needs it. Pranay Kotasthane, Saurabh Chandra and Khyati Pathak join Amit Varma in episode 455 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss the sense of purpose behind their iconic Hindi podcast Puliyabaazi, and the lessons they learnt from it.

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Also check out:
1. Khyati Pathak on Twitter, Instagram, Substack and her own website of comics.
2. Pranay Kotasthane on Twitter, LinkedIn, Amazon and the Takshashila Institution.
3. Saurabh Chandra on LinkedIn and Twitter.
4. Puliyabaazi.
5. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen w Pranay Kotasthane: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
6. Making Policy Fun with Khyati Pathak and Friends — Episode 374 of The Seen and the Unseen.
7. The State of Our Farmers — Episode 86 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gunvant Patil).
8. Varun Grover Is in the House — Episode 292 of The Seen and the Unseen.
9. The Ideas of Gandhi -- Episode 545 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha).
10. Indians Dads Going to School.
11. The Nurture Assumption — Judith Rich Harris.
12. The Blank Slate — Steven Pinker.
13. Very Bad Wizards.
14. Understanding India Through Its Languages — Episode 232 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Peggy Mohan).
15. भारतीय भाषाओँ में हमारे अतीत के सुराग़. Clues to our past in Indian languages ft. Peggy Mohan -- Puliyabaazi.
16. यह लिबरल आख़िर है कौन? Foundational Ideas of Liberalism -- Amit Varma on Puliyabaazi.
17. Yamini Aiyar on Puliyabaazi: 1, 2.
18. Special Episode: संविधान का मुखड़ा -- Puliyabaazi.
19. Premchand Ki Amar Sahitya Collection (Hindi) -- Munshi Premchand.
20. Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyay (Hindi) -- Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'.
21. Puliyabaazi courses on YouTube.
22. Why Is India's Liquor Policy So Weird? -- Puliyabaazi.
23. स्टार्ट-अप करें तो कैसे? How to Start-Up ft. Saurabh Chandra -- Puliyabaazi.
24. Divya Prakash Dubey: Ek Jeevani — Episode 399 of The Seen and the Unseen.
25. Harishankar Parsai on Amazon and Wikipedia.
26. Raag Darbari (Hindi) (English) — Shrilal Shukla.
27. नई वाली हिंदी कहानियाँ। The Art of Storytelling ft. Divya Prakash Dubey -- Puliyabaazi.
28. Story Jam -- Arti Jain.
29. गांधी टैगोर की पुलियाबाज़ी. The Gandhi Tagore Debates -- Puliyabaazi.
30. Pranay Kotasthane's Mindmap about the Gandhi-Tagore debates.
31. The Mahatma and the Poet — Edited & Compiled by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya.
32. विज्ञान का विज्ञान। The Scientific Method ft. Nihar Shah -- Puliyabaazi.
33. रेत का दिमाग़: मस्तिष्क से प्रेरित इंजीनियरिंग. Neuromorphic Computing ft. Chetan Thakur -- Puliyabaazi.
34. 1857 की लड़ाई का आँखों देखा हाल. An Eyewitness Account of the 1857 War -- Puliyabaazi.
35. अश्वशास्त्र. The Story of the Horse in India -- Puliyabaazi.
36. The Dominance of War-Elephants in India. हाथियों का युद्ध में इस्तेमाल। -- Puliyabaazi.
37. Puliyabaazi episodes on BR Ambedkar.
38. Thoughts on Linguistic States -- BR Ambedkar.
39. The Grammar of Anarchy — BR Ambedkar.
40. Parchaiyan (Wikipedia, YouTube), Tanhaiyaan (Wikipedia, YouTube), Dhoop Kinare (Wikipedia, YouTube) and Doctor Bahu (YouTube).
41. पाकिस्तान का आर्थिक सफ़र। Understanding Pakistan's Economic Challenges ft. Uzair Younus -- Puliyabaazi.
42. मिलिट्री-जिहादी कॉम्प्लेक्स:पाकिस्तान का दूसरा चेहरा. The Pakistani Military-Jihadi Complex -- Puliyabaazi.
43. Puliyabaazi episodes on the constitution.
44. सिर्फ राजनेताओं ने नहीं, भारतीय जनमानस ने हमारा संविधान पिरोया है। How Public Movements Shaped Indian Constitutionalism? ft. Rohit De and Ornit Shani -- Puliyabaazi.
45. क्या खून बेचना वैध होना चाहिए? Should Paid Blood Donations be Legal? -- Puliyabaazi.
46. एक देश, एक परीक्षा और अंतहीन दबाव: क्या वाकई कोई और रास्ता नहीं है? One Nation, One Exam, One Deep Crisis -- Puliyabaazi.
47. Anand Unni's podcast.
48. Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast.
49. John Mayer and Ed Sheeran discuss watches.
50. The Devil's Dictionary — Ambrose Bierce.
51. Kafan (Hindi) -- Mushi Premchand.
52. हिंदी साहित्य का स्वाद: कविता, कहानियाँ और किस्से। A Brief History of Hindi Literature ft. Arun Jee -- Puliyabaazi.
53. पुलियाबाज़ी वाली हिंदी का मतलब क्या? How Do We Discuss New Ideas in Hindi? -- Puliyabaazi.
54. पंडित नेहरू का 15 अगस्त 1947 का 'किस्मत से एक बाज़ी' वाला ऐतिहासिक भाषण -- Jawaharlal Nehru's 'Kismat se Baazi' speech.
55. Rewriting History: The Life and Times of Pandita Ramabai -- Uma Chakravarti.
56. The Pakistan Experience -- Shehzad Ghias Shaikh.
57. The Complete Robot -- Isaac Asimov.

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Episode art: 'Puliyabaazi' by Simahina.