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‘East is East and West is West and ne’er the twain shall meet’.

Axel aylwen biography channel

So expounded Rudyard Kipling. He was right in many respects but mainly in the sense that they would never see things through the same lens. This is as true today as it was 350 years ago.

In 17th century Siam (today’s Thailand) an unprecedented historical event occurred: a simple Greek cabin boy serving with the English East India Company (the greatest monopoly ever created, whose then president Elihu Yale was to found Yale University) became Chief Minister (Prime Minster in today’s parlance) of Siam under its ruler, King Narai the Great, known as The Lord of Life.

No foreigner would again achieve such heights, and Siam would remain one of the rare countries never to be colonized.

This man, Constantine Phaulkon (born Gerakis, meaning a falcon in Greek) became one of the great adventurers of all time, a multi lingual buccaneer, both ruthless and benevolent, greedy and giving