Prem Panicker has been raising hell in Indian journalism for over 30 years: A muckraker and a pioneer, a maverick and an elder statesman, he is loved by fans and feared by the establishment. Prem joins Amit Varma in episode 217 of The Seen and the Unseen for a raw and intimate account of the wounds he got from living, and the lessons he learnt while healing.  Also check out: 1. Smoke Signals -- Prem Panicker's blog. 2. The Peepli Project -- Edited by Prem Panicker 3. The State of the Media -- Episode 46 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Prem Panicker). 4. Money in Cricket -- Episode 41 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gideon Haigh and Prem Panicker). 5. The New World Upon Us -- Amit Varma. 6. The Glimpse -- Trilok Gurtu. 7. The Out of Eden Walk -- Paul Salopek. 8. A Picture of Hell, and No Kerosene -- Amit Varma. 9. A World of Stopped Watches -- Amit Varma. 10. Being Muslim in India -- Episode 216 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ghazala Wahab). 11. One Way Ticket -- Neil Sedaka. 12. The House of the Dead -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky. 13. Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha -- Directed by Nissam Basheer. 14. The Hunter Becomes the Hunted -- Episode 200 of The Seen and the Unseen. 15. The Seen and the Unseen episodes with Deepak Shenoy and Sonia Faleiro. 16. Bhimsen -- Prem Panicker (adapted from Randaamoozham by MT Vasudevan Nair). 17. How Social Media Threatens Society -- Episode 8 of Brave New World (Vasant Dhar chatting with Jonathan Haidt).  18. The Windowpane channel and newsletter.  19. A Meditation on Form -- Amit Varma. 20. Gell-Mann Amnesia. 21. It's Hard to Build and Easy to Destroy -- Amit Varma.  This episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus. Check out their course, Life Lessons from the Great Books. For free unlimited access for a month, click here.  Please subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It’s free!  And check out Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

Prem Panicker has been raising hell in Indian journalism for over 30 years: A muckraker and a pioneer, a maverick and an elder statesman, he is loved by fans and feared by the establishment. Prem joins Amit Varma in episode 217 of The Seen and the Unseen for a raw and intimate account of the wounds he got from living, and the lessons he learnt while healing. Also check out: 1. <a href="https://prempanicker.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://prempanicker.wordpress.com/&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNFkMaXmyhyxg4EJMT_lQ-BKtXTOyQ">Smoke Signals</a> -- Prem Panicker's blog. 2. <a href="http://peepli.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://peepli.org/&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNHH8RqLgEfG9dyBCbwBbzSCrjb0uw">The Peepli Project</a> -- Edited by Prem Panicker 3. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/12/11/episode-46-the-state-of-the-media/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/12/11/episode-46-the-state-of-the-media/&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNHDV9tJixbqx0IRM6sHsTCHxn6hWA">The State of the Media</a> -- Episode 46 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Prem Panicker). 4. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/11/6/episode-41-money-in-cricket/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/11/6/episode-41-money-in-cricket/&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNFfXFNZEEIT5THh-PppWe-e0AlbeA">Money in Cricket</a> -- Episode 41 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gideon Haigh and Prem Panicker). 5. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/the-new-world-upon-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/the-new-world-upon-us/&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNE4m4L3g9spyc2DjYJzK_0tGFn1SQ">The New World Upon Us</a> -- Amit Varma. 6. <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3Zi8s0mb2kdoQQDGcXl8dx" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://open.spotify.com/album/3Zi8s0mb2kdoQQDGcXl8dx&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNFCyqfKzpLZYFIhj1ursSCPcO0plQ">The Glimpse</a> -- Trilok Gurtu. 7. <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNEcVjghdUjlnySuiFC0z8GPJtBjNQ">The Out of Eden Walk</a> -- Paul Salopek. 8. <a href="https://www.rediff.com/news/report/amit/20050101.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/amit/20050101.htm&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNHaxqT2FPQVO0lhy2zU1LoCEBYJPQ">A Picture of Hell, and No Kerosene</a> -- Amit Varma. 9. <a href="http://indiauncut.blogspot.com/2005/01/despatches-15-world-of-stopped-watches.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://indiauncut.blogspot.com/2005/01/despatches-15-world-of-stopped-watches.html&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNFs-r6x1v6hXJ31hF5EkAKIMBm6_w">A World of Stopped Watches</a> -- Amit Varma. 10. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/3/14/episode-216-being-muslim-in-india/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/3/14/episode-216-being-muslim-in-india/&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNH66CWwNPi_xcD62BfuoKIJIefIqw">Being Muslim in India</a> -- Episode 216 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ghazala Wahab). 11. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzzzuX1ToYg" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DfzzzuX1ToYg&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNGUS5PayjXgBaxlVpkXixK3x-UqEQ">One Way Ticket</a> -- Neil Sedaka. 12. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/House-Dead-Notes-Siberian-prison-ebook/dp/B001FWYYOK/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=house+of+the+dead&qid=1616240316&sr=8-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/House-Dead-Notes-Siberian-prison-ebook/dp/B001FWYYOK/ref%3Dsr_1_2?keywords%3Dhouse%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bdead%26qid%3D1616240316%26sr%3D8-2&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNFIDxe01FUBla5EvqSb7fSbFYNCOg">The House of the Dead</a> -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky. 13. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kettiyolaanu-Ente-Malakha-Asif-Ali/dp/B083SVFSVD" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Kettiyolaanu-Ente-Malakha-Asif-Ali/dp/B083SVFSVD&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNGrIFavR7hBkkvFJKmxRtdlF6D-vQ">Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha</a> -- Directed by Nissam Basheer. 14. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/11/22/episode-200-the-hunter-becomes-the-hunted/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/11/22/episode-200-the-hunter-becomes-the-hunted/&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNEs5rP_CSG1tg7R59ElPBmqSXpl4Q">The Hunter Becomes the Hunted</a> -- Episode 200 of The Seen and the Unseen. 15. The Seen and the Unseen episodes with <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/1/17/episode-208-lessons-in-investing-and-life/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/1/17/episode-208-lessons-in-investing-and-life/&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNGs60qWINWzx4E0-6ZmDZKe5MRNrg">Deepak Shenoy</a> and <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/1/24/episode-209-two-girls-hanging-from-a-tree/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/1/24/episode-209-two-girls-hanging-from-a-tree/&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNGCz6lJCHi48krhymGCcgCtan4sww">Sonia Faleiro</a>. 16. <a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/20621790/Bhimsen" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.scribd.com/doc/20621790/Bhimsen&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNHBe8kWiuZRRRM2x-oq3uaw3ANy5A">Bhimsen</a> -- Prem Panicker (adapted from <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Randamoozham-M-T-Vasudevan-Nair/dp/8122613705/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Randaamoozham&qid=1616242084&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Randamoozham-M-T-Vasudevan-Nair/dp/8122613705/ref%3Dsr_1_1?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3DRandaamoozham%26qid%3D1616242084%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNEmttSmfv94yzJHMh4Yij_a3K_TYw">Randaamoozham</a> by MT Vasudevan Nair). 17. <a href="https://bravenewpodcast.com/episodes/2021/03/18/episode-8-how-social-media-threatens-society/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bravenewpodcast.com/episodes/2021/03/18/episode-8-how-social-media-threatens-society/&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNEwF_X20nGzv819EoUD3qL6sqha6g">How Social Media Threatens Society</a> -- Episode 8 of Brave New World (Vasant Dhar chatting with Jonathan Haidt).  18. The Windowpane <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC73FWP7Y5Kt_yQ4FugebuzQ/videos" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC73FWP7Y5Kt_yQ4FugebuzQ/videos&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNFxi_6ekhN9ZGT32Bnq8tqrxH6wqg">channel</a> and <a href="https://windowpane.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://windowpane.substack.com/&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNFqHNLnP2TFEuOhsssYf76_rFQINQ">newsletter</a>. 19. <a href="https://indiauncut.substack.com/p/a-meditation-on-form" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.substack.com/p/a-meditation-on-form&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNEm9UPLBKaqwJjcy1j27FNUg_hitg">A Meditation on Form</a> -- Amit Varma. 20. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-gell-mann-amnesia-effect-is-as-follows-you" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-gell-mann-amnesia-effect-is-as-follows-you&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNHSBv7d8z_39YoQ5OhwGtMv3OgmQA">Gell-Mann Amnesia</a>. 21. <a href="https://indiauncut.substack.com/p/7-its-hard-to-build-and-easy-to-destroy" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.substack.com/p/7-its-hard-to-build-and-easy-to-destroy&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNHsaU2S4qNdjMrJLBaZ2WWJqcPyQA">It's Hard to Build and Easy to Destroy</a> -- Amit Varma. This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/unseen" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/unseen&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNEpN_4L8Y-rho6Kw33mkV8XYrURhQ">The Great Courses Plus</a>. Check out their course, <a href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/life-lessons-from-the-great-books" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/life-lessons-from-the-great-books&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNE0nvxT2EQfYOMZbKaGEW05cAxSOA">Life Lessons from the Great Books</a>. For free unlimited access for a month, <a href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/unseen" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/unseen&source=gmail&ust=1616382012556000&usg=AFQjCNEpN_4L8Y-rho6Kw33mkV8XYrURhQ">click here</a>. 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Prem Panicker has been raising hell in Indian journalism for over 30 years: A muckraker and a pioneer, a maverick and an elder statesman, he is loved by fans and feared by the establishment. Prem joins Amit Varma in episode 217 of The Seen and the...

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