India A Story in the Making with Loveena Tandon

If you were Trump today, who would you call first? And if you could listen in on a conversation between any two world leaders, who would they be? From Trump and Modi to Gandhi and Arafat, this High Five went from the playful to the profound rather quickly. But perhaps the ‘timeliest’ question was this: what is it about India that the world still doesn't quite understand? As India prepares to host BRICS next month, with Xi Jinping expected in New Delhi, India's ability to engage Washington, Beijing, Moscow and others without neatly choosing a camp is once again under the spotlight. Black or white? Ally or adversary? Perhaps India's answer is neither. As John Hemmings puts it here: “We don't call it grey. We call it silver.” For the extended conversation, watch Episode 52 of India: A Story in the Making: Can India Stay Neutral? Guests on the show: Dr John Hemmings: Geopolitical analyst specialising in the Indo-Pacific, global alliances and strategic competition in Asia, associated with the Henry Jackson Society. Azad Singh Rathore: Author and commentator on Indian foreign policy, strategic affairs and India’s evolving role in a multipolar world. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QYAvN6atQ4k?si=AbWZX5j_uwZefZni Listen on audio: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As India celebrates its 80th Independence Day, we ask a very different independence question: is it cool to be Indian abroad today? If so, when did India become cool, and what changed?   There was a time when being Indian abroad could mean trying to fit in, changing an accent, hiding your spirituality or keeping parts of your identity firmly at home.  Today, yoga, meditation, mindfulness, Indian food, music and culture have travelled far beyond India. But has the perception of Indians changed with them?  Shot at Ideas for India Week, organised by Bridge India, this episode of India: A Story in the Making brings together Raageshwari Loomba Swaroop, Singer, Author & Mindfulness Coach, and Mitesh Sheth MBE, CEO of the Dharma Endowment Foundation.  One hid part of his Indian identity. Another once thought being Western was cooler. Today, both tell a very different story!  So, what changed? India? The world’s perception of India? Or the confidence of Indians themselves?  In this conversation:  • When did being Indian abroad become “cool”? • Why some Indians once hid their identity, accent or spirituality • Yoga, mindfulness and India’s growing soft power • What the Bhagavad Gita can teach modern business and leadership • Why success, wealth and status do not necessarily bring happiness • Bollywood as soft power, and whether it is fulfilling its potential • Raising children with Indian roots abroad • What Britain can teach India, and India can teach Britain • The uncomfortable question: does India practise the values it promotes? • What should Brand India really stand for?  And perhaps the biggest question of all:  Has India become cool, or have Indians simply become more comfortable being themselves?  ▶️ LIVE NOW on India: A Story in the Making. Watch the full conversation on YouTube.  EPISODE #LIVE NOW  📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions  🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe  💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d  #India #IndianDiaspora #BrandIndia #SoftPower #IndianIdentity #IndiaUK #Mindfulness #BhagavadGita #Yoga #IndiansAbroad        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was a time when many Indians growing up abroad tried to lose the accent, shorten the name or play down where they came from. Has that changed? India now has the world’s largest diaspora, with around 18 million Indian-born people living abroad. And as India’s economic and cultural influence has grown, perhaps the way Indians abroad see themselves has shifted too. So when did the shift happen? Is it cool to be Indian abroad today? And what changed? Raageshwari Loomba Swaroop — Singer, Author & Mindfulness Coach Mitesh Sheth MBE — CEO, Dharma Endowment Foundation India: A Story in the Making explores identity, belonging and the changing idea of India through Indians who have made their lives around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

India in one word? In this High Five India segment, Vivek Desai entrepreneur, co-founder of iMeUsWe, and the man who traced India’s name story through 1.6 billion public records answers some fun but revealing questions. Along the way, where does Chanakya one of the ancient world’s most influential thinkers on statecraft, economics and power figure in all this? But the full story begins in the main episode. Which names shaped India after Independence?Why are Ram and Lakshmi among India’s favourite names since 1947?How did Bollywood make Rahul unforgettable?And what do Indian names reveal about faith, family, aspiration and identity? Watch the full episode of India: A Story in the Making with Vivek Desai, co-founder of iMeUsWe. 📺 YouTube: https://youtu.be/pvd1a3HjA2A?si=T2SXI9yqchrujWgG 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast... 💬 Join Our Discord Community:   / discord   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Millions of young Indians are walking into a workforce that AI is quietly rewriting.  India is growing faster than almost every major economy on earth, 6.4%, says the IMF, even as the rest of the world wobbles. That's the dichotomy we sit in today, the rules are being rewritten as we speak.  So how does India sustain this growth when its greatest asset, its demographic dividend, sits on such uncertain ground? Episode 53 of India: A Story in the Making goes straight at itwith the question: What Powers India’s Next Growth Chapter? In conversation:  Recorded during Idea for India Week. Thank you, Bridge India, for making the conversation possible. Episode 53: What Powers India’s Next Growth Chapter?  LIVE NOW 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d  • Tim Willasey-Wilsey, Visiting Professor at King's College London and former British diplomat.