The Interview World

13/05/2026

India’s value fashion retail market continues to witness strong momentum, especially across Tier 2, Tier 3, and emerging towns. In an exclusive interaction with The Interview World, Hemant Agarwal, Chairman and Managing Director, V-Bazaar Retail shares how his company is scaling its footprint through aggressive store expansion, local hiring, and a cluster-based growth strategy.

With plans to expand from 130 stores to over 250 outlets and grow its workforce from 3,600 to nearly 10,000 employees, V-Bazaar is positioning itself as a major employment and retail growth driver in emerging India.

The conversation also highlights the company’s focus on affordable fashion, supply chain efficiency, leadership development, and building a future-ready talent pipeline through local recruitment and structured training initiatives.

Read the full interview to explore V-Bazaar’s vision for retail expansion and inclusive growth.

Hemant Agarwal, CMD, V-Bazaar shares his company’s expansion, hiring, store growth, and talent development strategy across Tier 2, Tier 3, and emerging markets

12/05/2026

Smita Prasad embodies a rare confluence of art, engineering, and Bharatanatyam, where discipline meets deep emotional expression. In a heartfelt conversation, she reflects on her artistic journey shaped profoundly by her mother’s influence. Recently, at the exhibition Maa – A Heartbeat of Every Home at Gandhi Darshan Art Gallery, she showcased her mother’s paintings for the first time in a public space, transforming personal memory into shared cultural heritage.

These works, created nearly four decades ago, are not just artworks but living legacies that continue to inspire her creative identity. Smita Prasad speaks about nostalgia, responsibility, and the power of art to shape personality and perception. She also emphasizes the importance of staying rooted in Indian classical traditions while engaging with contemporary expression.

Through her initiative Alapadma Events, she aims to strengthen the ecosystem of art, culture, and heritage.

Smita Prasad shares insights on her mother’s paintings, their exhibition significance, guidance for future generations, and art’s impact on personality

11/05/2026

In an insightful conversation with author Deepak Kumar Saha, we explored the deeper philosophy behind Reminder — a reflective work on healing, self-awareness, spirituality, and conscious living in the modern age.

The discussion examines how every decade of life shapes human evolution, why awareness matters more than rigid planning, and how spirituality helps individuals navigate uncertainty with inner stability. Deepak Kumar Saha also offers a compelling perspective on the growing dominance of technology and the widening gap between “screen time” and “real time.”

More importantly, Reminder encourages readers to reconnect with themselves, embrace emotional honesty, and discover balance through mindful living rather than external validation.

At a time when modern life is increasingly driven by speed, distraction, and pressure, this conversation offers thoughtful insights into creating a more meaningful and balanced life.

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Deepak Kumar Saha discusses the essence of his book Reminder, spirituality, technology, and life’s decades, and underlines the balance needed for meaningful, conscious, and fulfilling living

10/05/2026

Art is not created by talent alone; it is sustained by the quality of the materials behind it. In an exclusive interaction with Kamal Seth, Regional Promotions Manager – Fine Arts, Kokuyo Camlin during Maa – A Heartbeat of Every Home art exhibition at Gandhi Darshan Art Gallery, we explored the deeper relationship between artistic expression, material science, and creative longevity.

From the emotional bond artists share with their colours and canvases to the importance of archival-quality materials, the conversation offered valuable insights for emerging artists, collectors, hobbyists, and the broader creative ecosystem. Kamal Seth also reflected on India’s immense artistic potential, the evolving global standing of Indian artists, and why climate-compatible art materials matter for preserving artworks over decades.

An insightful discussion on creativity, craftsmanship, durability, and the science behind lasting art.



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09/05/2026

Motherhood is far more than a relationship; it is memory, resilience, sacrifice, compassion, and emotional inheritance woven into everyday life.

In an exclusive conversation with Shivaanii Maurrya, artist and curator of Maa – A Heartbeat of Every Home at Gandhi Darshan Art Gallery, we explored how art can transform motherhood into a living archive of love, strength, and cultural identity.

The exhibition beautifully bridges generations through deeply personal narratives, abstract expressions, portraits, and preserved artistic legacies, including a nearly 50-year-old painting created by Maurrya’s mother.

What makes Maa remarkable is its ability to move beyond symbolic celebration and create meaningful emotional engagement through storytelling and artistic expression.

This conversation offers powerful insights into motherhood, memory, feminine strength, and the enduring emotional bond that shapes human experience.

Shivaanii Maurrya explores motherhood through art, memory, and emotion while highlighting artists, cultural bonds, and the exhibition’s inspiring response

08/05/2026

India’s mutual fund industry has grown from ₹80,000 crore in AUM in 1995 to over ₹65 lakh crore today. Yet, much of its defining history remained undocumented, until MF Chronicles.

In this exclusive conversation with The Interview World, Vikaas M. Sachdeva, CEO of BitDelta and a veteran financial services leader, shares the vision behind creating an archival storytelling platform dedicated to preserving the institutional memory of India’s mutual fund ecosystem.

From market crises and regulatory shifts to strategic turning points and leadership lessons, MF Chronicles captures the people and decisions that shaped the industry across three transformative decades.

