Cyrus Says

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 Willi