• Vee Bharkhada, Insolvency Expert at NBR, London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6.4% growth. That's the IMF's number for India this year, enough to keep it among the fastest-growing major economies on earth, even as the rest of the world wobbles through uncertainty. But growth numbers don't tell you who's working. And that's where the story gets complicated. Unemployment is rising. AI is rewriting the rules of what a job even is. So, the question isn't whether India will grow it's what will power that growth, and who gets to be part of it. Episode 53 of India: A Story in the Making goes looking for answers. Is AI the opportunity of a generation for India or the disruption that arrives before the safety nets do? Which sectors carry the next phase of growth and which ones just look good on paper? And can India's young population still be called its greatest asset, or does that story need rewriting too? In conversation: · Tim Willasey-Wilsey, Visiting Professor at King's College London and former British diplomat. · Vee Bharkhada, Insolvency Expert at NBR, London. Recorded during Idea for India Week. With thanks to Bridge India for making the conversation possible. Episode 53 out tomorrow. 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this High Five India, two leading psychiatrists step away from the clinic to talk about the people they turn to when life gets tough, the healing power of friendship, running, migrant identity, what India still teaches them, and, of course, the great debate over the ultimate comfort food! For the full conversation on anxiety, loneliness, mental health, social media, culture, and practical tools to cope, watch the full episode of Why Are We Anxious? on India: A Story in the Making. 📺 Full episode LINKS: 📺 YouTube:https://youtu.be/LxuavGMFS9Q?si=d0ZCkXdheZDO11Wa 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hopes and deals aside, the US–Iran crisis continues and so does the global reshuffling of alliances. In a fragmented world, where rivals compete but still depend on each other, countries are having to rethink where they stand. India has chosen its own path from non-alignment to multi-alignment. But can it continue to balance competing powers while protecting its own interests? On India: A Story in the Making, we explore the new world order with two perspectives: Dr John Hemmings, looking from the outside in, as a geopolitical and security expert. And Azad Singh Rathore author and politician from Rajasthan, bringing a view from within India. Can India stay neutral in a world asking everyone to choose? EPISODE 52 – CAN INDIA STAY NEUTRAL? NOW LIVE ON: 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d We thank Bridge India for facilitating this conversation in their Ideas for India event in London Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deal. Then no deal. As the US-Iran crisis continues with no clear end, the world is recalculating old alliances and new partnerships. In this fragmented world, India is walking its own path from non-alignment to multi-alignment. But can it continue to balance all sides? India: A Story in the Making asks: Can India stay neutral? FULL EPISODE LIVE ON the 20th of JUNE 2026 ON: 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d We thank Bridge India for facilitating this conversation in their 'Ideas For India' event in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does a 150-year-old story of princesses tell us about identity today? When Indian, Ethiopian, European and British worlds meet, is identity something we inherit, or something we create? In this High Five India from Ep 49 of India: A Story in the Making, we explore The Last Princesses of Punjab, a story of resilience, resistance and authenticity. An India story that travelled the world and refused to fit into just one box. Full Episode: 📺 YouTube: https://youtu.be/0h7EEetg9f8?is=tnQgI5GgD6UkbXZV 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Thanks for watching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I could smell India before I could see it," a dear British friend told me after his first visit. It made me laugh then think. To outsiders, India can feel like a sensory ambush: colour, noise, chaos, and contradiction arriving all at once. How does anything get done here? It's one of the sharpest threads running through this candid High Five with Sir Vince Cable: Episode 47: Eclipsing the West. We get into what the world consistently gets wrong about India, whether Britain still nurses a colonial hangover specially in the corridors of Westminster, the unfinished business of Brexit, and a shifting world order that nobody fully understand yet. Oh, and which dance best describes geopolitics today? You'll want to stay for that one. Full Episode: 📺 YouTube:https://youtu.be/1-1OP84ygwc?si=V0SlMiXB1f_TMDkj 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Thank you ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is your name story? And what is the name story of India? Shakespeare asked, “What’s in a name?” For an Indian, the answer may be-everything. A name can carry faith, family, region, memory, aspiration, love, and the dreams parents quietly place in their child’s future. Believe it or not, Ram and Lakshmi are among India’s all-time favourite names since Independence. But why? Why did names like Rahul, Anil, Sunil, Pooja, and Rohit rise, return and remain across decades? And what do these names reveal about India’s journey and the hopes, emotions, and imagination of Indians through time? That’s exactly what Vivek Desai, entrepreneur, and co-founder of iMeUsWe, and his team set out to discover sifting through 1.6 billion public records to trace Indian name trends from 1947 to 2025, decade by decade. What emerges is more than a name report. It is India’s story, name by name, a living map of faith, cinema, cricket, migration, family pride, social change, and modern aspiration. We shot this interview at Vivek’s London home, where another beautiful story unfolds. He doesn’t only collect names. He collects moments that matter from a passion that brings Indians together across the globe-cricket. From a T20 World Cup-winning ball to a shirt signed by Virat Kohli, and bats used by cricketing icons, this is India’s public memory, preserved as touchstones to a country he carries with love. Watch this episode. It may make you look closer at your own name, your family history, and the nation of stories we call India. And it will also make you relive some unforgettable milestones from Indian cricket. EPISODE LIVE ON:📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do names in India tell us about the country? Believe it or not, a passionate cricket lover