Stay ConnectedMISREPRESENTED tells stories that challenge the way you think about how history gets made. The show was recently awarded the Gotham Film & Media Institute and Variety Magazine’s Audio Honor “in recognition of their innovations in audio storytelling.” It’s also been featured by Apple Podcasts and has become a Top 100 hit in over a dozen countries.
MISREPRESENTED is produced by Kahaani, a project to put the world back in world history. Learn more at www.kahaani.io
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It's the season finale, y'all! So it's time to investigate the history of the Desi diaspora's favorite symbol. Warning, it's not a warm, cozy story.
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This episode covers 300 years, 3 commodities and 3 countries, so very understandable you wanna learn more. Here’s where to start:
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A conversation with writer Manu Pillai about Episode 3, The Last* Hindu Empire. Topics covered include the similarities between Ukraine, Russia, and the Deccan Sultanates.
ABOUT MANU PILLAI
Manu S Pillai is the author of The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore, for which he won the 2016 Tata Lit Live Prize for best first work of non-fiction and the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar.
He has written three other books since: Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji, The Courtesan, the Mahatma & the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History, and most recently, False Allies: India’s Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma.
Formerly Chief of Staff to Dr Shashi Tharoor MP, Manu has also worked at the House of Lords in Britain, with Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL, and with the BBC on their Incarnations history series.
Manu is an alumnus of Fergusson College, Pune, and is currently enrolled as a PhD candidate at King’s College London.
Follow him on Twitter @UnamPillai and on Instagram @WaatCoconut
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MISREPRESENTED is produced by Kahaani, a media organization that tells stories to widen the historical narrative.
How did a wealthy, cosmopolitan empire go from thriving to collapsing in a matter of days? This episode explores the many histories of the fall of the last Hindu Empire in South India.
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Deccan
The Deccan plateau is one of the most fertile regions in South Asia and has produced many major empires including the Pallavas, Chalukyas, and, later, the Nizam of Hyderabad.
Sultanate
An Islamic state or kingdom governed by a sultan, i.e., a king
Paan
A treat made out of areca nut and betel leaf
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Visit www.kahaani.io/hampi to get an annotated transcript with citations and timestamps.
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This episode goes all into the micro. Read these sources to get a better understanding of the macro forces behind the fall of Hampi and the Vijayanagara Empire:
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Thank you to Pradeep Aggarwal and Sarbajit Mitra for script review.
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Niki speaks with author John Zubrzycki about the Jaipur royal family and Jai Singh’s penchant for astronomy. We also share a cut scene detailing a Maharaja’s secret affair with the British.
This is an addendum to episode 2, The Myth of the Pink City.
Visit our website for an annotated transcript
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Niki speaks with historian Manu Bhagavan about Sayajirao Gaekwar III and the Durbar Incident.
PS This is an addendum to episode one, so be sure to listen to "The Durbar Incident" first.
PPS Manu Bhagavan's name is pronounced Muh-noo Bug-uh-vun
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High school and middle school history teachers can visit Kahaani’s website for a *free* teacher’s guide related to the Durbar Incident episode. Included are a quiz, discussion questions, and answer keys.
MISREPRESENTED is produced by Kahaani, a media organization that tells stories to widen the historical narrative.
A story about how fiction becomes fact involving scheming poets, an enterprising beauty queen, and a Guinness World Record. Plus, a conspiracy theory about a powerful dynasty!
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Still reeling from the rich, colorful, and controversial history of Jaipur and its royals? Here are a few sources to pull you further down the Jaipur rabbit hole:
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Thank you to Namrata Kolachalam and Meghna Rao for script review, and our voice actors Ashiq Rahiman and Shruti. And finally our lovely listeners who jumped on a call to tell us just how pink the Pink City is:
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In 1911, the British Raj hosted a party that became the site of a huge international scandal. The premiere episode of MISREPRESENTED investigates: was the incident an act of resistance…or a simple mistake?
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