India A Story in the Making with Loveena Tandon

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

“My Mom Thought I’d Joined a Punk Rock Band.” How did Timothy Kiernan, a boy from Wexford, Ireland—with no connection to India or Hinduism—become Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies? Founded in 1997, the Centre was among the first institutions in the world devoted to Hindu Studies. His journey is a story of the soul — of a man from rural Ireland who discovered his spiritual home in the philosophy, discipline, and love of Hindu thought — despite growing up without any ties to India. In just one conversation, he taught me more about what Hindu Studies truly means, why it matters today, and why we need it in the global narrative. India: A Story in the Making, titled “My Mom Thought I’d Joined a Punk Rock Band.” Coming soon. 📺 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 tells us — over 1 billion people globally live with mental health conditions. But behind every number is a heart screaming to be heard, and a tear struggling to be noticed. They might be people sitting beside us on the tube, across our desks at work, or smiling through their pain. It could also be us —hiding behind that file, that screen, that deadline. Today, let’s remove the barrier. Let’s speak up — and listen. Silence is golden — but not always. #WorldMentalHealthDay #EveryMindHasAVoice #MentalHealthIsAHumanRight #BreakTheSilence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Engage with India’s Story: 5 Key Insights India isn’t one story — it’s many. In this special High Five India segment from Episode 38 (India – The Opportunity), we unpack five key insights you need if you want to truly engage with India today. 👉 What’s working in India right now — and what could trip it up? 👉 Where are the biggest opportunities — and the biggest risks? 👉 How do democracy, diversity, and development shape the market Beyond market analysis, numbers, and graphs — it’s the attitudes, narratives, and lived realities of the India story that matter most. That’s exactly what our two experts bring: grounded insights from having lived and worked across both India and the UK. 🎙 Featuring two experts with a rare double lens: Chietigj Bajpaee, Senior Research Fellow, South Asia – Chatham House Kalpana Unadkat, Co-head, India Practice – Ashurst LLP 📺 Watch the full episode here: FULL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ZQSfXKmogo8?si=VKVlqXgVda-fnyJc PODCAST SMART LINK: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community:   / discord    Please do LIKE SUBSCRIBE AND HIT THE BELL ICON Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Birthday, Murali Kartik! A cricketer of rare skill and quiet resilience, Murali Kartik is our special guest on India: A Story in the Making. A left-arm spinner with a classical high-arm action, he gave India unforgettable moments—none more so than the 2004 triumph over Australia in Mumbai. In this candid conversation, Kartik opens like never before: from the heartbreak of being dropped after success, to life beyond cricket, and the pious upbringing shaped by warm memories of his late mother. He also reflects on the mental health pressures faced by elite athletes, his years in county cricket in the UK, and what it really takes for the youth of today to reach the helm of the sport. Whether you’re a cricket connoisseur or simply love inspiring, moving, and heartfelt conversations—this episode is for you. No Spin, Straight Bat with Murali Kartik – Love, Life & Cricket Streaming now on India: A Story in the Making Please do like SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT ON DISCORD. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES Host: Loveena Tandon Journalist | Documentary Filmmaker | Podcaster LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/loveenatandon Twitter/X: @loveenatandon Instagram: – @tandonloveena – @indiastoryabroad TikTok: @loveenatandon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A left-arm spinner with a classical high-arm action, Murali Kartik is the only cricketer to have played both the IPL and the Stanford T20’s inaugural season, and one of the few Indians to carve a successful career in English county cricket with Middlesex, Somerset, and Surrey. He famously spun India to victory against Australia in 2004 with a match-winning seven- wicket haul and has since gone on to reinvent himself as a respected commentator, storyteller, and golfer. But who is the man behind the stats, the spin, and the microphone? In this candid conversation, Murali Kartik opens about his roots, resilience, heartbreaks, reinventions, and life beyond cricket. No Spin, Straight Bat: Murali Kartik Opens Up About Love, Life and Cricket #ComingSoon on India: A Story in the Making. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions Podcast – Smart Link: https://link.chtbl.com/IndiaaStoryintheMaking 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 British and Indian?  It was fascinating to talk to Prisha Tapre—a teenager who not only sat for her GCSEs but also swam the English Channel, becoming the youngest British-Indian girl to achieve this feat. In this segment, High Five India segment from the episode, First British-Indian Teen to Swim the English Channel, we step away from her swim to talk about her India connection—what it feels like to grow up between two cultures, and how she sees herself in both worlds.  And as for the GCSEs—congratulations to every student receiving their results this week! Prisha’s story is a reminder that success comes in many forms, and sometimes, it means daring to dream a little bigger.  