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Wednesday, October 24

Varma wins Bastiat

Amit Varma has just won the Bastiat Prize for his libertarian essays in Mint, beating conservative icons like Jonah Goldberg (National Review) and Clive Crook (Atlantic Monthly). In one hand he embraces a $10K check and the iconic candlestick, in the other, his smarter and more stylish wife Jasmine Shah Varma. Congratulations!

Related posts: Kidrobot, and other scary tales (updated), A man, a plan, a candlestick: Varma, 1 across: Bookstore chain

manish vij on Wednesday, October 24th, 2007, 10:28 pm in Economics, Media, Politics, Profiles › Email this Email this › Facebook this › Reddit this › Link › Reader links

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11 comments

  1. 1abhi_tx on October 25th, 2007, 10:35 am › Link

    Congratulations to Amit.
    I have been following is blog for some time now.

  2. 2bee on October 25th, 2007, 12:38 pm › Link

    Congragulations to Amit (& his posse).

    PS: They look like a handsome couple..I must say :)

  3. 3prakruti on October 25th, 2007, 5:41 pm › Link

    vow that is impressive..congratulations to Amit…another Indian making all of us proud..

  4. 4juice on October 25th, 2007, 7:41 pm › Link

    by the way, Amit Varma in NYC tomorrow, free event by SAJA

    Friday, Oct. 26, 2007
    6:30-8:30
    Leela Lounge
    1 West 3rd Street
    (Between Broadway & Mercer)
    New York, NY 10012

  5. 5Al_Chutiya_for_debauchery on October 25th, 2007, 11:49 pm › Link

    Is the dude Indian or Indian American?

  6. 6Andy on October 26th, 2007, 1:18 am › Link

    Al Chut, he is Indian.

  7. 7Just Mohit on October 26th, 2007, 1:53 am › Link

    As a fan, admirer (and dare i say it, friend) of Amit’s, I’m delighted he won this. I had sent his satirical piece to atleast 100 people!

    Congratulations Amit, and thanks Manish for providing this forum (since The Eminent Blogger hasn’t opened comments on his post)
    ;)

  8. 8manish on October 26th, 2007, 2:24 am › Link

    He’s a Mumbaikar.

  9. 9Milind on October 26th, 2007, 3:41 am › Link

    Congratulations! Looking forward to more Satire.

  10. 10Ranjeet on October 26th, 2007, 5:14 pm › Link

    Didn’t know Amit was married! And to imagine that he has actually maintained his excellent wit ‘despite’ being married ! Heck - he should also be given a Nobel!!!

    Congratulations once again, Amit!!!

  11. 11UberMetroMallu on October 27th, 2007, 8:15 am › Link

    Congrats to Amit; he’s one of my favourite bloggers.


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