Excerpts from William Dalrymple’s conversation with PAWAN LUTHRA
The grandeur that was 16th and 17th century India
The formation of the East India Company
The militarised East India Company: Its transformation into a ruling power
The ‘ravaging territorial appetites’ that finally saw the East India Company cut to size
‘Company’ Raj vs the British Raj
Contemporary ramifications of the East India Company
William Dalrymple on contemporary Britain – and on contemporary India
Up close and personal with William Dalrymple
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