🔴 Full Episode ON: India: A Story in the Making  https://youtu.be/rE-FbD2S1cs?si=59c7Ix3IJKoMk01c  For More Such Content, Subscribe To:  📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions  🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link:  https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe 💬 Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d  Loveena Tandon: HOST: SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES  LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/loveenatandon/  Twitter/X  https://twitter.com/loveenatandon  Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/loveenatandonofficial/?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D  https://www.instagram.com/tandonloveena/?igsh=MW5tOHdlc3cyMGJrOA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr  Tik Tok  https://www.tiktok.com/@loveenatandon       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On 15th August 2025, India turns 79 years old — a young nation in the scheme of national independence, yet part of a civilization that spans thousands of years, with deep cultural and civilizational confidence. Today’s India projects the stance of a “New India”, ambitious and forward-looking, aiming to become a Viksit Bharat by 2047 — a developed India — but not without challenges. How is the world seeing this India — its ambitions, its traditions, its contradictions? Hear global voices reflect on the India story, on India: A Story in the Making. For more in-depth conversations, thought-provoking stories, and meetings with interesting people shaping the India story, watch on YouTube: India: A Story in the Making, and listen on all major podcast platforms. �� YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions ��️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe �� Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d FIND LOVEENA TANDON ON: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/loveenatandon/ Twitter/X https://twitter.com/loveenatandon Instagram https://www.instagram.com/loveenatandonofficial/igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3 https://www.instagram.com/tandonloveena/?igsh=MW5tOHdlc3cyMGJrOA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@loveenatandon #IndiaAt79 #IndependenceDay #BrandIndia #IndiaStory #NewIndia #ViksitBharat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On 15th August 2025, India turns 79 years old — a young nation in the scheme of national independence, yet part of a civilization that spans thousands of years, with deep cultural and civilizational confidence. Today’s India projects the stance of a “New India”, ambitious and forward-looking, aiming to become a Viksit Bharat by 2047 — a developed India — but not without challenges. How is the world seeing this India — its ambitions, its traditions, its contradictions? Hear global voices reflect on the India story, on India: A Story in the Making. For more in-depth conversations, thought-provoking stories, and meetings with interesting people shaping the India story, watch on YouTube: India: A Story in the Making, and listen on all major podcast platforms. �� YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions ��️ Podcast – Smart Link: https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe �� Join Our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d FIND LOVEENA TANDON ON: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/loveenatandon/ Twitter/X https://twitter.com/loveenatandon Instagram https://www.instagram.com/loveenatandonofficial/?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D %3D https://www.instagram.com/tandonloveena/?igsh=MW5tOHdlc3cyMGJrOA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr   Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@loveenatandon #IndiaAt79 #IndependenceDay #BrandIndia #IndiaStory #NewIndia #ViksitBharat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High Five India | South Asian Heritage Month Special It’s South Asian Heritage Month — running from 18 July to 17 August — a time to celebrate, commemorate, and reflect on the rich tapestry of South Asian histories and identities. First established in the UK in 2020, the dates mark two defining moments: 18 July, when the Indian Independence Act received royal assent, and 17 August, when the Radcliffe Line was published — drawing the borders between India, Pakistan, and modern-day Bangladesh. Today, over 5 million people in the UK — roughly 7.5% of the population — are of South Asian heritage. In England and Wales alone, nearly 1 in 10 people identified as Asian British in the 2021 census, making South Asians the largest Asian ethnic group in the UK. To mark this vibrant month, India: A Story in the Making presents a special High Five India feature on Shruti Merchant— the powerhouse choreographer behind Come Fall in Love: The DDLJ Musical, now lighting up the stage in Manchester. Carrying forward a dazzling legacy — her sister is the iconic Vaibhavi Merchant, known for timeless Bollywood hits like “Dholi Taaro Dhol Baaje” — Shruti is taking Indian storytelling global, one spectacular step at a time. Because truly, nothing celebrates South Asian culture more than our food, our films, and our music — and no wonder Bollywood’s eternal love story Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge continues to win hearts, from Mumbai to Manchester. For More Such Content, Subscribe To: 📺 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions 🎙️ Podcast – Smart Link: 💬 Join Our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/p2UYt9uV5d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“It would have been lovely for him to be here,” says Rizwan Rafi, the first grandson of Mohammad Rafi, his eyes brimming with emotion. On 31st July 1980, the skies opened up. It rained as if the heavens themselves mourned the voice of a nation. Rafi Sahab—India’s golden voice—was gone. Little Rizwan, just a boy then, was nearly lost in the sea of thousands who came, drenched but undeterred, to say goodbye. This special High Five segment from India: A Story in the Making is a heartfelt remembrance—of a man who sang of love, life, and longing… and of India, a country he adored, offering some of its most stirring patriotic songs: 🎵 "Kar Chale Hum Fida" – Haqeeqat 🎵 "Bharat Ka Rehne Waala Hoon" – Purab Aur Paschim 🎵 "Vatan Ki Raah Mein" – Shaheed 🎵 "Apni Azadi Ko Hum" – Leader A tribute to a humble soul—and a quiet reflection on the nation he so deeply loved. 