Join Kunal Vijayakar and Cyrus Broacha as they unravel the enchanting stories of India's last century. From groundbreaking innovations to cricketing legends, A Century of Stories is a captivating blend of humour and history, inviting you to relive and discover the tales that shaped modern India.
🎙️ Innovation & Achievement, hosted by Kunal Vijayakar
🎙️ Cricket and Beyond, hosted by Cyrus Broacha
What Happened When Art Deco Reached Bombay? | A Century of Stories: India ft. Parineeta Katgaonkar
Mumbai is home to the world's second-largest concentration of Art Deco buildings - yet few people know how or why it happened.
In this episode, architect and sustainability practitioner Parineeta Katgaonkar traces the rise of Art Deco in Bombay, from reclaimed land and modern housing to jazz culture, Bombay Deco, and the city's evolving identity.
A conversation about architecture, culture, memory, and the making of modern Mumbai. Watch the full episode of A Century of Stories: India featuring Parineeta Katgaonkar - out now!
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18 May 2026
The Bhor Ghat Story and Its Hidden Cost | A Century of Stories: India ft. Ananth Rupanagudi (IRAS)
In this episode of A Century of Stories: India, Kunal Vijayakar is joined by Ananth Rupanagudi to explore the story of the Bhor Ghat railway line - one of the most challenging engineering feats in India’s history. Built across the steep and unforgiving Western Ghats, this line connected Bombay to Pune, reshaping trade, travel and colonial governance.
But behind the tunnels, viaducts and engineering brilliance lies a far more complex story - of the people who built it, the immense financial and human cost, and the thousands of Indian lives that were never recorded. From colonial strategy to forgotten histories, this episode uncovers what it truly took to build Bhor Ghat.
The story of Bhor Ghat also offers historical context to modern projects like the Mumbai-Pune Missing Link corridor, showing how the same region continues to pose some of India’s toughest infrastructure and engineering challenges.
Watch the full episode now and discover the story behind one of India’s most iconic railway lines.
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7 Apr 2026
The Untold History of Tea and Coffee in India | A Century of Stories: India
For most Indians, the day begins with a cup of chai. But India’s relationship with tea and coffee has a far more fascinating history than we often realize.
In this episode of A Century of Stories: India, Kunal Vijayakar sits down with Bhavi Patel to explore how tea and coffee travelled across continents and eventually shaped India’s drinking culture. From the legendary story of Baba Budan bringing coffee seeds to India to the rise of South Indian filter coffee, this episode traces the cultural and historical history of Indian beverages. They also examine the dominance of chai tapris and cafes across the country and the boom in drinks like matcha.
Watch the full episode of A Century of Stories: India as. Bhavi Patel uncovers the surprising story behind two of India’s most beloved beverages. Episode out now!
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Shishir Hattangadi
Rajdeep Sardesai
Jatin Paranjape
Ambi Parameswaran
Deep Dasgupta
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YouTube views
28,115,148
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.7 / 5
9 ratings
Spotify
4.9 / 5
59 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 94 / 100
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Quality
94
Social presence
97
YouTube
93
Engagement
95
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