The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

What initially inspired this project? How did it start?

I had been reading a lot of William Dalrymple, if you're not familiar with his work, like The Golden Road.

Um, uh, also listening to a lot of Empire, an incredible podcast, uh, that just talks about, you know, starts off with the birth of a corporation, an East India company, and, um, just kind of goes through the role of empire through the ages and focused on this sort of region in, in particular.

And I found it fascinating because one, this is a history that's so intimately tied to my own heritage, but also it's a history that I don't really know about, you know, through my own parents.

Final question.

Has there been anything recently that has inspired you? It doesn't have to be tech-related, but a book, a podcast, a piece of content, anything where you're...

Yeah, so I would

actually...

Just this weekend, I was at the South Asian, sorry, at the Jaipur Literary Festival, which took place in the Seattle version.

I got an opportunity to hear from and meet William Dalrymple, who has this book called The Golden Road.

And we used the Silk Road as a model for understanding the world.

The Golden Road is his response to that, which is, let's think about where India, role India played in history.