📺 Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/vKG5bkCtYT4?si=nTFdZPca_QYPR0fk FOR MORE SUCH STIRRING CONVERSATION – Please LIKE & SUBSCRIBE TO: https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions   PODCAST SMART LINK https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe   Rizwan and his wife Sabakat, who live in London and run East London Kitchens https://www.eastlondon.kitchen/contact ).   Loveena Tandon: HOST: SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES   LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/loveenatandon/   Twitter/X https://twitter.com/loveenatandon   Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/tandonloveena/?igsh=MW5tOHdlc3cyMGJrOA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr   https://www.instagram.com/indiastoryabroad/   Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@loveenatandon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

India – The Opportunity ! On India: A Story in the Making Now that the India–UK Free Trade Agreement is signed and sealed, it’s more important than ever to understand what it really means to do business with — and invest in — India. We often hear: “It’s a £6 billion benefit FTA.” But what does that mean for the 1.4 billion people in India, the 67 million in the UK, and the wider global economy? In this episode, we zoom into India as an opportunity — unpacking:  How India’s consumer behaviour differs?  Why India isn’t one market — but many?  Where the key growth and investment areas lie?  What international businesses need to understand before entering? We’re joined by two experts who bring a rare double-lens perspective — having lived and worked in both India and the UK, and deeply engaged in the trade, policy, and legal space: �� Chietigj Bajpaee, Senior Research Fellow – South Asia, Chatham House �� Kalpana, Legal Expert A big thank you to Bridge India (https://bridgeindia.org.uk/) for facilitating such timely and insightful conversations. �� Episode LIVE ON: India: A Story in the Making FULL VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/@loveenatandonproductions   PODCAST SMART LINK https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe Tune in to understand the real story behind the numbers. Loveena Tandon: HOST: SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES   LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/loveenatandon/   Twitter/X https://twitter.com/loveenatandon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High Five India | It’s Fun. It’s Personal. It’s Powerful. A lighthearted yet thoughtful segment from Episode 37 of "India: A Story in the Making Multipolar World: Can India Lead Without Picking Sides?" This High Five India segment explores how global thinkers connect with India — not just as a nation, but as an idea. Featuring: Giles Trendle – Former Managing Director, Al Jazeera English; Co-founder, The Green House Duo Dr. Kate Sullivan de Estrada – Associate Professor in the International Relations of South Asia, University of Oxford In this segment, they reflect on the unexpected personal and cultural touchpoints that shape their perceptions of India — from Kerala’s Silent Valley to cricket vs football colonial legacies. In the mood for a deeper dive click below for the full episode: Multipolar World: Can India Lead Without Picking Sides? Explore this and more: Where does India fit into the fast-shifting landscape of a multipolar, multi-ordered world? Can it balance China, the U.S., and Russia — while still championing the Global South? Full episode: Watch now → https://youtu.be/-5OFIguSAtM?si=8VL_TegkvK-etv75 Listen on Spotify, Apple, Google Podcasts → https://bingepods.com/podcast/podcast-rn7moe #IndiaPodcast #HighFiveIndia #GlobalSouth #Geopolitics #IndiaInTheWorld #Oxford #AlJazeera #BridgeIndia #IndiaAStoryInTheMaking #MultipolarWorld Info: Guests: Giles Trendle Co-founder, The Green House Duo Former Managing Director, Al Jazeera English LinkedIn – Giles Trendle Kate Sullivan de Estrada Associate Professor, International Relations of South Asia, University of Oxford Oxford University Profile LinkedIn – Kate Sullivan de Estrada For more such content: Video India: A Story in the Making – YouTube Channel Audio Episode Shot at: Bridge India’s Ideas for India Week 2025 A progressive non-profit think tank creating dialogue around policy, development, and India's global engagement. Website: bridgeindia.org.uk Facebook: Bridge India Facebook Twitter/X: @BridgeIndiaOrg Instagram: @bridgeindiaorg LinkedIn: Bridge India – LinkedIn Host: Loveena Tandon Journalist | Documentary Filmmaker | Podcaster LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/loveenatandon Twitter/X: @loveenatandon Instagram: – @tandonloveena – @indiastoryabroad TikTok: @loveenatandon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices