On this episode, Cyrus is joined by the amazing Shrabani Basu, highly acclaimed journalist, historian & author. Cyrus talks to Shrabani about how they started out, her amazing and extremely engrossing books - from 'Victoria and Abdul' to 'The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer'. She tells some fascinating stories about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Parsi lawyer George Edalji, Queen Victoria's letters to her servant Abdul, how Shrabani got ahold of Abdul's diary in Karachi, and tons more. Tune in for a truly fascinating episode.

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