Ep 184: Finding Dara Shukoh
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Great Man Theory of History
In the introduction to your book, you sort hofe pointed out about how you were at first hesitant about writing it. You didn't want to privilege this whole er great men, a sort of view of history and andthers. So much of the narrative around dara is actually a great man narrative that had he been emperor instead of orin zabe, the entire sub continent would have proceeded in a different direction. And i do have ampathy for that asho. I feel that.
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