MISREPRESENTED tells stories that challenge the way you think about how history gets made. The show was recently awarded the Gotham Film & Media Institute and Variety Magazine's Audio Honor "in recognition of their innovations in audio storytelling." It's also been featured by Apple Podcasts and has become a Top 100 hit in over a dozen countries.
MISREPRESENTED is produced by Kahaani, a project to put the world back in world history. Learn more at www.kahaani.io
In the season finale of MISREPRESENTED, host Niki Aggarwal takes listeners through the British East India Company’s centuries-long quest for control over tea, involving drug wars, slavery, and corporate espionage, and the conversion of South Asia into a subcontinent of chai-drinkers.
3 Feb 2022
Footnotes with Manu Pillai
A conversation with writer Manu Pillai about Episode 3, The Last* Hindu Empire. Topics covered include the similarities between Ukraine, Russia, and the Deccan Sultanates.
21 Jan 2022
The Last* Hindu Empire
How did "the Venice of India" thrive for two centuries straight and then collapse in a matter of days? This episode explores the collapse of the Vijayanagara Empire (and its many histories) through the life and death of Rama Raya.
6 Jan 2022
Footnotes: astronomy, secrecy, and John Zubrzycki
Niki speaks with author John Zubrzycki about the Jaipur royal family and Jai Singh’s penchant for astronomy. We also share a cut scene detailing a Maharaja’s secret affair with the British.
This is an addendum to episode 2, The Myth of the Pink City.
16 Dec 2021
Footnotes with Manu Bhagavan
Niki speaks with historian Manu Bhagavan about Sayajirao Gaekwar III and the Durbar Incident. (This is an addendum to episode one, so be sure to listen to "The Durbar Incident" first.)
2 Dec 2021
The Myth of the Pink City
A story about how fiction becomes fact involving scheming poets, a Guinness World Record, and paint job. Plus, a conspiracy theory about a powerful dynasty.
18 Nov 2021
The Durbar Incident
The weirdest international scandal of 1911 (and why it still matters today)
9 Nov 2021
Preface
The Atlantic Slave Trade, World War 2, and other histories missing that South Asian spice.
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