Over five decades, one single, sprawling dominion, from Yemen to Myanmar, became twelve modern nations. This is the story of how the actions of politicians in London and revolutionaries in Delhi, princes in remote palaces and soldiers in trenches, redrew the map of British India, uprooting millions, and leaving a legacy that explains much about the region today. This conversation was recorded at the Ubud Writers Festival in Bali, Indonesia. Speakers Sam Dalrymple  Author, Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia Co-founder, Project Dastaan Filmmaker, Child of Empire, Lost Migrations Husnara Khanom Poet, writer, and researcher