Ep 449: Five Assassinations and an Arms Deal

The 1980s were box office, and General K Sundarji was Forrest Gump, everywhere all at once. Probal DasGupta joins Amit Varma in episode 449 to tell the story of a fascinating man and the turbulent times he lived in. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Probal DasGupta on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Amazon. 2. General Brasstacks: The Sundarji Story -- Probal Dasgupta. 3. Watershed 1967: India's Forgotten Victory Over China — Probal DasGupta. 4. Camouflaged: Forgotten Stories from Battlefields — Probal DasGupta. 5. Of Some Consequence: A Soldier Remembers -- K Sundarji. 6. Blind Men of Hindoostan -- K Sundarji. 7. Probal DasGupta Goes to the Himalayas With Books in His Bag -- Episode 412 of The Seen and the Unseen. 8. Shooting Straight: A Military Biography of Lt Gen. Rostum K Nanavatty -- Arjun Subramaniam. 9. Fair & Square interview of SK Sinha about Operation Bluestar. 10. The Light Has Gone Out -- Jawaharlal Nehru's speech after Mahatma Gandhi died. 11. The Geopolitics of the Bangladesh War — Episode 113 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Srinath Raghavan). 12. 1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh — Srinath Raghavan. 13. Testaments Betrayed — Milan Kundera. 14. Pratap: A Defiant Newspaper -- Chander Mohan and Jyotsna Mohan. 15. Boforsgate: A Journalist's Pursuit of Truth -- Chitra Subramaniam. 16. Assignment Colombo -- JN Dixit. 17. 100 Years of Solitude -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez (translated by Gregory Rabassa). 18. Nuremberg -- James Vanderbilt. 19. Spotlight -- Tom McCarthy. 20. Munich – The Edge of War -- Christian Schwochow. 21. The Plot Against America -- Philip Roth. 22. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny -- Kiran Desai. 23. The Indian Empire At War -- George Morton-Jack. 24. A Confederacy of Dunces -- John Kennedy Toole. 25. Until August -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 26. Portnoy's Complaint -- Philip Roth. Amit Varma, Shruti Rajagopalan and Pranay Kotasthane have just started a new YouTube Show called Watching the Wheels. You must watch it. You must! You simply must!! It's mast!!! Amit Varma runs a course called Life Lessons, which aims to be a launchpad towards learning essential life skills all of you need. For more details, and to sign up, click here. And have you read Amit's newsletter? It's madly active right now! Subscribe right away to The India Uncut Newsletter! It's free! Also check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. Episode art: 'Five Assassinations and an Arms Deal' by Simahina.