and businessman sifted through 1.6 billion public records to find the answer. In this sneak peek from the upcoming episode on India:A Story in the Making, where I talk to Vivek Desai, entrepreneur and co-founder of iMeUsWe ( https://www.imeuswe.in/home)  , a man who collects moments that matter, from rare cricket memorabilia to family stories and Indian names. EPISODE #ComingSoon ON 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️Podcast – SmartLink:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Change in behaviour of a child is a classical symptom of something not going well,” says Dr. Subodh Dave, Dean of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. “And if you’re not on social media, you’re an outcast,” adds Prof. JS Bamrah CBE, Senior NHS Consultant Psychiatrist, speaking about the growing pressures facing young people today. At a time when the UK is moving towards phone-free schools and debating stronger protections for children online, the bigger question remains: are we doing enough to understand the pressures, problems, and solutions behind rising anxiety in both children and adults? With 75% of mental illnesses beginning before the age of 24, and loneliness becoming a growing public health concern, this conversation feels more urgent than ever. Marking Mental Health Awareness Week (11-17 May), Why Are We Anxious? on India: A Story in the Making brings together Prof. JS Bamrah CBE and Prof. Subodh Dave in a deeply relevant conversation on: •anxiety, stress and loneliness in modern life• social media pressure, cyberbullying and children’s mental health• the debate around phone-free schools and online safety• how anxiety shows up physically and emotionally• warning signs parents should not ignore• immigrant experiences and culturally sensitive mental health care• stigma around therapy, medication and asking for help• yoga, spirituality, therapy and practical coping tools• kindness, community and why early support matters An honest conversation about the “anxious generation” and what action, awareness and compassion should look like in today’s world. EPISODE LIVE NOW ON: 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Change in behaviour of a child is a classical symptom of something not going well,” says Dr. Subodh Dave, Dean of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. “And if you’re not on social media, you’re an outcast,” adds Prof. JS Bamrah CBE, Senior NHS Consultant Psychiatrist, speaking about the growing pressures facing young people today. At a time when the UK is moving towards phone-free schools and debating stronger protections for children online, the bigger question remains: are we doing enough to understand the pressures, problems, and solutions behind rising anxiety in both children and adults? With 75% of mental illnesses beginning before the age of 24, and loneliness becoming a growing public health concern, this conversation feels more urgent than ever. Marking Mental Health Awareness Week (11-17 May), Why Are We Anxious? on India: A Story in the Making brings together Prof. JS Bamrah CBE and Prof. Subodh Dave in a deeply relevant conversation on: •anxiety, stress and loneliness in modern life • social media pressure, cyberbullying and children’s mental health • the debate around phone-free schools and online safety • how anxiety shows up physically and emotionally • warning signs parents should not ignore • immigrant experiences and culturally sensitive mental health care • stigma around therapy, medication and asking for help • yoga, spirituality, therapy and practical coping tools • kindness, community and why early support matters An honest conversation about the “anxious generation” and what action, awareness and compassion should look like in today’s world. EPISODE LIVE NOW ON: 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Loneliness is like smoking 15 cigarettes a day.” The world has changed, we know that.But the real question is: what action do we take in response? This Mental Health Awareness Week, we explore what “action” really means for parents, young people, immigrants,and communities learning how to talk about mental health before it becomes a crisis. Here’s a sneak peek into our insightful episode, Why Are We Anxious? featuring: Prof. JS Bamrah CBE, FRCPsych: Senior NHS Consultant Psychiatrist, UKProf. Subodh Dave: Dean & President-elect, Royal College of Psychiatrists FULL EPISODE LIVE ON the 9th of May 2026 ON: 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is history that doesn’t need dramatising. It already surpasses fiction.  How do you befriend the very Crown that exiled your family?  Born to Maharaja Duleep Singh, the same ruler who, as a child, was made to sign away the Koh-i-Noor, raised in Britain, and moving within the inner circles of the empire that stripped their family of everything  the  Duleep Singh princesses lived between worlds.  Indian heritage. Mixed lineage. Royal blood.   And yet, at a time in Britain when women couldn’t vote, Sophia, Catherine and Bamba found their voice and used it to fight for the right of every British woman to be counted and heard.  In this episode of India: A Story in the Making, I go inside Kensington Palace’s stunning exhibition The Last Princesses of Punjab, exploring lives that span suffragette activism, exile, empire, identity, and an extraordinary search for belonging.  And behind these three women? An equally remarkable lineage. Their mother, Bamba Müller, of Ethiopian and German heritage, raised Christian. And their grandmother, Maharani Jind Kaur, imprisoned by the British, who escaped in disguise and crossed mountains just to hold her son again.  These princesses lived through the most seismic chapters of modern history, India’s freedom struggle, the suffragette movement, two World Wars, and more. Their story is inseparable from the story of the age itself.  They though, were never just witnesses to history, they were inside it, shaping it, surviving it.  Fascinating falls far short of what they lived through. And what they did.  ✨ A must-watch for connoisseurs of real-life stories that inspire.  📍 The Last Princesses of Punjab exhibition at Kensington Palace runs until 8 November 2026 ( ⁠https://www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace/whats-on/the-last-princesses-of-punjab/⁠ )  EPISODE LIVE NOW ON:  📺 YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions⁠  🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: ⁠https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe⁠  💬 Join Our Discord Community: ⁠https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d⁠        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who were these “lost princesses” of Punjab, born into royalty, to the last Maharaja of Punjab, but raised in exile? And why is their story being told now at Kensington Palace? This is a sneak peek to an episode that explores a pivotal moment in India-Britain history, when the British Raj was in its final phase, and India’s independence movement was gathering force. Exiled by empire yet moving within its inner circles. In a world that denied women even the right to vote, what was their journey as they searched for who they were and where they truly belonged? All revealed in this insightful episode, “The Last Princesses of Punjab,” going live on 1st May on India: A Story in the Making. FULL EPISODE LIVE ON: 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Exhibition at Kensington Palace, “The Last Princesses of Punjab,” going on till the 8th of November 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know LSE’s (London School of Economics ) social science department has a deep India connection? Two women. One mission- a mother-daughter duo, Herabai and Mithan Tata, who came to LSE in 1919 and took their fight for Indian women’s right to vote to the heart of British Parliament. And even the foundation stone of LSE has a story to tell, about them, and about India. Full story on India: A Story in the Making:  Mother Daughter Revolution 📺You tube: https://youtu.be/Kk-Z3yQsiVI?si=YODixzm1aOdlorP- 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠What does it mean to belong to two worlds at once?⁠ Dr Amrit Chandan’s journey, from a Birmingham boy resetting his A-levels to becoming a scientist, innovator, CEO of Lorefully, a Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree, and winner of the Hawley Award for Engineering Innovation, is remarkable. But what makes this conversation special is how deeply human it is. This is a story of identity, resilience, and belonging that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt at home in two countries at once. This is the High Five India section from the Episode- Both, Not Half  A SPECIAL Thank you to Pahli Hill Bandra Bhai for Hosting India: A Story in the Making: https://pahlihillbandrabhai.com/ FOR THE FULL EPSIODE: Both, Not Half Here is the Link: 📺YouTube: https://youtu.be/G1ISqiYqKmI?si=Fp7HoxfJwF2hB0Vh 🎙️Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1919, as India stood on the edge of revolution, another quieter struggle was unfolding the fight for women to be heard, to be counted, to vote.  This episode tells the remarkable story of Herabai and Mithan Tata, a mother and daughter who travelled from India to London, studied at the London School of Economics, and stood at the heart of a global movement for women’s rights.  At a time when the future of India was being debated in British Parliament, they ensured one thing was clear, women would not be left out.  Filmed between Parliament Square and LSE, this episode explores a powerful, often forgotten connection: how Indian and British women were part of the same struggle, shaping each other’s fight for equality across borders.  Featuring insights from LSE archivist Lisa McQuillan, we uncover the documents, the voices, and the legacy of two women whose impact is still felt today.  Because the fight for women’s rights was never just one nation’s story, it was always universal.  FULL EPISODE HERE:  📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions  🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe  💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LSE’s foundation stone has an India connection… so does the story of women’s right to vote in Britain and India. Who are these two women?  Episode LIVE tomorrow. 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Trump’s attack on Iran was an act of extraordinary stupidity.” In Episode 47 of India: A Story in the Making, Sir Vince Cable, former UK Business Secretary, former Liberal Democrat leader, and now Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and in Shenzhen, China, joins me for a wide-ranging, candid, and no-holds-barred conversation. We talk about Iran, Trump, the fading power of the West, and the rise of India and China and the critical mistakes that could still slow India’s growth, from its missed manufacturing moment to the challenges of reform in a complex democracy. Cable reflects on why he believes India is already a significantly bigger power than Britain in many ways, why globalisation is breaking down, and whether institutions like the UN and NATO can still do the job they were created for. We also get into the darker undercurrents of power in Britain — Epstein, Prince Andrew, Peter Mandelson, along with Britain’s colonial hangover, Westminster’s blind spots on India, and what a new world order could look like by 2050. Drawing from his book Eclipsing the West: China, India and the Forging of a New World, shortlisted for the Westminster Book Awards and soon to be published in India by Juggernaut, Cable lays out a world in transition, and the choices that will define what comes next. Watch now ON: 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#Iran talks -stakes are higher than ever. But can the world actually coexist? Sir Vince Cable on #trump , #iran , and the rise of #india & #china - Full episode releasing tomorrow the 10th of April on #indiaastoryinthemaking ! 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d @vincecablemp #geopolítics  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 47 of India: A Story in the Making, Sir Vince Cable, former UK Business Secretary, former Liberal Democrat leader, and now Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and in Shenzhen, China, joins me for a wide-ranging, candid,and no-holds-barred conversation. We talk about Iran, Trump, the fading power of the West, and the rise of India and China and the critical mistakes that could still slow India’s growth, from its missed manufacturing moment to the challenges of reform in a complex democracy. Cable reflects on why he believes India is already a significantly bigger power than Britain in many ways, why globalisation is breaking down, and whether institutions like the UN and NATO can still do the job they were created for. We also get into the darker undercurrents of power in Britain — Epstein, Prince Andrew, Peter Mandelson, along with Britain’s colonial hangover, Westminster’s blind spots on India, and what a new world order could look like by 2050. Drawing from his book Eclipsing the West: China, India and the Forging of a New World, shortlisted for the Westminster Book Awards and soon to be published in India by Juggernaut, Cable lays out a world in transition, and the choices that will define what comes next. Watch now ON:  📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By April 2025, India had the world’s second-largest road network, and NHAI built 5,614 km of National Highways in FY 2024–25, beating its 5,150 km target (Gov. of India data).There is still more to do, with 13,400 km more in the pipeline over the next three years. With pollution rising, renewable energy is often seen as the future.But there is a catch. What is it? Watch this full conversation with Amrit Chandan, an Indian-origin entrepreneur featured inForbes 30 Under 30, who may have found part of the answer. BOTH, NOT HALF, on India: A Story in the Making, with a few British Indian myths gently (and hilariously) busted along the way. 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Campus Conversations strand of India: A Story in the Making. In this episode, we ask Gen Z what the “trad wife” trend means to them and whether young men are becoming more traditional while young women move in the opposite direction. This comes against the backdrop of a global study across 29 countries by Ipsos and King’s College London, which reveals something striking, nearly a third of Gen Z men believe a wife should always obey her husband. But what do young people themselves think? From King’s College London to the London School of Economics and beyond, we speak to students in honest, unfiltered conversations about dating, gender roles, independence, money, and changing expectations in relationships. From who should pay on a first date…to whether marriage is still the goal…to what feminism really means today…this is a generation negotiating love, power, and equality in real time. And in India, the story becomes even more layered, where rising feminism coexists with deeply rooted traditions. 💬 What do you think? Share your thoughts and send us topics for future campus conversations. 🎙️ FULL EPISODE LIVE ON: 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d   ( REPORT: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/almost-a-third-of-gen-z-men-agree-a-wife-should-obey-her-husband ; https://www.kcl.ac.uk/assets/news/iwd-2026-global-charts-final.pdf )   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stories of Indian origin #women who left their mark on the #british #society - A limited series on #indiastoryinthemaking - a journey we begin in the month of #march marking @internationalwomensday_global #millicentgarrettfawcett #sophiaduleepsingh #lolitaroy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A global study across 29 countries reveals something unexpected, among many other things.  Are young men becoming more traditional… while young women move in the opposite direction? And in India, the story gets even more layered.  We spoke to Gen Z to understand what’s really going on. FULL EPISODE COMING SOON ON: 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new global study on gender attitudes by King’s College London and Ipsos, covering 29 countries and more than 23,000 people aged 18-75, raises some fascinating and worrying questions. ( REPORT: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/almost-a-third-of-gen-z-men-agree-a-wife-should-obey-her-husband ; https://www.kcl.ac.uk/assets/news/iwd-2026-global-charts-final.pdf ) The findings really got me thinking. If Gen Z men are becoming more traditional, in some cases even more traditional than their grandfathers while Gen Z women are becoming more progressive and identifying as feminists, what happens next? Will they struggle to find partners? And what does this widening divide mean for relationships, marriage, and the future of gender equality? In this episode of India: A Story in the Making, Leaving Men Behind, I sit down with Professor Heejung Chung, Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London, to unpack the findings. We talk about: • Why Gen Z men appear to be moving toward more traditional gender attitudes • Whether the “tradwife” trend on social media reflects reality • Why many young women feel men have not kept pace with change • What this could mean for relationships and family life • And why India emerges as one of the most fascinating, and complex cases in the study Some of the findings about India genuinely blew me away. If gender roles, expectations, and the changing dynamics between men and women in the Gen Z world, and how Gen X, Boomers and Millennials fit into this shift interests you, then Leaving Men Behind, is the episode for you. FULL EPISODE LIVE ON: 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d About the GUEST Prof. Heejung ChungDirector, Global Institute for Women’s LeadershipProfessor of Work and Employment, King’s College London (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/heejung-chung) Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD.      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A global study by King’s College London’s Global Institute for Women’s Leadership and Ipsos surveyed 23,000 people aged 16–75 across 29 countries. And some of the findings totally blew me away! Are Gen Z men becoming more traditional?Do Gen Z women actually prefer traditional roles more than we think?And why does India stand out in some of the most interesting ways? Released to mark International Women’s Day, the study suggests attitudes toward gender roles may be shifting,sometimes in unexpected directions. In this episode, I speak with the woman behind this remarkable research, including their work examining the “tradwife” phenomenon, a social-media trend romanticising traditional gender roles that has been exploding online, particularly on platforms like TikTok. Prof. Heejung ChungDirector, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership Professor of Work and Employment, King’s College London (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/heejung-chung) So, what’s really happening and why? 