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Raw Mango is one of India's most important fashion labels, yet designer and founder Sanjay Garg say he finds the term 'fashion' limiting. In just over a decade since its launch, Garg has taken his textile-first fashion brand to great heights. Rural India is a perennial muse, and yet the label appeals to the young and modern Indian. Not only is Raw Mango about beautiful clothes in beautiful settings, but it has also come to be the cultural chronicler of our times.
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The Gem Palace is easily India's oldest and most famous jewellery boutique. When tourists come to Jaipur, they want to see the royal City Palace and the Rambagh Palace, and the gorgeous jewellery store called Gem Palace. It has stood in the same spot since 1852, hosting Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, Lady Mountbatten, Jacqueline Kennedy, Prince Charles and Lady Diana, Gwyneth Paltrow, Nicole Kidman and countless boldface names. Siddharth Kasliwal, the ninth generation of this heritage, tells us all about his legacy and his plans going forward.
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When we speak of India's finest heritage hotels, we cannot escape the muted glamour of the Neemrana Group. Founder and director Aman Nath was among the first to discover old palaces, forts, havelis and bungalows, restore them lovingly, and turn them into immersive cultural spaces. His hotels have been featured in every major international design magazine and have hosted notaries from across the world. But most importantly, it has made us go back in time to when life was simpler and more glorious. More than three decades and 30 properties later, Nath says he's still looking for more.
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Devita Saraf's is the most interesting tale of a woman in business in India. Raised in a traditional family, Saraf was determined on having the same goalposts her brother did and made the most of them. She joined her family's computer manufacturing business at 16 and was made head of marketing at 21. By 24, she sent her father a formal presentation and asked for a small loan. She launched VU TVs in 2006, and turned it into a Rs 1,000-crore company by 2019, making her the richest Indian woman under 40.
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Juicy Chemistry is the story of a husband-wife team who started a small beauty business from their kitchen with just Rs 5,000 and their domestic staff as helping hands. In seven years, their e-commerce only ventures received funding of US $6.3 million, making it the largest in the e-commerce beauty space. Co-founder Megha Asher takes great pride in being ECOCERT certified for their sourcing from organic-certified farmers and suppliers and also receiving a Good Manufacturing Certificate for the company's commitment to sustainable practices and transparency.
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'All Good, No Bad' has been the mantra for Raw Pressery from get-go. Of course it stood for its product, a clean-living inspired cold-pressed health juice using natural ingredients and no preservatives. But the mantra also came to be the founder Anuj Rakyan's life hack since he exited the company in 2020. Raw Pressery still remains a very fine brand, alone in its category, that disrupted our supermarket shelves and changed them forever. Rakyan is here telling us about the things he got right.
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How can we talk about India's best businesses without talking of Bollywood: the world's largest film factory? One of India's most notable producers throws the spotlight on her craft, on why she thinks it's a privilege to be in cinema, and why making films top-lining women characters is important. Her last film, Veere Di Wedding, starred four women in lead roles and was rated 'A', still pulled in Rs 100 crore at the box office. Rhea Kapoor lets us into her glamorous, strong, and beautiful bubble.
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Did you know consuming natural honey not only has immense health benefits but can also save the planet? When VIjaya Pastala started Under The Mango Tree in 2008, she wanted to help India's small farmers increase productivity, as a pollinating bee colony on an agricultural plot can add to the yield hugely, and allow them to sell the honey and enhance their livelihood. UTMT came to be India's only organic, single-origin, certified honey brand that sources from farmers' cooperatives via fair trade. Her not-for-profit arm, the UTMT Society, was recently awarded a grant of Rs 5 crore by the HCL Foundation for the excellent work it does.
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Malaika Arora has traversed from being a model and an actor to a wellness entrepreneur to be taken very seriously. Her ventures include fashion, fitness and food, and she's built an entire ecosystem on being fit and glamorous. This, from a woman who dropped out of college to make a quick buck.
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Alan Abraham is one of the most important names in the world of architecture and design, not only thanks to his exemplary work in multidisciplinary architecture and interior design but also urban planning and public work projects. His philosophy is simple: the urban and co-exist with the natural. His firm's pro bono arm Bombay Greenway project works on public spaces and parks to turn them into well-designed, citizen-friendly green places.
