Our agriculture needs reform -- but we should be wary that our attempt to get there is not at the cost of our democracy. Ajay Shah joins Amit Varma in episode 211 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights on the process, content and implication of the farm bills. Also discussed: knowledge assimilation, public health, how we tackled the pandemic and what we can do going forward.  Also check out: 1. Ajay Shah's homepage. 2. The Art and Science of Economic Policy -- Episode 154 of The Seen and the Unseen. 3. In Service of the Republic — Vijay Kelkar & Ajay Shah. 4. Other episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Ajay Shah: 1, 2, 3.  5. The State of Our Farmers — Ep 86 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gunvant Patil, in Hindi). 6. India's Agriculture Crisis -- Episode 140 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Barun Mitra & Kumar Anand).  7. Other episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on Agricultire: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.  8. We Must Save Our Farmers — Amit Varma. 9. The Indian State is the Greatest Enemy of the Indian Farmer — Amit Varma. 10. A Tale of Two Satyagrahas — Amit Varma. 11. Economic Freedom in Agriculture -- Ajay Shah. 12. India: An Agricultural Trade Powerhouse -- Ajay Shah. 13. Enabling a National Market for Food -- Anirudh Burman, Ila Patnaik, Shubho Roy & Ajay Shah. 14. Feeding the Hungry in the Pandemic -- Episode 210 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ruben Mascarenhas). 15. Previous episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the pandemic: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.  16. We Are Fighting Two Disasters: Covid-19 and the Indian State — Amit Varma. 17. Public Choice Theory -- Episode 121 of The Seen and the Unseen. 18. Analysing the 2021 budget -- Ajay Shah. 19. The Theatre of the Budget (2020) -- Episode 159 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah and Vivek Kaul).  20. DeMon, Morality and the Predatory Indian State -- Episode 85 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 21. Most of Amit Varma’s writing on DeMon, collected in one Twitter thread. 22. India's Water Crisis -- Episode 60 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vishwanath S aka Zenrainman). 23. The Delhi Smog -- Episode 44 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 24. Episode of The Seen and the Unseen on GST: 1, 2, 3.  25. Pratap Bhanu Mehta on the farm bills & what followed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.   You can now buy Seen/Unseen swag.  And do check out Amit’s online courses, The Art of Clear Writing and The Art of Podcasting.

<p>Our agriculture needs reform -- but we should be wary that our attempt to get there is not at the cost of our democracy. Ajay Shah joins Amit Varma in episode 211 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights on the process, content and implication of the farm bills. Also discussed: knowledge assimilation, public health, how we tackled the pandemic and what we can do going forward.  Also check out: 1. <a href="http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNHy8JywD9Rm5FIswSafThUMMYOWtQ">Ajay Shah's homepage</a>. 2. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/1/6/episode-154-the-art-and-science-of-economic-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/1/6/episode-154-the-art-and-science-of-economic-policy/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNEv1yN2nQEfupDLANkeBaYtcN3RvA">The Art and Science of Economic Policy</a> -- Episode 154 of The Seen and the Unseen. 3. <em><a href="https://www.amazon.in/Service-Republic-Science-Economic-Policy-ebook/dp/B081HXR95C/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=In+Service+of+the+republic&qid=1578275973&sr=8-1?tag=maswe-21" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Service-Republic-Science-Economic-Policy-ebook/dp/B081HXR95C/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3DIn%2BService%2Bof%2Bthe%2Brepublic%26qid%3D1578275973%26sr%3D8-1?tag%3Dmaswe-21&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNH8ZddVJbGcu-o2cNGebZhkBm7FCA">In Service of the Republic</a></em> — Vijay Kelkar & Ajay Shah. 4. Other episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Ajay Shah: <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/4/29/episode-118-zombie-firms-and-creative-destruction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/4/29/episode-118-zombie-firms-and-creative-destruction/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNHpSdVygwTbfUj19bOvrbHdg2aAIg">1</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/6/17/episode-125-the-importance-of-finance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/6/17/episode-125-the-importance-of-finance/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNFnr4ZQ6Q-POGZATw_aHIQoKMyPPA">2</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/2/9/episode-159-the-theatre-of-the-budget/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/2/9/episode-159-the-theatre-of-the-budget/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNHzRnD8yt2ZgvT60XMVZPko82gGJg">3</a>.  5. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/9/16/episode-86-the-state-of-our-farmers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/9/16/episode-86-the-state-of-our-farmers/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNFGbGQqdugJ6awNowH3BVCGUuscvQ">The State of Our Farmers</a> — Ep 86 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gunvant Patil, in Hindi). 6. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/9/29/episode-140-indias-agriculture-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/9/29/episode-140-indias-agriculture-crisis/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNHkavjVHu216ul_ZA503tA0Aptfkg">India's Agriculture Crisis</a> -- Episode 140 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Barun Mitra & Kumar Anand).  