Amit Varma (writer) explained

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

Amit Varma is a writer and podcaster based in Mumbai.

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize . 2008-02-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080726070006/http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/2008/2008longlist.php . 2008-07-26 .
  2. News: Pain of a first birth. Vadukut. Sidin. 2009-05-22. Mint. 2020-01-20.
  3. Web site: India's 50 Most Powerful People 2009: Media: Amit Varma - BusinessWeek . 10 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090511210615/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0415_india_most_powerful/49.htm . 11 May 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: A Conversation with Amit Varma. 2020-07-14. Choose To Thinq. en-US.
  5. Web site: 14 July 2020. About Pragati. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401110112/https://www.thinkpragati.com/team/ . 1 April 2019 . Think Pragati.
  6. Web site: 2020-02-04. Podcasts rising in volume again. 2020-07-14. Deccan Herald. en.
  7. Web site: Bagchi. Shrabonti. 2020-01-03. How to stay human on social media. 2020-01-20. Livemint. en.
  8. Web site: Amit Varma - Writer, Journalist, Podcaster. 2020-01-20. www.amitvarma.com.
  9. Web site: Lend Me Your Ears: How podcasts bring voice amid quarantine. 2020-07-14. The New Indian Express.
  10. Web site: Everything is Everything . 2025-01-08 . YouTube . en.
  11. Halfway From Coal, Halfway to Diamond Episode 1 Everything is Everything . 2023-06-29 . Everything is Everything . 2025-01-08 . YouTube.
  12. Web site: Bastiat Prize for Journalism – International Policy Network. 2020-01-20. www.policynetwork.net.
  13. Web site: 2007-10-26. Amit Varma wins the Bastiat Prize. 2020-01-20. Livemint. en.
  14. Web site: 2012-04-20. Bastiat Prize Winners. 2020-01-20. Reason Foundation. en-US.
  15. Web site: 11 November 2015. Bastiat Prize for BLink columnist Amit Verma. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180708020939/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/bastiat-prize-for-blink-columnist-amit-verma/article7866911.ece . 8 July 2018 . 2020-01-20. The Hindu BusinessLine. en.

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