UPDATE: Amit Varma wins the Bastiat Prize and $10,000, beating out journos from such places at the Atlantic Monthly, National Review, Financial Times and more. Official press release | Varma's posting upon winning.
The New York chapter of the SAJA, South Asian Journalists Association
presents
An evening with Amit Varma, India's most famous blogger (bio below).
Learn about the blogging and media scene in India from one of its most interesting writers. Come talk politics, US-South Asia affairs, sports, Bollywood - anything you like.
Friday, Oct. 26, 2007
6:30-8:30
Leela Lounge
1 West 3rd Street
(Between Broadway & Mercer; nearest subways: F&V; bus & subway directions)
New York, NY 10012
No charge and no RSVP required. Just show up and tell your friends
ABOUT AMIT VARMA:
Amit Varma is a Mumbai-based writer, and has written for the Wall Street
Journal, the Guardian, Wisden and various other publications. He writes a
weekly column for the Indian newspaper, Mint, and has been nominated for
this year's Bastiat Prize. He is best known, however, for his blog, India
Uncut.
His blog: http://indiauncut.com/
His column: http://www.indiauncut.com/iublog/categories/category/Thinking%20it%20Through
The Bastiat Prize page: http://www.bastiatprize.org/
