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]

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". [10] [11] He won the prize again in 2015. [12] [13]

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