Discover India’s Must-Read Literature & Fiction Books: The Seen and the Unseen Podcast’s Ultimate List

"The Seen and the Unseen" is India's premier long-form podcast hosted by Amit Varma. The podcast, which has been running since 2017, features long-form conversations with writers, intellectuals, economists, historians, and thought leaders from India and around the world.

Amit Varma is a respected journalist and writer, twice winner of the Bastiat Prize for Journalism. The show is known for its rich intellectual content and the diversity of its guests, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in public policy, history, culture, or economics in India today. I am only sharing the books recommended related to Literature & Fiction (Indian)

  1. The Education of Yuri — Jerry Pinto
  2. Raw Umber: A Memoir — Sara Rai
  3. Other Skies — Sara Rai
  4. Wilderness — Sara Rai
  5. Clouds — Chandrahas Choudhury
  6. My Country Is Literature — Chandrahas Choudhury
  7. A Book of Light — Edited by Jerry Pinto
  8. Murder in Mahim — Jerry Pinto
  9. I Have Not Seen Mandu — Swadesh Deepak (translated by Jerry Pinto)
  10. Blue Is Like Blue — Vinod Kumar Shukla (translated by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra & Sara Rai)
  11. Cheelvali Kothi — Sara Rai
  12. Ghachar Ghochar — Vivek Shanbhag
  13. Em and the Big Hoom — Jerry Pinto
  14. Days of My China Dragon — Chandrahas Choudhury
  15. Arzee the Dwarf — Chandrahas Choudhury
  16. Cobalt Blue — Sachin Kundalkar (translated by Jerry Pinto)
  17. The White Tiger — Aravind Adiga
  18. The God of Small Things — Arundhati Roy
  19. Cuckold — Kiran Nagarkar
  20. A Million Mutinies Now — V. S. Naipaul
  21. काशी का अस्सी (Kashi ka Assi) — Kashinath Singh
  22. Aadha Gaon — Rahi Masoom Raza
  23. Baluta — Daya Pawar (translated by Jerry Pinto)
  24. A House for Mr Biswas — V. S. Naipaul
  25. Collected Stories — Naiyer Masud
  26. The World of Premchand: Selected Short Stories — Munshi Premchand
  27. Premchand’s Kazaki and Other Marvellous Tales — Munshi Premchand (translated by Sara Rai)
  28. Umrao Jaan Ada — Mirza Hadi Ruswa
  29. Six and a Third Acres — Fakir Mohan Senapati

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Lyrics of Title Song from Bharat Ek Khoj

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