🎙 Full episode coming soon on India: A Story in the Making 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD.      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By 2040, the world could be dealing with a wave of retired batteries, enough to fill London’s Wembley Stadium 23 times over, every single year… to what made a child feel he’s “not the right look.” This episode really is a rollercoaster of many themes woven into one episode of a British Indian journey: Both, Not Half. Dr Amrit Chandan- scientist, innovator, and CEO of Lorefully, a Birmingham boy who had to reset his A-levels, then went on to be recognised as a Forbes 30 Under 30 tech founder and win the Hawley Award for Engineering Innovation. We cut through the noise on climate and tech: the truth about EVs, the battery debate, and what “end-of-life” really means-reuse, recycling, circular design, not just binning the problem. Then we move into identity: what it feels like to be British Indian, the funny stereotypes, myths about Indian origin people in the UK, to figuring out belonging when roots are spread across three different continents across India-Kenya-UK. How a multi-generational home can feel almost radical in a world built around the nuclear family. We even get into arranged marriage, modern love… and Amrit’s one amongst many magic tricks that has kept his own marriage rock solid. A SPECIAL Thank you to Pahli Hill Bandra Bhai for Hosting India: A Story in the Making: https://pahlihillbandrabhai.com/ Both, Not Half LIVE on: 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If we don’t get a handle on the climate crisis, parts of our planet could become uninhabitable but is there still hope? On #IndiaAStoryInTheMaking, Dr Amrit Chandan, scientist, innovator, and entrepreneur, tells me what keeps him optimistic. Our full episode with Amrit (a British Indian story spanning three continents) is fun, honest, and full of heart: Both, Not Half, resilience, belonging, the craft of entrepreneurship, and why AI + climate is where we all sit today. This is a fun teaser from our upcoming episode BOTH, NOT HALF, releasing 6 February on India: A Story in the Making, with a few British Indian myths gently (and hilariously) busted along the way. 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UK is home to nearly 1.9 million people of Indian ethnicity and Indian-owned businesses now form a powerhouse footprint: 1,197 companies, £72.14bn in revenues, and126,720 jobs supported, as the Grant Thornton India–UK Tracker reports. Every number has a story to tell. One of those stories is Dr Amrit Chandan, scientist, innovator, and CEO of Lorefully.  Born and raised in the UK, with roots that travel across three continents, Amrit’s journey takes us from a school “reset” moment to building at the intersection of climate action and AI. This is a fun teaser from our upcoming episode BOTH, NOT HALF, releasing 6 Februaryon India: A Story in the Making, with a few British Indian myths gently (and hilariously) busted along the way. 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it mean to be a British Indian, to grow up carrying multiple identities, with origin stories across three continents? This is a story of how failure can shape a life. Amrit, the boy who once failed, is now Dr Amrit Chandan: Forbes 30 Under 30, award-winning tech innovator, and CEO of Lorefully. But this isn’t only his story. It will resonate with millions of immigrants across the globe, people who build lives and build nations yet can still get a bad rep and are too often discussed as a “problem”, especially when elections are near. It’s about what belonging really looks like, and how we become who we become. And it’s also about the future, the world of climate action and AI, and the people building it from the in-between. Enjoy this teaser: ROCK BOTTOM TO FORBES. Full episode coming soon on India: A Story in the Making: 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

India’s Republic Day isn’t just a parade this year.It’s a statement — and possibly the start of a moment with consequences far beyond India. Full context and analysis on India Story Abroad Substack:  https://open.substack.com/pub/indiastoryabroad/p/why-indias-republic-day-matters-far?r=73scwn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Please do Subscribe and let us know if you think about EU-India Trade deal?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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India could lead in geriatric care, says Prof Prokar Dasgupta OBE — one of the world’s leading robotic urological surgeons and recipient of the John Wickham Lifetime Achievement Award in robotic surgery (2023). From fall-detection tech to alerts that can reach families living far away, he explains where AI could make the most real-world difference. Ahead of the India–AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi (19–20 Feb, Bharat Mandapam), I spoke to Prof Dasgupta and Prof Ajay Shah — Executive Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, and BHF Professor of Cardiology at King’s College London — about where India really stands in AI + healthcare.  Sneak peek now.  Full episode #comingsoon on India: A Story in the Making-  📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD.  CONTACT DETAILS OF THE GUESTS: Prof. Prokar Dasgupta OBE https://prokar.co.uk/ https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/prokar-dasgputa Prof. Ajay Shah https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ajay-shah https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajay-shah-405722159/?originalSubdomain=uk   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All complex things boil down to simple truths — what makes life worth living, and laughing about. After all, every wave of technology — including this AI revolution — only matters if it makes life better. Ahead of the India–AI Impact Summit in New Delhi this February, I speak to two of the UK’s most eminent voices in AI and healthcare — Prof Prokar Dasgupta OBE and Prof Ajay Shah (King’s College London) — about India’s contribution to global AI innovation, especially in healthcare, and why the country stands at a crucial juncture. Episode goes live on 23 February.  