India coach Rahul Dravid is outwardly such a giant fan of the Empire podcast that he’s making gamers of the Indian cricket staff take heed to it too, claimed historian William Dalrymple, who is among the co-anchors of the podcast.
The Scottish historian tweeted on Friday that the Indian coach had requested a gathering with him and had instructed him how a lot he favored the podcast.
“And what a modest, charming and charismatic gent he’s,” added Dalrymple in his tweet, the place he indicated with a hashtag that the was star-struck on assembly the previous India cricketer.
So this was a little bit of a shock: simply summoned to fulfill Rahul Dravid who says he is a giant fan of @EmpirePodUK & has bought his entire squad listening to @tweeter_anita & I blagging on about imperial historical past! Who knew? (And what a modest, charming & charismatic gent he’s.) #starstruck pic.twitter.com/EsdsAuxVZs
— William Dalrymple (@DalrympleWill) March 24, 2023
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Empire is a podcast hosted by Darlymple, together with Anita Anand. The primary collection was a 20-episode deep dive into the British rule in India: from the origins of East India Firm to the fascinating journey of the Kohinoor Diamond and Uddham Singh’s quest that spanned continents to assassinate Michael O’Dwyer, who was the lieutenant governor of Punjab on the time of the Jallianwala Bagh bloodbath in Amritsar.
Replying to one of many feedback to his tweet, Dalrymple, who can also be the co-director of the Jaipur Literature Competition, additionally stated he could be open to collaborating on a podcast on the historical past of cricket.