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. ABOUT MANU PILLAIManu S Pillai is the author of The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore, for which he won the 2016 Tata Lit Live Prize for best first work of non-fiction and the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar.He has written three other books since: Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji, The Courtesan, the Mahatma & the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History, and most recently, False Allies: India’s Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma.Formerly Chief of Staff to Dr Shashi Tharoor MP, Manu has also worked at the House of Lords in Britain, with Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL, and with the BBC on their Incarnations history series.Manu is an alumnus of Fergusson College, Pune, and is currently enrolled as a PhD candidate at King’s College London. Follow him on Twitter @UnamPillai and on Instagram @WaatCoconutVISUALSThe painting Manu referencesA map showing the four states in discussion: Vijayanagara, Deccan Sultanates, Mughal Empire, and Persian (Safavid) EmpireANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTVisit www.kahaani.io/hampi-footnotes for a transcript with timestamps. TEACHER’S GUIDEVisit www.kahaani.io/misrepresented for free curriculum to help you use the MISREPRESENTED podcast in your classroom.MUSIC CREDITSArun Ramamurthy | ConceptionDrum ani Bass | King of Good Timespelle | Lizard Lunch Subh Saran | SlipDolorblind | QQABOUT THE PODCASTMISREPRESENTED is produced by Kahaani, a media organization that tells stories to widen the historical narrative. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER