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Podcast · 22 Jul 2026

Gulnar Virk on building an empire from a study table and never losing herself to it.

“If you can run a company, are you telling me you can’t raise children?” That was Gulnar Virk’s nani, on the other end of a phone call, cutting through a sleepless, hysterical night of postpartum depression with one Punjabi sentence. Gulnar never forgot it, and once you hear the rest of her story, you understand…

Featured Pieces · 20 Jul 2026

Reinvention Is Not Disrupting Growth. It Is Growth

A conversation with Anushree, Senior Brand Manager, Digital Commerce at P&G, who went from software engineering to IIM Calcutta to leading quick commerce, and is now asking bigger questions about what a fulfilling life actually looks like Anushree has spent seven years at P&G, but her story does not begin there. It begins in telecom…

Featured Pieces · 16 Jul 2026

You Cannot Decode Others Until You Have Decoded Yourself

A conversation with Saloni Mehta, Marketing Insights Manager at Kraft Heinz, who has spent a decade decoding Indian consumers across Nivea, ITC, Meesho, and now Kraft Heinz, and who will tell you the whole field is built on a misunderstanding Saloni Mehta has spent over a decade in consumer insights, moving through Nivea, ITC, Meesho,…

Featured Pieces · 15 Jul 2026

The Best Instincts Are Built on Evidence. Just of a Different Kind

A conversation with Madhur Gupta, Brand Manager at ITC Limited, who leads with heart, thinks in data both quantitative and qualitative, and is still quietly carrying the question most ambitious women carry Madhur Gupta is Brand Manager at ITC Candyman. She is also, by her own description, someone who leads with heart regardless of the…

Featured Pieces · 14 Jul 2026

From Outdoing Others to Doing the Best Version of Me

A conversation with Monikanika Bhowmick, Co-Founder and COO at Yuvrus Botanicals, who spent two decades building digital commerce inside large organisations, never thought she would start her own company, and is now building one anyway Monikanika Bhowmick has spent twenty years building digital businesses inside large organisations: Castrol, 3M, Polycab, Bajaj Electricals. She has an…

Featured Pieces · 7 Jul 2026

You Don’t Have to Choose One Version of Yourself to Be Authentic

Ashmeet Bagga started writing long before it was a career, filling diaries with dramatic entries about small incidents, the kind she now cringes at when she reads them back. She has since moved through content writing, brand communication, and marketing into a role at Bajaj Markets. She is also the wife of an army officer,…

Featured Pieces · 3 Jul 2026

Be Obsessed With the Customer. Everything Else Follows

A conversation with Ishita Taneja, Product Marketing Manager for YouTube APAC at Google, who built the spam-call warning feature millions of Indians now see on their phone screens, took up improv theatre to unlearn her own need for a plan, and is still, by her own account, one of the most straightforward people you will…

Featured Pieces · 3 Jul 2026

Worst Case, the Answer Is No. Knock Anyway

A conversation with Ami Jagani, Manager in the AI Unit at Bajaj Finance, who moved from engineering to a remote plant posting during Covid, to an MBA at IIM Bangalore, through consulting and fintech, and into AI, by knocking on every door that looked interesting and never once being afraid of the no Life rarely…

Featured Pieces · 28 Jun 2026

Returning Back to Myself

A conversation with Manmeet Kaur Sethi, Lead, OEM Alliances at Bajaj Pay, Bajaj Finserv, who turns 40 this July, has spent over a decade across media, payments, banking, and fintech, and is more at peace with herself now than at any point along the way Manmeet Kaur Sethi turns 40 in July. She has built…

Featured Pieces · 24 Jun 2026

The Dreams Have Morphed. The Urgency Has Not

A conversation with Bipasha Biswas, Brand Manager at Classmate, ITC Limited, who let go of a design dream, climbed mountains, just became a mother, and still wants to dance in the rain Bipasha Biswas has worked in storytelling at Pratilipi and now builds brands at Classmate, ITC Limited. She is a mountaineer. She wanted to…

Featured Pieces · 23 Jun 2026

Patience Is a Virtue. Tolerance Is Not

A conversation with Jinal Patel, Senior Brand Manager at a rapidly growing startup Jinal Patel is 26. She has worked across community building, public relations, client servicing, and brand management. She published her views in her masters’ dissertation on the impact of social media on mental health of the youth. She became a PRO at…

Featured Pieces · 22 Jun 2026

The Challenge Is Not Choosing Between Ambition and Balance. It Is Finding a Way to Have Both

A conversation with Aditi Nagpal, Brand Manager at Safari Industries India Ltd., who built a marketing career without an MBA, across fashion, lifestyle, consulting, beverages and consumer brands, and is still working out what sustainable success actually looks like Aditi Nagpal has moved across fashion, lifestyle, consulting, beverages, and consumer brands. She does not have…