Until then, here’s a small moment of joy and laughter — the kind that makes conversations (and life) worth it. Full episode on India: A Story in the Making-  📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD CONTACT DETAILS OF THE GUESTS: Prof. Prokar Dasgupta OBE https://prokar.co.uk/ https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/prokar-dasgputa Prof. Ajay Shah https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ajay-shah https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajay-shah-405722159/?originalSubdomain=uk         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hindu thought approaches life through knowledge (vidya), choice, and personal responsibility. Western theological thinking often frames life through sin and salvation. These are not competing truths, they are alternate philosophical traditions for understanding life, consciousness, and human agency. When one worldview is filtered through the lens of another, nuance can get lost and so can understanding. What  happens when someone born into a Western Christian world encounters Hindu philosophy? That’s exactly what the episode, “My Mom Thought I’d Joined a Punk Rock Band” is all about Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studieson India: A Story in the Making. One of my most insightful conversations with someone who considers himself an Irish Catholic Hindu.  If you liked this video, the full conversation is a must-watch. YouTube: https://youtu.be/p6nsRMavIGc?si=96QvLquLtRwy7gnA 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here’s a little year-ender that isn’t about what made headlines… but what people quietly went looking for. Headlines tell you what happened. Searches tell you what people felt. So while the news cycle kept spinning, I wanted to see what was actually trending in people’s minds — the shifts in perception, the sudden obsessions, the new questions. In this short, snappy episode, we follow the searches that surged in 2025: about India in Britain and across the world, and within India too… with one wildcard entry that might just make your Christmas dinner conversation a little more fun. And on that note — Happy New Year. �� Full episode “How India Featured in Google Trends 2025: Spikes, Shifts & Surprises?” #LIVE NOW on : �� YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions ��️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe �� Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who was Vinod Khanna, really?In a candid, unfiltered conversation on India: A Story in the Making, Kavita Vinod Khanna talks about their love, lifeand the legacy she now carries through the Kavita & Vinod Khanna Foundation. While Dhurandhar shows one version of the border story, there’s another waiting to be told — from Gurdaspur, where Kavita is using sport to unleash the power of youth. 🎧 Full episode “Next Maradona Can Be from India: An Unfiltered Conversation with Kavita Khanna” releases 19 December on #IndiaAStoryIntheMaking  📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Love does what logic can’t. Otherwise, how does a woman not even from Punjab end up changing the fortunes of people in a border constituency This is the story of Kavita Daftary—barrister, athlete, swimmer and squash player, LSE- and Harvard-trained—falling in love with Vinod Khanna, the superstar-turned-MP, and building a bond that went far beyond romance: a shared purpose toserve, to show up, and to leave a place better than they found it. That purpose leads to Gurdaspur, Punjab—on the India–Pakistan border—a region of enormous beauty and potential, but also a hard reality shaped by cross-border narcotics smuggling. The Border Security Force (BSF) has publicly reported that along the Punjab border (Jan 1–Nov 30, 2025) it seized 272 drones coming from Pakistan and recovered 367.8 kg heroin, 19 kg ICE (methamphetamine) and 14.5 kg opium. Kavita’s answer is to turn pain into purpose. Through the Kavita & Vinod Khanna Foundation (KVKF), she’s scaling daily sport across villages—what began in 20 villages has grown to 167+, with football and volleyball programs giving children (and families) a different rhythm, a different identity, and a real alternative. Remarkably, 22% of participants are girls—a quiet revolution in itself. To keep this momentum growing, Kavita says she needs people power—support in funds or in-kind (kits, footballs, cones, gear), and volunteers who can share skills and time. Email to reach the foundation or Kavita directly is: [email protected] Full episode “Next Maradona Can Be from India: An Unfiltered Conversation with Kavita Khanna” #LIVE NOW on :YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this rare, unfiltered conversation, Kavita Vinod Khanna opens up about her life with iconic actor-turned-politician Vinod Khanna, her equation with Akshaye Khanna, and the work she now carries forward in his constituency of Gurdaspur, on the border with Pakistan – a region with a story far beyond what we see in hit films like Dhurandhar, which has taken the internet by storm. As the reel world talks about the border, the real story of this border town is still being written – and Kavita is working relentlessly to turn it in a positive direction by unleashing the power of its youth. Full episode #comingsoon. �� YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions ��️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe �� Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni have both carved history with their contrasting styles — fire and calm, aggression, and ice. But what does an insider really think of the two? That’s exactly what we ask Murali Kartik, India’s classical left-arm spinner known for his skill, grit and sharp cricketing mind, in this High Five India segment from the episode “No Spin, Straight Bat with Murali Kartik – Love, Life & Cricket,” on India: A Story in the Making. Cricket is always in season in India — a religion, many say — and now the Indian women’s team has once again put the country firmly on the global stage with their phenomenal rise. Which makes it the perfect moment to listen to a man who has worn the India jersey, played under greats, and today analyses the game with disarming honesty. A crisp, insightful exchange with someone who’s seen Indian cricket from the inside out. ✨ FOR THE FULL EPISODE: No Spin, Straight Bat with Murali Kartik – Love, Life & Cricket on India: A Story in the Making YouTube: https://youtu.be/CvSrOV-zJyE?si=ApnJk6hQSEjmZ0gk Podcast – Smart Link