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What started out in 2015 as a curated site selling vintage, antiques, and collectables, now enjoys cult status. Indian companies celebrating authenticity, craft, and a very local-centric design language are really coming into their own. Leading this pack is phantom hands, a Bangalore-based gorgeous but young company. Namrata Zakaria talks to Deepak Srinath, the CEO of Phantom designs about how did he chance upon making furniture in the first place and how he and his company are Indian designs’ best-kept secrets today.
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What used to be the tiniest section on the menu card has now become endless with good popularity. All thanks to the increasing demand of the homegrown crafted beverage, gins. And keeping the gin spirit high in India is Anand Virmani.
Namrata Zakaria interacts with Anand Virmani who is the CEO and co-founder of Greater than Gin, India's finest homegrown craft of gins. He shares how he turned his life around from a financial background to one of the greatest Gin Businesses of the country and revolutionised the drinking game in India. Listen in! -
Nand Kishore Chaudhary always had a vision of running his own business someday. His friend suggested he start a carpet business which he instantly bought and since then, there is no looking back. It is none other than Jaipur Rugs, India’s finest handmade Rugs venture.
Namrata Zakaria interacts with the nation’s hero, Nand Kishore Chaudhary Ji. He speaks about the discrimination he faced for working with untouchables and why he declined a government job to embark on his weaving business. He further shares some interesting stories about the weavers he’d worked with over the past 43 years. Listen in! -
Ayurvedic solutions are effective, sans chemicals, and add fragrances. Started in 2002 in Delhi, now Kama Ayurveda is promoting the message of Ayurveda globally!
Namrata Zakaria interacts with Vivek Sahni, founder, and CEO of Kama Ayurveda as he shares what brought him into the Ayurveda business, how the khadi exposure helped him with natural products, and what made them wait for almost 10 years to open their first store. Listen in. -
Longing for a beautiful house near a beach and enjoying a luxurious vacay in a peaceful surrounding? Here comes Isprava Luxury Homes to your rescue.
Namrata Zakaria speaks with the founder of Isprava, Nibhrant Shah as he talks about the future of real estate, usage of technology in modern ways and shares some golden tips that he learnt while trying to make Isprava a luxury reality. Tune in to find out how he did it. -
If you are a foodie and love to keep up with the best foods, then you must have heard of the famous brownies from Theobroma, one of the finest desserts in the country. From a small cafe in Colaba to 80 outlets across the country, Theobroma has come a long way.
In this episode, Namrata Zakaria interacts with the founder Kainaz Messman as she shares what made her quit her successful job and start a new venture, the initial struggles they faced as a new venture and nostalgically talks about her very first outlet. -
In the streets of London which are flooded with the brands like Jimmy Choo or Gucci, what do you think are the chances of finding a boutique selling authentic Indian woven handlooms dresses? Quite high actually and all the credit goes to Sujata Kehsavan, the founder and creative director of Varana.
In this episode, our host Namrata Zakaria interacts with Sujata Keshavan for whom the inception of Varana was a serendipitous affair. She shares what made her start a new venture in her 50s and how Varana is capturing the hearts of people, including fashionistas like Sharon Stone and Sonam Kapoor through their designs. -
The ancestral textile label which got attention during Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh’s wedding is a legacy as old as 600 years. KH Radharaman is not just the heir of this legacy but is reinventing and modernizing it from time to time.
In this episode, host Namrata Zakaria interacts with KH Radharaman, CEO of Angadi Ventures, as he walks us through the house of Angadi and tells us how to live history in a modern context. -
Be it a coffee cup, a candle, or a Kurta, Good earth in its 25th year now is the best example of how an Indian company can beautifully turn artisanal activities into expensive coveted luxury items.
Today’s episode is a special treat as host Namrata Zakaria speaks to Anita Lal, on how her passion project paved its way towards creating an identity for itself and, changed the game for experiential stores in India. Listen in to find out what’s next for Good Earth. -
How much cheese is too much cheese? And to bless all our cheesy souls, host Namrata Zakaria brings to you the Indian cheese story, the story of Darima Farms. She speaks with one of the founders, Arvind Chawla. Listen in to know how the idea of Darima farms came about, how he balanced a corporate career and running a farm, his experiences, the pitfalls, and the future of artisanal cheese in the years to come.
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