The golden road

金光大道

LSE: Public lectures and events

2025-06-21

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Contributor(s): William Dalrymple | How did ancient India transform the world and what lessons can we learn for the future? Historian and best-selling author William Dalrymple will be in conversation with Professor in Social Anthropology at LSE, Mukulika Banerjee.This recording contains strong language.
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  • Welcome to the LSE Events Podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.

  • Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.

  • And Indian Standard Time on an Indian summer afternoon as well.

  • Blame the heat.

  • I do.

  • I think very Indian at the moment.

  • My son has just joined the family business.

  • He has indeed.

  • And there have already been questions about the partition.

  • Wrong to rumple.

  • Beyond my pay grade.

  • So everybody, we've established that...

  • Lots of people in this room have read multiple books by you, Willie.

  • That's good to know.

  • And bought them, I hope.

  • How many of you have bought the books you have read?

  • Look at that.

  • Pirate Bay, every one of you, I can see.

  • And you're not complaining about lack of sales, are you?

  • No, I'm all right.