Ep 433: The Life and Times of the Takshashila Institution

India's policy ecosystem was once a desolate landscape, stuck in bad ideas of the past. One institution shook it all up. Nitin Pai and Pranay Kotasthane join Amit Varma in episode 433 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe their journey building the Takshashila Institution. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN. ) Also check out: 1. Nitin Pai on Twitter , LinkedIn , his own website and the Takshashila Institution . 2. Pranay Kotasthane on Twitter , LinkedIn , Amazon and the Takshashila Institution . 3. The Takshashila Institution . 4. Takshashila's courses and Open Takshashila . 5. The Liberal Nationalism of Nitin Pai — Episode 318 of The Seen and the Unseen. 6. Pranay Kotasthane Talks Public Policy — Episode 233 of The Seen and the Unseen. 7. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Nitin Pai: 1 , 2 , 3 . 8. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen w Pranay Kotasthane: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 . 9. The archives of The Acorn , Nitin Pai's blog. 10. The Life and Times of Gurcharan Das -- Episode 425 of The Seen and the Unseen. 11. Assembling India's Constitution -- Rohit De and Ornit Shani. 12. The Overton Window . 13. Nitin Pai's 2011 FAQ on Anna Hazare and the Lok Pal bill. 14. Arthashastra and History of the Peloponnesian War . 15. Distance From Delhi -- Various Takshashila authors. 16. The Age of the Partial Outsider — Janan Ganesh. 17. The Prestige -- Christopher Priest. 18. Everything Evolves -- Mark Vellend. 19. Humankind -- Rutger Bregman. 20. A Sixth Of Humanity -- Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian. This episode is sponsored by The Six Percent Club . Join them to go from content idea to launch in just 45 days! Amit Varma runs a course called Life Lessons , which aims to be a launchpad towards learning essential life skills all of you need. For more details, and to sign up, click here . And have you read Amit's newsletter?

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This episode was published on Dec 15, 2025.

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