https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kantara: Chapter 1 has become the highest-grossing Indian film of 2025, crossing ₹800 crore worldwide — and as it gears up for its Hindi OTT release on 27th November, the buzz only grows. On India: A Story in the Making, the airwaves brought us together for a conversation with Rishab Shetty, the film’s protagonist and director, and Rukmini Vasanth, its female lead. From facing the leeches in the jungle to the inspiration behind the film, the folklore of coastal Karnataka, the creative process, and the life stories that shaped their journeys, we discussed it all. Catch the full conversation on India: A Story in the Making. Streaming now on India: A Story in the Making : 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES Host: Loveena Tandon LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/loveenatandon Twitter/X: @loveenatandon Instagram: – @tandonloveena – @indiastoryabroad TikTok: @loveenatandon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On India: A Story in the Making, we often talk about how stories travel — and this time, we lived it across three continents. The film “I’m Not an Actor,” directed by Aditya Kripalani and starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Chitrangada Satarupa, was shot across continents — simultaneously in India and Germany over 28 days, with both actors performing live through a screen. So, it felt fitting that on India: A Story in the Making, we too brought together three continents — I was in London, Nawazuddin and Chitrangada joined from Mumbai, and Aditya spoke from Germany. Technology, put to good use, brought us together for a truly global conversation. An Indo-German collaboration, the film reflects a larger cinematic shift. Cinema has always been the world’s cultural bridge — a soft power that connects hearts before borders. No wonder Prime Minister Starmer, on his recent visit to India, announced major Indo-UK collaborations with Yash Raj Films, while Germany too has opened its arms to international partnerships through its new 2024–25 Film Funding Reforms— increasing grants and tax incentives of up to 30% to attract global productions. For Indian filmmakers, it’s a wider canvas than ever before. With India’s cinema audience among the largest in the world, it’s no surprise that Indian stories are finding new homes and audiences abroad. “I’m Not an Actor” premiered in the UK at the Bradford Film Festival and is now screening in select VUE, ODEON, and independent cinemas across the country —one more story reminding us that cinema continues to bridge continents, one frame at a time. ENJOY YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when Hindu philosophy is viewed through a Western lens? And why did the very land where this thought was born lose the vocabulary to study it? Shaunaka Rishi Das — founder of the first Centre for Hindu Studies at Oxford — explains how generations grew up connecting to Hinduism with emotion, but not intellect. Now, as India begins to open its own centres — from Doon University to Delhi — the question remains: Can India reclaim its wisdom before it’s reinterpreted for the world? This is the HighFive section from my conversation with Shaunaka Rishi Das — a man whose journey from Ireland to India is one of faith, philosophy, and self-discovery. Watch the full episode “My Mom Thought I’d Joined a Punk Rock Band” on India: A Story in the Making. YouTube: https://youtu.be/p6nsRMavIGc?si=-uWDmFtubzRaCUZA Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did the first ever Centre for Hindu Studies open in Oxford — and not in India? Hinduism and Hindu Studies — what’s the difference? One is often approached with emotion, the other with intellect. And perhaps that’s why every time the Bhagavad Gita is proposed to be part of the syllabus, it sparks debate. I was deeply struck when Shaunaka Rishi Das, the man behind opening the world’s first Centre for Hindu Studies, explained this distinction. In our pursuit of religion, somewhere along the way, we may have forgotten its intellectual roots — the knowledge, philosophy, and wisdom it stands for. As Shaunaka points out, when Nehru kept religion out of education, generations grew up without the vocabulary to study or debate faith — and faith became feeling, not understanding. Today, we often see Hinduism through a Western lens, forgetting that it carries an entirely different way of thinking about life, consciousness, and the world. Can global thought truly be called global if Hindu Studies — with its alternative wisdom and philosophy — remains absent from the conversation? For the FULL Discussion it is:  Episode 40 of India: A Story in the Making — “My Mom Thought I’d Joined a Punk Rock Band.” YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions Podcast – Smart Link:https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Irish Catholic’s journey to Hinduism. Can faith be inherited or must it be discovered?Born and raised in a small Irish town, Shaunaka Rishi Das (born Timothy Kiernan) grew up with no connection to India or Hinduism. Yet his life’s path led him to Hindu philosophy, discipline, and devotion, a journey so unexpected that his mother once thought he’d joined a punk rock band when he returned home with a shaved head.  In this Diwali special of India: A Story in the Making, we step away from rituals and celebrations to ask deeper questions that many of us quietly carry: If God exists, why is there so much suffering? Can faith exist without religion? Is Hinduism a belief system — or a way of inquiry? And why is Hindu thought often missing from global conversations on meaning, wellbeing, and sustainability?  This calm, reflective conversation with Shaunaka Rishi Das, the first Hindu Chaplain at Oxford University and Founding Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, challenged my understanding of the faith I was born into, and left me with questions that lingered long after the cameras stopped rolling.  Some food for thought this Diwali — along with the mithai.  Episode 40: Mum Thought I’d Joined A Punk Rock Band. Happy Diwali to all ! FULL VIDEO ON: 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions  FULL AUDIO ON: 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe FOR DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH LOVEENA: 💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices