Amit Varma (writer)

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Amit Varma
Nationality Indian
Notable work India Uncut
Awards Bastiat Prize for Journalism (2007, 2015)

Amit Varma is a writer and podcaster based in Mumbai.

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In 2008, his first novel My friend, Sancho was nominated to the longlist for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. [1] [2] In April 2009, he was named by BusinessWeek magazine in its India's 50 Most Powerful People 2009 list, for his blog India Uncut. [3]

Career

Amit Varma has worked in advertising, television and journalism, and has written for publications like The Guardian , The Wall Street Journal and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack . He was a Managing Editor of Cricinfo India. [4] The editor of Pragati, an online magazine, [5] Amit Varma also hosts a podcast, [6] The Seen and the Unseen, on public policy, economics and behavioural science. [7] [8] [9] He also cohosts another weekly podcast, Everything is Everything, with Ajay Shah that follows a more relaxed format and focuses on a wide range of topics which are considered to be contemporary. [10] [11]

Awards

In October 2007, Varma won the 2007 Bastiat Prize for Journalism, which aims to honor writers "whose work cleverly and wittily promotes the institutions of the free society". [12] [13] He won the prize again in 2015. [14] [15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2008 Man Asian Literary Prize". Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
  2. ↑ Vadukut, Sidin (22 May 2009). "Pain of a first birth". Mint. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "India's 50 Most Powerful People 2009: Media: Amit Varma - BusinessWeek". Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "A Conversation with Amit Varma". Choose To Thinq. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "About Pragati". Think Pragati. 14 July 2020. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Podcasts rising in volume again". Deccan Herald. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  7. ↑ Bagchi, Shrabonti (3 January 2020). "How to stay human on social media". Livemint. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Amit Varma - Writer, Journalist, Podcaster". www.amitvarma.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Lend Me Your Ears: How podcasts bring voice amid quarantine". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Everything is Everything". YouTube. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  11. ↑ Everything is Everything (29 June 2023). Halfway From Coal, Halfway to Diamond | Episode 1 | Everything is Everything . Retrieved 8 January 2025– via YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Bastiat Prize for Journalism – International Policy Network". www.policynetwork.net. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Amit Varma wins the Bastiat Prize". Livemint. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  14. ↑ "Bastiat Prize Winners". Reason Foundation. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "Bastiat Prize for BLink columnist Amit Verma". The Hindu BusinessLine. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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