Beginning the session by talking about Samvaad, Parul mentions how the initiative was aimed at exposing people to architecture and interior design. This included all people and not only practitioners of the field. She then goes on to talk about women architects in the field, how gender does not matter to her since that is the culture she grew up with. At the same time, she notes that in her time, there were never conversations about recognition owed to women architects or practitioners, even though they were working prominently. She names people like Madhavi Desai, Vina Mody, Hema Sankalia, Minnette de Silva, Pravina Mehta, etc. and how they never made the cut in conversations around architecture. She remarks how she thinks that insecurity was at the basis of the lack of recognition for women in the field, and mentions her regard for the work of Revathi Kamath and Gita Balkrishnan. She shares similar comments on the way she has perceived gender bias in the field, media’s response to male and female figures, and then comments on the state and evolution of architecture journalism in recent years. Interestingly, she notes how the user’s perspective never gets headlined in journalism. Concluding the session, she comments on the market-driven ideologies of the practice and the general education system in the country.