The interview also explores the rationale behind the long-form narrative format, the unique classroom-as-studio concept, and the importance of trust and credibility in eliciting candid industry insights.

A compelling perspective on finance, legacy, leadership, and knowledge transfer.

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Vikaas M. Sachdeva, CEO, BitDelta India accents how MF Chronicles preserves India’s mutual fund legacy through long-form storytelling, credibility, and archival financial narratives

07/05/2026

Cricket’s next growth wave is not where legacy brands are looking.

In a compelling conversation with Shruti Gupta, Founder & Director, The Willow Company, a clear shift emerges: the future belongs to the serious everyday cricketer, the vast, underserved 99% who demand quality without inflated brand premiums.

From redefining the English vs. Kashmir willow narrative to building trust through transparency in sourcing, the company is challenging deep-rooted industry inefficiencies. Its focus is precise: align value with performance, educate customers, and modernize the buying experience.

Equally strategic is its global outlook: India for scale, the UK and Australia for credibility, and emerging markets like the US for incremental growth.

The ambition is bold yet grounded: “one in every hundred bats globally.” But the real differentiator lies in building lifelong player relationships, not one-time transactions.

In a market clouded by noise, trust is the ultimate competitive edge.

Shruti Gupta, Founder & Director, The Willow Company shares growth in cricket bat markets, strategy, trust-led sourcing, and how her company aims to become a global challenger brand in cricket bat

06/05/2026

Ashish Kaul’s journey through Indian television and film offers a masterclass in longevity, adaptability, and professional discipline. In this exclusive conversation, he unpacks a career shaped not by chance, but by clear intent, treating acting as both craft and commercial enterprise from the outset.

From navigating the demanding shift to daily television formats to mastering extensive scripts and long monologues, Kaul underscores the importance of endurance and technical precision. He also provides a candid view on creative control, the evolving quality of writing, and the balance between director vision and actor input.

His reflections on versatility challenge the notion of typecasting, while his recent work in Naagin highlights continued evolution in performance.

For anyone tracking media, storytelling, or performance industries, this interview delivers grounded, practitioner-led insights.

Actor Ashish Kaul charts his shift from modelling to acting, compares TV and film craft, reflects on creative control and versatility, and shares his experience in Naagin

05/05/2026

How do you scale digital inclusion across a country as diverse as India, without compromising governance, quality, or trust?

In this insightful conversation, Lokanath Panda, COO of BLS E-Services Ltd, outlines a disciplined, “phygital” growth strategy that integrates physical reach with digital efficiency. From prioritizing investments across G2C, B2B, and B2C segments to leveraging AI, data analytics, and account aggregators, the approach is both pragmatic and future-ready.

What stands out is the focus on last-mile connectivity, over 1.5 lakh touchpoints delivering essential services across urban and rural India. Equally compelling are the lessons from Tier-4 and Tier-5 markets, where trust, assisted models, and localized delivery remain critical.

As India accelerates its digital journey, this perspective offers a scalable blueprint for inclusive, secure, and sustainable growth.

Lokanath Panda, COO, BLS E-Services outlines strategy for growth and digital inclusion, balancing rapid expansion with governance, compliance & risk management

04/05/2026

India’s ambition to emerge as a global arbitration hub demands more than legislative reform; it requires structural transformation. In this insightful conversation, Shivam Pandey, Founding Partner, AjaiAnand Law Offices dissects the persistent gaps in India’s arbitration ecosystem, from limited human capital and weak enforcement mechanisms to procedural inefficiencies and institutional inertia.

Drawing on landmark disputes like Amazon–Future and major insolvency cases, he underscores a critical truth: legal success does not always translate into commercial outcomes. His approach to high-stakes disputes, defining clear strategic boundaries while aligning with business realities, offers a pragmatic blueprint for practitioners and corporates alike.

The discussion also explores evolving antitrust dynamics, the growing influence of legal technology, and the competencies young lawyers must cultivate to succeed in international arbitration.

India’s arbitration future hinges on ex*****on, not intent.

Shivam Pandey, Founding Partner, AjaiAnand Law Offices maps India’s arbitration gaps, distils lessons from landmark disputes, and outlines reforms, tech & skills needed to build a credible global hub

03/05/2026

Abstraction resists easy translation, and that’s precisely where its power lies.

In this conversation, artist Dipa Patowary unpacks her evolving engagement with abstraction, where colour, texture, and form operate beyond narrative. Her work does not seek to explain; it invites. It does not generalize; it addresses the individual. Each canvas becomes an intimate exchange, shaped as much by the viewer’s perception as by the artist’s intent.

Patowary’s practice foregrounds sensation over representation, urging us to reconsider how we experience art. Meaning, here, is not prescribed, it emerges. Through instinctive gestures and subconscious processes, her work reveals how deeply personal yet universally resonant abstraction can be.

As audiences increasingly seek clarity and immediacy, her approach is a reminder: not all understanding is verbal, and not all meaning needs articulation.

Dipa Patowary traces her evolution in abstraction, exploring themes, audience connection, and how her intuitive practice resonates across contemporary India