Prem Chandavarkar details the opinions and insights Tara Chandavarkar had in terms of how Bangalore city and the way it changed affected architectural practice around it. Speaking about her careful separation of the personal and the private, he notes how she believed that their practice was about more than an individual. This kind of commitment to the greater purpose required that she kept her personal life away from the professional space. Tracing her inspirations back to her childhood and the house she grew up in, as well as the house she lived in as an adult, he comments on how these places were constructed as places of gathering. 

He then goes on to describe her associations with the Nehruvian philosophies of nation-building and how this played out in her role at the firm. On whether and how women practitioners should be involved in such endeavours of nation-building, he comments that she was a staunch believer of the cause. On the projects that she was particularly fond of, he mentions how she was proud of the firm’s social cause projects. He also mentions details of the early projects they undertook with the Indian Institute of Science, the Semiconductor Complex in Chandigarh, and a factory project they did with the Tata company in Jamshedpur as notable projects that marked her journey. Recalling her life after retirement from the firm, he notes how she kept herself busy even then and was very socially active. Even after facing medical issues or challenges to her health, he remembers how she always kept herself occupied. On her opinions about the education system in the country, he mentions how she felt there was a decline in its standards, and how it has become focused on churning out degrees as opposed to creating skilled professionals.The conversation concludes with remarks about her insights into politics within the city, the profession of architecture, and the technological advancements within the field.