Ep 254: The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri

He carried cables on a film set. He teamed up with friends named Arvind and Manish to save Delhi. He started a media company that said Boo to advertisers. Abhinandan Sekhri joins Amit Varma in episode 254 of The Seen and the Unseen to speak about the many things he's learned during his rich and unconventional life. Also check out: 1. Abhinandan Sekhri on Twitter, Instagram and Newslaundry. 2. Subscribe to Newslaundry. 3. PG Wodehouse on Amazon. 4. War and Peace and The Thorn Birds. 5. The Return of the Native -- Thomas Hardy. 6. Far From the Madding Crowd -- Thomas Hardy. 7. Leo Tolstoy, Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare on Amazon. 8. Mills and Boon on Amazon. 9. Rang De Basanti. 10. Amusing Ourselves to Death -- Neil Postman. 11. It is Obscene -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 12. Highway on My Plate. 13. Gustakhi Maaf on NDTV. 14. The Barkha Dutt Files -- Episode 243 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Barkha Dutt). 15. The Dark Side of Indian Pharma -- Episode 245 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Dinesh Thakur). 16. Dinesh Thakur interviewed by Madhu Trehan. 17. Monsoon Wedding -- Mira Nair. 18. Uday Mahurkar's books on Savarkar and Modi. 19. MSK Vlogs -- Mohammed Salim Khan's RUclips channel. 20. The Power of Imagination -- Mohammed Salim Khan. 21. Public Opinion -- Walter Lippmann. 22. Filhaal -- Meghna Gulzar. 23. Luck is All Around -- Amit Varma. 24. Luck by Chance -- Zoya Akhtar. 25. Accident on the Sets of Devdas. (And then another one.) 26. 'Journalism is a Combat Sport' -- Abhinandan Sekhri. 27. A Life in Indian Politics -- Episode 149 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Jayaprakash Narayan.) 28. Our Parliament and Our Democracy -- Episode 253 of The Seen and the Unseen (w MR Madhavan). 29. India After Gandhi -- Ramachandra Guha. 30. Em and the Big Hoom -- Jerry Pinto. 31. Shame -- Salman Rushdie. 32. The Ground Beneath Her Feet -- Salman Rushdie. 33. Shalimar the Clown -- Salman Rushdie. 34. Brighton Rock -- Graham Greene. 35. The Great Gatsby -- F Scott Fitzgerald. 36. Real Dictators. This episode is sponsored by Intel. This episode is co-sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader, FutureStack and The Social Capital Compound. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Please subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It’s free! And check out Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

[@hg8349]

Great episode. Thank you for this, Amit!

[@jugshekhawat5785]

Great episode love it

[@ayush1ism]

amazing!!

[@sumanverma6274]

Two brains.. Thanks and 👍 Abhinandan and Amit. I wanted to hear more about the choice of books Abhinandan read in his childhood or is reading now.

[@shivamrai7108]

Maza aagaya

[@SandeepSingh-ey4ih]

Really liked it. Thanks Amit.
Always liked Abhinandan. Have been watching him in News Laundry for past 5 years. He is perhaps one of the best interviewers I have seen. And, he is bold. Thanks a lot....

[@sagar696]

Lost me at 54:35

[@Dipps]

Excellent. Loved every bit of this. So much insight and depth. As a proud subscriber of NL , I feel more proud today that it has come from such great experience and high values. 👍
Also host is very bright and sharp at the same time have a great voice and most importantly patience of listening. 🙏

[@saurabh6967]

Wonderful episode ❤️
Please consider inviting P Sainath and Anand Gandhi

[@Arru555]

Enjoyed the interview. So much to learn from both of you. Thank you :)

[@karangajare4848]

The tiger is here

[@amitmehta4491]

I do not agree with Shekri 's Idelogy even a bit but he is a nice guy.

[@klintonunited]

Good morning

[@Mohit98303]

Commenting for algorithms...

[@sanjeetsingh9057]

I was searching for such wonderful podcasts ,actually came here after newslaundry NL interview....ps love NL

[@satyakrishna9501]

Sir please make podcast with bhawana somaaya....

[@farhanakhan3747]

But u guys never compromised on your ethos for mean prices.👍

[@vishnubansal]

Bring Madhu Trehan someday soon !!!!