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The podcast explores the complex story of an Indian family claiming royal descent and their struggles with identity and displacement following the partition of India and Pakistan. It centers on Ellen Barry's investigation into the family's history, sparked by her acquaintance with Cyrus, also known as Mickey. Barry vis...

The Jungle Prince, Chapter 2: The Hunting Lodge

28 Nov 2019

30m

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The podcast follows Ellen Barry's investigation into the lives of Prince Cyrus and Princess Sakina, descendants of the royal family of Oudh, living in a dilapidated hunting lodge in Delhi. Barry details her initial meetings with Cyrus, arranged through unusual circumstances, and her repeated visits to the lodge while a...

The Jungle Prince, Chapter 1: The Railway Station

28 Nov 2019

31m

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In 2016, while working as The New York Times Bureau Chief in Delhi, Ellen Barry heard the story of a family claiming to be descendants of the royal family of Oudh. The family, led by the Begum, had occupied a railway station in the 1970s to protest the government's failure to return their property. After a decade, they...