On this episode, Cyrus is joined by author and historian Manu Pillai. They talk about all of Manu's amazing books, his latest book 'False Allies', what its about, and lots more. Manu and Cyrus also talk about how Manu got into writing, how it was unexpected for him in his family to go into the arts, the beauty of history, shortcomings of how history is taught in our schools, how the East India Company spied on the Maharajas of the time, and tons more. They talks discuss how power works throughout history, what parts of Indian history should be talked about more, the 're-interpretation' of history going on right now in India, and more. Tune in for a truly fascinating conversation.

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