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Empire: World History

19. Federal India, indentured labour, and naked yogis

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

History

4.55.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week, Anita and William are doing two episodes in which they answer all of your questions about Empire. Join William and Anita today as they discuss whether partition was inevitable, why the British never settled India, what the best books on Empire are, and much much more. To get your free two week trial for Find my past, go to www.findmypast.co.uk and sign up.   LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/xempire   Twitter: @Empirepoduk   Goalhangerpodcasts.com   Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you want access to bonus episodes reading lists for every series of empire, a chat community,

0:06.7

discounts for all the books mentioned in the week's podcast, add free listening and a weekly

0:11.5

newsletter, sign up to Empire Club at

0:14.4

W.

0:15.1

W. Empire with me and Eta Arnand.

0:37.0

And me, William Durhamful.

0:39.0

So that is the first question that's asked by many, which is what has happened to his pregnant

0:43.2

pause. Well, I think we found out, haven't we? It was always there. What you should do

0:48.6

is we should do it more often after my siesta in the afternoon and then you get

0:51.9

the pregnant pool.

0:52.8

It's just a sort of a natural thing. I don't know. I put a feeling that this thing goes on holiday.

0:57.4

I hope it's never going to come back and it returns with its luggage, a suntan, an annoying sombrero, and here it is everybody, the pause is back.

1:07.3

It's in your course.

1:09.3

Yes, anyway, we're here and you've been sending your questions in there.

1:13.2

Hundreds.

1:14.4

We are really overwhelmed by the response.

1:17.4

Yeah, sometimes it's like, you know, it's wonderful.

1:20.0

We just sort chat to each other and forget there's a world out there listening.

1:23.2

Occasionally we go out of our houses and meet people that are actually listening.

1:27.8

Not very often.

1:28.8

Not often you'll be delighted to hear.

1:30.8

But look the questions are really clever and smart and then making us think about things in more depth and perhaps in a different way than we have before.

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