Ep 383: Arati Kumar-Rao Took a One-Way Ticket
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She gave up a corporate career to live a slow life: to travel, to immerse, to write, to learn to see. Arati Kumar-Rao joins Amit Varma in episode 383 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about her writing, her photography and the lessons she has learnt by standing still and looking.
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9. India's Water Crisis — Episode 60 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vishwanath S aka Zenrainman).
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13. Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor -- Rob Nixon.
14. The Fatal Conceit -- Friedrich Hayek.
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19. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Ramachandra Guha: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
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26. The Peregrine -- JA Baker.
27. Paul Salopek on Twitter and the Out of Eden Walk.
28. Pradip Krishen on Wikipedia, Amazon and IMDb.
29. Pather Panchali -- Satyajit Ray,
30. The Grapes of Wrath -- John Steinbeck.
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32. Call Me American -- Abdi Nor Iftin.
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Episode art: 'River' by Simahina.
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