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EPISODE · Aug 24, 2026 · 3H 46M

Ep 451: Manish Sabharwal is a Good Ancestor

from The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma · host Amit Varma

There should be more to our lives than just doing well for ourselves. Manish Sabharwal joins Amit Varma in episode 451 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe his journey from being a successful entrepreneur to trying to change India. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Manish Sabharwal at LinkedIn and Indian Express. 2. TeamLease. 3. Kashmir Under 370: A Personal History -- Mahendra Sabharwal with Manish Sabharwal. 4. Made in India: The Story of Desh Bandhu Gupta, Lupin and Indian Pharma -- Manish Sabharwal and Sundeep Khanna. 5. A Masterclass on Regulation (and Deregulation) -- Episode 442 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 6. The Heckman Equation — a website based on James Heckman's work. 7. The Agony And The Ecstasy -- Irving Stone. 8. Lust For Life -- Irving Stone. 9. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty -- Albert O Hirschman. 10. The Passions and the Interests -- Albert O Hirschman. 11. Jailed for Doing Business: The 26,134 Imprisonment Clauses in India's Business Laws. 12. The Vishnu Sahasranama. 13. The Great Transformation -- Karl Polanyi. 14. Wealth and Power -- Orville Schell and John Delury. 15. Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government Is Holding Indians Back — Subhashish Bhadra. 16. Subhashish Bhadra on Our Dysfunctional State — Episode 333 of The Seen and the Unseen. 17. Lake Wobegon Days -- Garrison Keillor. 18. In Defence of Politics -- Bernard Crick. 19. The Overton Window. 20. India's Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality — Amit Varma. 21. Where Has All the Education Gone? — Lant Pritchett. 22. India After Gandhi -- Ramachandra Guha. 23. Strategy -- Lawrence Freedman. 24. Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China -- Ezra Vogel. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. 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: 'Ancestor' by Simahina.

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