Limitless

Sameera Reddy’s guest on this episode of Limitless was introduced to chess at the age of 6 and has been in love with the sport ever since. Chess player and commentator, Tania Sachdev, talks to Sameera about holding prestigious titles like International Master and Woman Grandmaster, how chess is the best sport to sharpen your mind and how winning only inspires her to achieve more.

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CREDITS:

Host: Sameera Reddy 

Guest: Tania Sachdev

Executive Producer: Umashan Naidoo

Creative Director: Liana Deboo

Created by Westside

This is a Maed in India production.

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Head of Audio Production: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer (Audio Episode): Lakshman Parsuram

Mix Engineer (Video Episode): Ishaan Devasthali

Senior Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar

Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha

Recorded at Island City Studios

On this episode of Two’s Company, we have comedians, Supriya Joshi and Prashasti Singh. They chat about the first time they knew they were meant to make people laugh, the trauma of bombing on stage and how they want to create room for more diversity in comedy in India.

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CREDITS:

Guests: Supriya Joshi, Prashasti Singh

Executive Producer: Umashan Naidoo

Creative Director: Liana Deboo

Created by Westside

This is a Maed in India production.

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Head of Audio Production: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer (Audio Episode): Lakshman Parsuram

Mix Engineer (Video Episode): Ishaan Devasthali

Senior Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar

Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha

Post-Production Editorial Support: Sean D’mello

Recorded at Island City Studios

On this episode of Westside Stories, Anil Chopra, former CEO and MD of Lakmé, who now consults with Trent, tells the story of how the Tata Group built Lakmé which went on to become the foundation of Trent and Westside’s exclusive beauty brand - Studio West. Anil talks about how the legacy that JRD Tata and Mrs Simone Tata created lives on in the Indian beauty industry even today.

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CREDITS:

Guest: Anil Chopra

Executive Producer: Umashan Naidoo

Creative Director: Liana Deboo

Created by Westside

This is a Maed in India production.

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Head of Audio Production: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer (Audio Episode): Lakshman Parsuram

Mix Engineer (Video Episode): Ishaan Devasthali

Senior Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar

Director and Video Editor: Jishnu Guha

Recorded at The Indian Audio Company

On this episode of Westside People, Vinod Kapote, Head of IT at Trent, talks about how he is constantly learning and experimenting with technology to make every process more efficient - whether it’s improving the SAP system to be more robust and user friendly, to implementing an automated warehouse management system, to keeping up with tech trends in the industry like AI, machine learning and virtual reality. 

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CREDITS:

Guest: Vinod Kapote

Executive Producer: Umashan Naidoo

Creative Director: Liana Deboo

Created by Westside

This is a Maed in India production.

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Head of Audio Production: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer (Audio Episode): Lakshman Parsuram

Mix Engineer (Video Episode): Ishaan Devasthali

Senior Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar

Director and Video Editor: Jishnu Guha

Recorded at The Indian Audio Company

Sameera Reddy’s guest on this episode of Limitless went viral overnight for performing a poem about the harsh realities of being a young woman in India. Spoken word poet, gender equality activist and social media star Aranya Johar chats with Sameera about the cost of being vulnerable online, how it feels to be objectified on social media and the power of female solidarity.

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CREDITS:

Host: Sameera Reddy 

Guest: Aranya Johar

Executive Producer: Umashan Naidoo

Creative Director: Liana Deboo

Created by Westside

This is a Maed in India production.

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Head of Audio Production: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer (Audio Episode): Lakshman Parsuram

Mix Engineer (Video Episode): Ishaan Devasthali

Senior Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar

Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha

Post-Production Editorial Support: Sean D’mello

Recorded at Island City Studios

On this episode of Two’s Company, we have models and content creators, Sobia Ameen and Aashna Bhagwani. Sobia and Aashna chat about their experiences with tokenism in fashion campaigns, what fashion trends they think are timeless, and how they deal with trolls on social media. 

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CREDITS:

Guests: Sobia Ameen, Aashna Bhagwani

Executive Producer: Umashan Naidoo

Creative Director: Liana Deboo

Created by Westside

This is a Maed in India production.

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Head of Audio Production: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer (Audio Episode): Lakshman Parsuram

Mix Engineer (Video Episode): Ishaan Devasthali

Senior Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar

Director and Video Editor: Jishnu Guha

Recorded at Island City Studios

On this episode of Westside Stories, Shreya Rana, Senior Manager - Customer, at Trent, talks about all the different ways that Westside strives to not only create a joyous shopping environment for the customer, but also make them feel spoiled and taken care of. She takes us through Westside’s different community building initiatives like the exclusive WestStyleClub membership, the Wesness fitness programme and the brand’s commitment to maximum customer satisfaction through policies like ‘first price, right price’ and ‘no questions asked’ on returns.

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CREDITS:

Guest: Shreya Rana

Executive Producer: Umashan Naidoo

Creative Director: Liana Deboo

Created by Westside

This is a Maed in India production.

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Head of Audio Production: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer (Audio Episode): Lakshman Parsuram

Mix Engineer (Video Episode): Ishaan Devasthali

Senior Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar

Junior Producer: Jyoti Chaurasiya

Director: Dinkar Dwivedi

Video Editor: Jishnu Guha

Recorded at The Indian Audio Company

On this episode of Westside People, Harish Bhat, board member of Trent and former Brand Custodian of Tata Sons, talks about how brands under the Tata Group, including Westside, have cemented their identity to cater to the changing needs of the Indian consumer. He talks about the Tata Group’s illustrious history of contributing to nation-building for 155 years and the sense of pride and purpose that comes with working with them for over three decades.

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CREDITS:

Guest: Harish Bhat

Executive Producer: Umashan Naidoo

Creative Director: Liana Deboo

Created by Westside

This is a Maed in India production.

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Head of Audio Production: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer (Audio Episode): Lakshman Parsuram

Mix Engineer (Video Episode): Ishaan Devasthali

Senior Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar

Junior Producer: Jyoti Chaurasiya

Director and Video Editor: Jishnu Guha

Recorded at The Indian Audio Company

Sameera Reddy’s guest on this episode of Limitless has been passionate about fighting climate change since she was only 5 years old, when her home was struck by the Kedarnath Floods. Sameera is joined by 16-year-old climate activist, Ridhima Pandey, who talks about how she turned her fear of natural disaster into the conviction to fight the climate crisis, how she took on the Indian government at the age of 9 and then the UN at 11 years old about their inaction against climate change as well as how her parents have been her biggest support through it all.

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CREDITS:

Host: Sameera Reddy 

Guest: Ridhima Pandey

Executive Producer: Umashan Naidoo

Creative Director: Liana Deboo

Created by Westside

This is a Maed in India production.

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Recording Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer: Lakshman Parsuram

Senior Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar

Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha

Recorded at Island City Studios

On this episode of Two’s Company, we have pole performer Nupur Chaudhari and ballet dancer Pia Sutaria. They chat about the need for more institutional support for performance art in India, all the different misconceptions about their artforms and how dance deserves the same respect and recognition as any sport. The two performers find that although their art styles are very different, when it comes to their experiences as performers, they discover they have more common ground than they imagined. 

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CREDITS:

Guests: Nupur Chaudhuri, Pia Sutaria

Executive Producer: Umashan Naidoo

Creative Director: Liana Deboo

Created by Westside

This is a Maed in India production.

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Recording Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer: Lakshman Parsuram

Senior Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar

Junior Producer: Jyoti Chaurasiya

Director and Video Editor: Jishnu Guha

Recorded at Island City Studios