7. Other episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on Agricultire: <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/ep1-entry-exit-agriculture" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/ep1-entry-exit-agriculture&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNE-4zQ2riT_ordZzf0vHipxk9q46Q">1</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/4/3/episode-12-futures-markets-in-agriculture" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/4/3/episode-12-futures-markets-in-agriculture&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNGxhCIoNQy8qgyfuXTTLlGBuAOciw">2</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/7/3/episode-25-farm-loan-waivers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/7/3/episode-25-farm-loan-waivers/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNFsazDccyJyi1S1u4CI5wr_E_7ong">3</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/7/10/episode-26-the-right-to-property" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/7/10/episode-26-the-right-to-property&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNHzmJ26TLKbDqpdxVeQ7qIIx_Dz_Q">4</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/11/27/episode-44-the-delhi-smog" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/11/27/episode-44-the-delhi-smog&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNEoSH7nMJO0kp9l98GvMWYcuMq_RA">5</a>.  8. <a href="https://www.thinkpragati.com/opinion/3801/we-must-save-our-farmers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thinkpragati.com/opinion/3801/we-must-save-our-farmers/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNExB7qDvNECrOk37-6q01VwkwU4ew">We Must Save Our Farmers</a> — Amit Varma. 9. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/the-indian-state-is-the-greatest-enemy-of-the-indian-farmer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/the-indian-state-is-the-greatest-enemy-of-the-indian-farmer/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNG03P6wHB5QIXJMb5sH2xflaYF1Nw">The Indian State is the Greatest Enemy of the Indian Farmer</a> — Amit Varma. 10. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/farmers-technology-and-freedom-of-choice-a-tale-of-two-satyagrahas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/farmers-technology-and-freedom-of-choice-a-tale-of-two-satyagrahas/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNH_Y12yazzl8zIW79xDbsObl3lLGA">A Tale of Two Satyagrahas</a> — Amit Varma. 11. <a href="http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/MEDIA/2020/food_economic_freedom.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/MEDIA/2020/food_economic_freedom.html&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNGy9xhiIEWlW7hO__qS7agGSRq8Ow">Economic Freedom in Agriculture</a> -- Ajay Shah. 12. <a href="http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/MEDIA/2019/agri_intnl_trade.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/MEDIA/2019/agri_intnl_trade.html&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNFhX43E-P7PffbSDMEWdM5lDiO-gw">India: An Agricultural Trade Powerhouse</a> -- Ajay Shah. 13. <a href="https://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/PDF/BPRS_National-Market-for-Food.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/PDF/BPRS_National-Market-for-Food.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNG2bSpzK95ZiKVJ-PxV3SmK8GXsOQ">Enabling a National Market for Food</a> -- Anirudh Burman, Ila Patnaik, Shubho Roy & Ajay Shah. 14. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/1/31/episode-210-feeding-the-hungry-in-the-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/1/31/episode-210-feeding-the-hungry-in-the-pandemic/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNGSjsstydz37k88qTxFtA-X-2TwhA">Feeding the Hungry in the Pandemic</a> -- Episode 210 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ruben Mascarenhas). 15. Previous episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the pandemic: <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/4/19/episode-169-taking-stock-of-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/4/19/episode-169-taking-stock-of-covid-19/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNHFh9sEDHy762jfsS5_NOgs4glcPQ">1</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/7/episode-176-the-nuances-of-lockdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/7/episode-176-the-nuances-of-lockdown/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNF-WfLri-MDqRA5sHBbpjYiH2jz3A">2</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/14/episode-177-indias-economy-in-the-time-of-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/14/episode-177-indias-economy-in-the-time-of-covid-19/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNH4yBOXLwcFFCpYHrLkf1_MXJpsgw">3</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/9/20/episode-191-our-cities-after-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/9/20/episode-191-our-cities-after-covid-19/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNFWYw-KZrnwfrZuKDVf_SyAAerXjQ">4</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/10/25/episode-196-the-importance-of-data-journalism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/10/25/episode-196-the-importance-of-data-journalism/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNFFjakIs4RwDxBRTu1qTcVduH2n7A">5</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/12/27/episode-205-indias-tryst-with-pandemics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/12/27/episode-205-indias-tryst-with-pandemics/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNEtF54SsfA1K18YWzrECvt7XFh1mg">6</a>.  16. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/we-are-fighting-two-disasters-covid-19-and-the-indian-state/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/we-are-fighting-two-disasters-covid-19-and-the-indian-state/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNHuP_-BoGPR2OjyIYeAP5C4oiwe3A">We Are Fighting Two Disasters: Covid-19 and the Indian State</a> — Amit Varma. 17. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/5/20/episode-121-public-choice-theory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/5/20/episode-121-public-choice-theory/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659225000&usg=AFQjCNGi5gMcLGNUx7hO16iVqcVp9MoZsQ">Public Choice Theory</a> -- Episode 121 of The Seen and the Unseen. 18. <a href="http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/MEDIA/2021/budget2021.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/MEDIA/2021/budget2021.html&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNF858tVxWsh5W2WObfCH_Ya-Y6ltw">Analysing the 2021 budget</a> -- Ajay Shah. 19. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/2/9/episode-159-the-theatre-of-the-budget/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/2/9/episode-159-the-theatre-of-the-budget/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNEAedmhX52Wd95rIW1tlZklV4ZNkg">The Theatre of the Budget</a> (2020) -- Episode 159 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah and Vivek Kaul).  20. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/9/10/episode-85-demon-morality-and-the-predatory-indian-state/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/9/10/episode-85-demon-morality-and-the-predatory-indian-state/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNFbmsPeADlsMiZfJOpZYZFWXrJAkw">DeMon, Morality and the Predatory Indian State</a> -- Episode 85 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 21. Most of Amit Varma’s writing on DeMon, collected in <a href="https://twitter.com/amitvarma/status/877045393975943172" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/amitvarma/status/877045393975943172&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNH84znAQ2a-EVuZ3U1xYU4H_59Ydw">one Twitter thread</a>. 22. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/3/19/episode-60-indias-water-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/3/19/episode-60-indias-water-crisis/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNG8CbeIU0e7Jf0th2f_VSZYMKCyfQ">India's Water Crisis</a> -- Episode 60 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vishwanath S aka Zenrainman). 23. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/11/26/episode-44-the-delhi-smog/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/11/26/episode-44-the-delhi-smog/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNGquGLQpjLg9Ir455ViYC_Nz9rS2Q">The Delhi Smog</a> -- Episode 44 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 24. Episode of The Seen and the Unseen on GST: <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/1/31/episode-3-gst" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/1/31/episode-3-gst&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNE2GJMDWUL3mHJIjsm-OBscv1-Ycg">1</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/7/24/episode-28-gst-revisited/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/7/24/episode-28-gst-revisited/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNHZrFYzv-0V5f44qf55QqjBepwfvg">2</a>, <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/6/24/episode-74-the-bad-and-complex-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/6/24/episode-74-the-bad-and-complex-tax/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNEX1Hw9AzwvMNFIpp2Y-sdKbFh8Qw">3</a>.  25. Pratap Bhanu Mehta on the farm bills & what followed: <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/punjab-farmers-protest-farm-laws-7071053/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/punjab-farmers-protest-farm-laws-7071053/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNEvHt_2VHd5Nrvm9GRoCgVedJ8fJw">1</a>, <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-democracy-covid-pandemic-pb-mehta-new-year-7128145/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-democracy-covid-pandemic-pb-mehta-new-year-7128145/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNHcx5mRMbuSKDvx3rgTQbOLNrYXGg">2</a>, <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/supreme-court-stay-on-farm-laws-protests-7143857/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/supreme-court-stay-on-farm-laws-protests-7143857/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNHHpnNxe2izEL46oMgLY7YRI2i8wQ">3</a>, <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/republic-day-nehru-farmers-protest-subhash-chandra-bose-modi-mamata-7161455/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/republic-day-nehru-farmers-protest-subhash-chandra-bose-modi-mamata-7161455/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNHL9fyWyD_OsHih1MJGcHO0bk4Gvw">4</a>, <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/farmers-protest-republic-day-agriculture-bill-7167055/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/farmers-protest-republic-day-agriculture-bill-7167055/&source=gmail&ust=1612754659226000&usg=AFQjCNGIGed9DMEzsD-_hRc_otjILIyzag">5</a>.   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Our agriculture needs reform -- but we should be wary that our attempt to get there is not at the cost of our democracy. Ajay Shah joins Amit Varma in episode 211 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights on the process, content and implication...

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