India A Story in the Making with Loveena Tandon

India A Story in the Making with Loveena Tandon

The India story holds promise, but questions are raised too. We sift through the noise to discover how the diverse global voices view India. Every week, Loveena Tandon, a journalist and filmmaker with over twenty years of international experience, talks to influential people of diverse backgrounds about what fascinates them about India, also exploring how their personal journeys connects with that of India. If you're looking to engage or do business with India, tune in for insights from those who've successfully navigated its complexities.

Episodes

Both, Not Half. A British Indian Story: Identity, Innovation & Belonging | Ep 44

February 6, 2026 • 62 mins
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...
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India A Story in the Making | Both , Not Half | Teaser

February 5, 2026 • 1 min
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 ...
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Myths Busted | Ep 44

February 2, 2026 • 1 min
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...
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India: A Story in Making | Rock Bottom to Forbes | Teaser Ep 44

January 29, 2026 • 56 secs
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 bu...
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Why India’s Republic Matters Beyond India?

January 26, 2026 • 2 mins
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? ...
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India: A Story in Making | 22 Languages & AI

January 23, 2026 • 58 secs
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India: A Story in Making | 22 Languages and AI? | Ep 43

January 23, 2026 • 17 mins
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...
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India Story in Making | 22 Languages & AI? | Ep 43 | Teaser

January 19, 2026 • 1 min
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 contribut...
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 My Mom Thought I’d Joined a Punk Rock Band | Shaunak Rishi Das

January 12, 2026 • 1 min
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...
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Curiosity knocked me out this year — in the best way.

December 26, 2025 • 7 mins
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 ...
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Superstar on set. Seeker in a 4×6 ft ashram room.

December 19, 2025 • 1 min
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 fro...
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Next Maradona Can Be from India: An Unfiltered Conversation with Kavita Khanna | Ep 41

December 19, 2025 • 52 mins
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...
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She never wanted to marry. He was loved by millions.

December 13, 2025 • 1 min
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 s...
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No Spin, Straight Bat with Murali Kartik – Love, Life & Cricket on India: A Story in the Making

November 28, 2025 • 11 mins
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...
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Making of Kantara: Chapter 1

November 14, 2025 • 11 mins
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...
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I’m Not an Actor

November 8, 2025 • 1 min
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...
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High Five India | Shaunaka Rishi Das

October 31, 2025 • 9 mins
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 Ind...
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Episode 40 of India: A Story in the Making — “My Mom Thought I’d Joined a Punk Rock Band.”

October 24, 2025 • 1 min
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 th...
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Diwali Special | “My Mom Thought I’d Joined a Punk Rock Band.” | The Story of an Irish Catholic Hindu: Where Faith Meets Philosophy | Shaunaka Rishi Das  

October 18, 2025 • 88 mins
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 ...
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"India: A Story in the Making"| My Mom Thought I’d Joined a Punk Rock Band.” Coming soon!

October 11, 2025 • 1 min
“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,...
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