Vikram Seth

So many books are published each year; few stand the test of time. Today we devote our whole show to asking which works have shaped the way we behave and how we think. Picks include “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, “A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth and “Lord of the Rings” by JRR Tolkien. Full list of books mentioned in the show: The Bible The Koran “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins “On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin “Il Saggiatore” by Galileo Galilei “Two New Sciences” by Galileo Galilei “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by Thomas Piketty “Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil Postman The novels of Philip Pullman The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling “The Satanic Verses” by Salman Rushdie “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley “A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth “Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien “A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So many books are published each year; few stand the test of time. Today we devote our whole show to asking which works have shaped the way we behave and how we think. Picks include “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, “A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth and “Lord of the Rings” by JRR Tolkien. Full list of books mentioned in the show: The Bible The Koran “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins “On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin “Il Saggiatore” by Galileo Galilei “Two New Sciences” by Galileo Galilei “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by Thomas Piketty “Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil Postman The novels of Philip Pullman The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling “The Satanic Verses” by Salman Rushdie “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley “A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth “Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien “A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So many books are published each year; few stand the test of time. Today we devote our whole show to asking which works have shaped the way we behave and how we think. Picks include “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, “A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth and “Lord of the Rings” by JRR Tolkien. Full list of books mentioned in the show:The BibleThe Koran“Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins“On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin“Il Saggiatore” by Galileo Galilei“Two New Sciences” by Galileo Galilei“Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by Thomas Piketty“Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil PostmanThe novels of Philip PullmanThe Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling“The Satanic Verses” by Salman Rushdie“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley“A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth “Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien “A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vikram Seth is the Co-founder and Product Visionary at Ducknowl, a talent-screening and assessment platform that helps employers make faster, smarter, and more data-driven hiring decisions. He is also a Co-founder of Simpalm, a company that provides software and services focused on IT and staffing solutions. With more than a decade of management and IT staffing experience and a master's degree from Georgetown University, he brings deep expertise to digital innovation in recruitment. Vikram also supports sustainable organic farming in the Chicagoland area. In this episode… Building better hiring systems isn't just about speed — it's about finding ways to truly understand talent, reduce bias, and streamline decision-making. Many leaders still struggle with outdated processes that overlook talented individuals and waste time and resources. So how can technology and smarter talent solutions transform the way companies hire? Vikram Seth, a leader in technology-driven hiring innovation, believes companies improve dramatically when they look beyond resumes and adopt structured, consistent evaluation methods. He highlights how video screening, skill-based assessments, and integrity-focused tools help hiring teams gain clearer insight into candidates while reducing costly misjudgments. The result is a more efficient, equitable, and data-informed hiring workflow that helps businesses scale with confidence. Vikram also emphasizes the power of global talent and why embracing modern staffing models opens new doors for growth. In this episode of the Inspired Insider Podcast , Dr. Jeremy Weisz speaks with Vikram Seth, Co-founder and Product Visionary at Ducknowl, to discuss building better hiring systems through technology and smarter talent solutions. They explore how structured assessments mitigate bias, how global talent enhances operations, and how real-world staffing challenges drive innovative solutions. Vikram also talks about the mindset that shaped his entrepreneurial journey.

Vikram Seth is the Founder of Simpalm and Ducknowl, where he provides AI-driven remote staffing and digital solutions to help businesses scale using top talent, particularly from Latin America. Under his leadership, his companies have helped US enterprises — including Fortune 500 clients such as Blue Cross Blue Shield and Best Buy — hire tens of thousands of employees and improve their talent-assessment processes. What began as an internal tool, Ducknowl is now a widely used SaaS platform. In this episode… Hiring has always been a mix of intuition and imperfect information. Résumés rarely tell the full story, and interviews often reward confidence more than competence. So how do you really uncover potential in a world where traditional hiring signals keep failing? According to Vikram Seth, a longtime builder of technology and global talent pipelines, the answer starts with giving people a fair chance to show who they are. He believes many great candidates are overlooked simply because their résumés don't "speak their language," a challenge he understands personally. Drawing from years of helping companies hire at scale, he explains how video screenings, structured assessments, and clear data can cut through the noise and reveal true ability. He also points out that hiring isn't just about tools — it's about patience, context, and understanding that new talent needs time to settle in before they shine. The result is a process that's more humane, more accurate, and far more effective for long-term growth. In this episode of the Rising Entrepreneurs Podcast , Dr. Jeremy Weisz is joined by Vikram Seth, Founder of Simpalm and Ducknowl, to discuss reshaping hiring talent through technology and personal grit. They explore why traditional screening fails modern talent, how structured assessments can reduce bias, and what companies misunderstand about finding the perfect hire. Vikram also shares his remarkable journey from washing dishes to Georgetown — and the mindset that carried him forward.

The show opens with Antara and Farah talking about what writing and creativity means to them. They share their earliest memories of writing and how each of them decided to pursue it seriously. We chat about their respective manuscripts – one in the space of fiction and the other in non-fiction, and the importance of amplifying female narratives, accompanied by some fantastic book recommendations! We talk about research and the process of writing for fiction and non-fiction. We also delve into what each of them is exploring with their respective manuscripts. Later, we chat about the Emerging Writers Residency, their writing routines and more book recommendations! The episode ends with excerpts from Antara and Farh’s manuscripts narrated by each of them respectively. Mentions: Fyodor Dostovesky, Reader’s Digest, Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq, Deepa Bhasthi, International Booker Prize, Max Porter, Little Wome, Louisa May Alcott, Brotherless Night, V V Ganeshananthan, Rumors Of Spring, Farah Bashir, Arundathi Roy, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy, On Balance, Leela Seth, Andaleeb Wajeed, Learning To Make One Cup Of Tea, Natasha Badhwar, Zehra Naqvi, Reema Ahmad, Unparenting, Charles Dickens, Anna Karenina, Jhumpa Lahiri, Mahasweta Devi, Rabindranath Tagore, Anita Desai, Clear Light Of Day, Morning Pages, Julia Cameron, Shadow City, Taran Khan, Aashiqui, Fifty Year Road, Bhaskar Roy, Superboys Of Malegaon, Anatomy Of A Fall, Seen And Unseen, Amit Verma, Let’s Talk Memoir, Ronit Plank, Film Courage, Louisiana Channel, Andrew Huberman, Ted Talks, The Blue Book, Amitava Kumar Antara Mukherjee is a writer from Kolkata, based in Mumbai, and she likes to write about the immediate realities of our society. Her stories and poems have appeared in over 25 literary magazines, and a play co-written by her has had 12 performances at the Bangalore International Centre since 2022. She's an alumna of the Kolam Writers’ Workshop, and her manuscript was selected for a mentorship program by Asian Women Writers (AWW), a platform by US & UK agents and editors, recognising upcoming women writers from Asia. She is represented by Jayapriya Vasudevan of Jacaranda Literary Agency, and her debut fiction will be published by Bloomsbury in April 2026. You can find her on Instagram @antara.mukherjee.bhattacharya Farah is a writer based in Gurgaon. Her observation of people and her work as an advocate both enrich her writings. Her work has been published in Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Reader's Digest, Livewire, Outlook and Kitaab, to name a few. She loves to write haiku, short stories and personal essay. She is the recipient of the Natalie Goldberg fellowship. She was shortlisted for 100 inspiring Muslim Women of West Bengal by Rising beyond the ceiling foundation. You can find on Instagram @farahnaaz3 The Himalayan Writing Retreat (THWR) is a physical retreat tucked away in the Uttarakhand Himalayas. THWR was co-founded in 2016 by Chetan Mahajan & Dr Vandita Dubey. The retreat offers a variety of events, both online and in person. The HWR Emerging Writers Residency offers emerging writers an opportunity to live, learn and write among the stunning Himalayas. The aim is to help writers finish their writing projects and make their debut. To know more, you can check their website: https://www.himalayanwritingretreat.com/ Sangeetha Menon a.k.a. The Moody Marshmallow is a writer, editor and podcaster. She currently handles the rights portfolio at Tulika Publishers, where she finds new avenues for stories to travel. She has worked with organisations like Bound, Karadi Tales, and Carve Magazine to name a few. You can find her on Instagram: @marshmallow.musings and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/menonsangeetha/ Social Media: Instagram - @theclosetwriterchronicles Twitter - @TheMoodyMarsh Email - theclosetwriterchronicles@gmail.com

In this episode, Trevor and Paul are joined by Chris Via of Leaf by Leaf to celebrate the experience of reading big books. From the books that once intimidated us to the ones we now can't imagine our overburdened shelves without, we dive into what makes a book feel "big." Along the way, we share personal stories, favorite strategies for tackling doorstoppers, the books that stretched us as readers, and reflect on why some big books stay with us for life. Whether you're a lifelong lover of big books or someone who's still building up your wrist strength, this is an episode for you. We’d love to hear from you, too—what are your favorite big books? Which ones are still looming on your to-be-read pile, daring you to pick them up? Let us know! Join the Mookse and the Gripes on Discord An easy place to respond to our question above is over on Discord! We’re creating a welcoming space for thoughtful, engaging discussions about great novellas—and other books things. Whether you want to share insights, ask questions, or simply follow along, we’d love to have you. Shownotes Books * War and Peace , by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Anthony Briggs * 2666 , by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmer * The Guermantes Way , by Marcel Proust * FEM , by Magda Carneci, translated by Sean Cotter * Blinding , by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter * Solenoid , by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter * Novel Explosives , by Jim Gauer * Bookwork: Conversations with Michael Silverblatt * The Recognitions , by William Gaddis * The Dying Grass: A Novel of the New Perce War , by William T. Vollmann * Faust, Part One: A New Translation with Illustrations , by Johann Wolfgang van Goethe, translated by Zsuzsanna Ozsváth and Frederick Turner * Invidicum , by Michael Brodsky * The Ice-Shirt , by William T. Vollmann * The Aesthetics of Resistance , by Peter Weiss, translated by Joachim Neugroschel * Middlemarch , by George Eliot * Great Granny Webster , by Caroline Blackwood * Pilgrimage , by Dorothy Richardson * Lonesome Dove , by Larry McMurtry * Moby Dick , by Herman Melville * Train Dreams , by Denis Johnson * Magpie Murders , by Anthony Horowitz * Nausea , by Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Richard Howard * Schattenfroh , by Micheal Lentz, translated by Max Lawton * The Sword of Shannara , by Terry Brooks * The Brothers Karamazov , by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Andrew R. MacAndrew * It , by Stephen King * The Stand , by Stephen King * Shogun , by James Clavell * Tom’s Crossing , by Mark Z. Danielewski * Women and Men , by Joseph McElroy * Swann’s Way , by Marcel Proust * Lies and Sorcery , by Elsa Morante, translated by Jenny McPhee * Miss MacIntosh, My Darling , by Marguerite Young * The Blue Room , by Hanne Ørstavik, translated by Deborah Dawkin * Against the Day , by Thomas Pynchon * Ulysses , by James Joyce * 4 3 2 1 , by Paul Auster * Invisible Man , by Ralph Ellison * Shadow Ticket , by Thomas Pynchon * The Tunnel , by William H. Gass * A Suitable Boy , by Vikram Seth * The Golden Gate , by Vikram Seth * The Story of a Life , by Konstantin Paustovsky, translated by Doug Smith * The Tale of Genji , by Murasaki Shikibu, translated by Royall Tylor * A Little Life , by Hanya Yanagihara * The People in the Trees , by Hanya Yanagihara * Stone Upon S

In this episode of the Applied Blockchain Podcast, Adi Ben-Ari speaks with Vikram Seth , Head of Blockchain & Web3 at Shell , about how blockchain, privacy, and decentralised infrastructure are shaping the energy transition and the future of value exchange. Vikram shares insights from his work at Shell and beyond, exploring how distributed technologies can enable cross-ecosystem data sharing while preserving privacy, incentivise sustainable behaviour, and integrate with technologies like AI and IoT to build more resilient systems. They discuss: Blockchain's role in data integrity and decentralised infrastructure Privacy-preserving solutions enabling secure data collaboration Community-based incentives and transactive energy systems Real-world assets and the rise of DePINs (Decentralised Physical Infrastructure Networks) How AI, smart contracts, and automation interplay with blockchain Why system thinking is key to solving real-world challenges 📚 Resources Mentioned The Future of Money by Bernard Lietaer The Great Simplification podcast by Nate Hagens Ocean Protocol, Fetch.ai , Deep Green Gitcoin, Helium Network, Project 2050 (Fuse Energy) Brixton Pound and complementary currencies This podcast is brought to you by Applied Blockchain , a leading blockchain development company shaping the future of Web3 and decentralised technologies. 📢 Listen & subscribe Spotify ○ spoti.fi/43AjliC Apple Podcasts ○ apple.co/4izThbC Amazon Music ○ amzn.to/41RVTfz Anchor ○ bit.ly/4hufmY9 YouTube ○ bit.ly/3QZl2i8 🔗 Follow us for more blockchain insights LinkedIn ○ bit.ly/3DsSNp3 Twitter ○ bit.ly/4iCKhCB YouTube ○ bit.ly/3QZl2i8 Medium ○ bit.ly/3R16Mp2 GitHub ○ github.com/appliedblockchain/ Linktree ○ linktr.ee/appblockchain Thank you for tuning in, Applied Blockchain appliedblockchain.com ○ silentdata.com ⚠️ Disclaimer This podcast is strictly for educational purposes

In this short episode, I narrate a few stanzas from Vikram Seth's Sahitya Akademic award winning book The Golden Gate. Written in Onegin Stanzas, the book is a delight for the lovers of verse and narration. Let's hear a few stanzas.

On our 59th episode of Inside Out with Barkha Dutt, meet the celebrated author Vikram Seth, as he sits down to talk about translating Hanuman Chalisa, his understanding of Hinduism, his hopes from the new government, and his wish for what he says is the "luckiest country culturally". #modi #rahulgandhi #hinduism

The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy is a saga of secrets, lies and family ties set when a prodigal daughter returns to a hefty inheritance and relatives that deem her undeserving. Roy joins us to talk about the voices of her characters, how she came to tell this story, writing in different mediums and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth An Equal Music by Vikram Seth The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

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