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Ep. 735: feat. William Dalrymple
Cyrus Says
English - July 15, 2021 00:35 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 135 ratingsComedy Sports Cricket chatshow cockandbull cyrusbroacha cyrussays mumbai politics urbanlife Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this episode, Cyrus is joined by the great renowned historian and bestselling author William Dalrymple, all the way from London, to talk about how the pandemic has been going in Britain, whether he's really Scottish or a Delhiite, the rollout of vaccines in England and in India, and lots more. They then get into William's life and amazing career, his four-book collection called 'The Company Quartet' chronicling the rise and fall of the East India Company, the story of the East India Company and how it was private office at first, how the organisation was able to organise an extraordinary corporate takeover of a fractured post-Mughal India, how they used Indian mercenaries to fight against Indian soldiers with money lent from Indian bankers, essentially using Indian capital and Indian soldiers to take over India, how it all started out as a lucrative economic opportunity for the East India Company, and tons more. Cyrus and William also talk about the origins of how corporations bribe politicians, how William got so interested in history, and Indian history in particular, how he loved living in Delhi, how history needs to be taught in schools differently, and more. Tune in for an extremely fascinating and enlightening episode.
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