Rebels Against the Raj

Empire

Jack Davenport

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🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Annie Besant. BG Horniman. Satyanada Stokes. Madeleine Slade. What do they call have in common? They were all Rebels Against the Raj. Listen as Anita and William are joined by Ram Guha to discuss what this means. Sign up to The Knowledge here: www.theknowledge.com/empire/ LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/empirepod. 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	Hello and welcome to Empire with me, Anita Arnand.
0:14.8	And me, William Dalrymple.
0:18.0	Was that a comically long pause, because you're very, very important now?
0:21.7	No, it was almost not a pause, it was a sort of the pause has been the pause has gone,
0:28.7	I feel.
0:29.7	You do think?
0:30.7	I don't know, I'm wondering whether there's a time difference or time.
0:33.8	No, there isn't, because you're answering my questions just fine, it's you messing with
0:37.9	my head.
0:38.9	Would I ever, would I ever mess with your head at all the years we have been doing this
0:43.1	sort of thing?
0:44.1	You know, one day they're going to take me away in a straight jacket and it'll just
0:47.2	be pinned to my lapel, cause of, cause of insanity, William Dalrymple, that's all.
0:52.8	You won't be the first, Anita, you won't be the first.
0:55.2	I know, but all the doctors will just stand around me and they'll just get, oh,
1:00.0	we'll add it to the ward, shall we?
1:02.0	We'll have to build a new wing.
1:05.0	Oh my God, she's got to touch it.
1:07.7	She's got to put the wards to the people that think they're Jesus and the ones that think
1:10.8	they're King David.
1:11.8	Yeah, and then there's the Dalrymple Itus ward, which is fast needing an adjunct wing.
1:17.5	Hey, but you are grand.
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