Wednesday, Jun 21, 2023
Journalism of Courage
Pages from the Past - A History Podcast
The Indian Express introduces a brand new history podcast — Pages from the Past. In its first season - The Reluctant Princes, hosts Adrija Roychowdury and Damini Jaiman explore the stories of five princely states that were reluctant to join the Indian union.
Pages from the Past - A History PodcastThe Indian Express introduces a brand new history podcast — Pages from the Past. In its first season - The Reluctant Princes, hosts Adrija Roychowdury and Damini Jaiman explore the stories of five princely states that were reluctant to join the Indian union.
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December 5, 2022
Trailer – Pages from the Past: A new history podcast by The Indian Express
The Indian Express introduces a brand new history podcast — Pages from the Past. In its first season, The Reluctant Princes, hosts Adrija Roychowdury and Damini Jaiman explore the stories of five princely states that...
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December 5, 2022
The Reluctant Princes: Travancore, the one with the assassination attempt
In this episode, historian Manu Pillai and renowned painter and descendant of the Travancore royal family, Rukmini Varma join us to tell us more about the story of Travancore’s integration.
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03
December 5, 2022
The Reluctant Princes: Hyderabad was possible after an armed invasionPremium Story
Historian Sunil Puroshottam tells us more about the complicated way in which Hyderabad was made part of India, and what happened afterwards.
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04
December 5, 2022
The Reluctant Princes: Jodhpur and the tilt towards PakistanPremium Story
In this episode, historian Bhanu Kapil tells us about how Jodhpur was finally convinced to accede to India.
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December 5, 2022
The Reluctant Princes: Bhopal and the hopes of a ‘Princestan’Premium Story
In this episode, Bhopal heritage expert, Sikandar Malik tells us about how Bhopal acceded, and the descendant of the royal family, Nilufer Ras recounts her memories of the family after integration.
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December 5, 2022
The Reluctant Princes: Junagadh’s Nawab chose Pakistan but people voted IndiaPremium Story
In this episode, Harish Desai, whose father and grandfather were part of the Junagadh state's administration, tells us more about what happened in the state during the period of accession.