He was a physician, and then an IAS officer, and then a universally-respected politician. Jayaprakash Narayan joins Amit Varma in episode 334 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe his lifelong quest to complete our task of nation-building.

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Also check out:

1. A Life in Indian Politics — Episode 149 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Jayaprakash Narayan).
2. The State of Indian Politics — Episode 50 of The Seen and the Unseen (w JP Narayan).
3. The Myth of Sisyphus (Amazon) (Wikipedia) -- Albert Camus.
4. Factfulness — Hans Rosling.
5. The best stats you’ve ever seen — Hans Rosling.
6. What’s Consolation For An Atheist? (2008) -- Amit Varma.
7. Barun Mitra, Philosopher and Practitioner -- Episode 264 of The Seen and the Unseen.
8. Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government Is Holding Indians Back — Subhashish Bhadra.
9. Subhashish Bhadra on Our Dysfunctional State -- Episode 333 of The Seen and the Unseen.
10. India’s Greatest Civil Servant — Episode 167 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Narayani Basu, on VP Menon).
11. We Are Fighting Two Disasters: Covid-19 and the Indian State — Amit Varma.
12. Rajesh Jain and Dhan Vapasi -- Episode 94 of The Seen and the Unseen.
13. Team of Rivals — Doris Kearns Goodwin.
14. The Tragedy of Our Farm Bills — Episode 211 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah).
15, The Indian State Is the Greatest Enemy of the Indian Farmer -- Amit Varma.
16. Fixing Indian Education — Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan).
17. Education in India — Episode 77 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Amit Chandra).
18. Understanding Indian Healthcare — Episode 225 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan).
19. The Importance of the 1991 Reforms — Episode 237 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan and Ajay Shah).
20. The Forgotten Greatness of PV Narasimha Rao — Episode 283 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vinay Sitapati).
21. The Life and Times of Montek Singh Ahluwalia — Episode 285 of The Seen and the Unseen.
22. India’s Lost Decade — Episode 116 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Puja Mehra).
23. Narendra Modi takes a Great Leap Backwards — Amit Varma.
24. The Double ‘Thank-You’ Moment — John Stossel.
25. Whatever happened To Ehsan Jafri on February 28, 2002? — Harsh Mander.
26. Metrics of Empowerment — Episode 88 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Devika Kher, Nidhi Gupta & Hamsini Hariharan).
27. We Should Celebrate Rising Divorce Rates (2008) — Amit Varma.
28. South India Would Like to Have a Word — Episode 320 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Nilakantan RS).
29. Animal Farm -- George Orwell.
30. Guns, Germs And Steel -- Jared Diamond.
31. Yuval Noah Harari on Amazon.
32. The Economic Government of the World: 1933-2023 -- Martin Daunton.

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Episode art: ‘Build’ by Simahina.

Ep 334: Jayaprakash Narayan Wants to Mend Our Democracy

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